Johnny Devlin on tour, 1958-59
For six months in 1958-1959 New Zealand witnessed an unprecedented level of teenage hysteria. There were headlines almost daily, parents and parliamentarians expressed outrage, po...
Johnny Devlin
aka Johnny Devlin & The Devils
Give It a Whirl: Johnny Devlin interview
Johnny Devlin at the Jive Centre, Auckland, c. 1958. In this interview for 2003 television series Give It a Whirl, Aotearoa's first rock'n'roll star Johnny Devlin recalls learning ...
Johnny Devlin passes the audition
A rock'n'roll relic arrived at the Alexander Turnbull Library in late 2021: Johnny Devlin's first recording. The 8-inch lacquer disc has the generic label of the Pacific recording stu...
Rock & Roll Rendezvous: Johnny Devlin
Johnny Devlin and Billy Graham When US evangelist Reverend Billy Graham visited New Zealand in April 1959 for an 11-day crusade, he was the biggest drawcard since the Springboks' t...