Marty Rhone

Marty Rhone is a pop singersongwriter, actor and talent manager. In July 1975 his single, Denim and Lace, peaked at No.1602 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. He had another hit in June 1977 with Mean Pair of Jeans, which reached No.16011. As an actor he appeared on the Australian stage in Godspell on TV in Number 96 and Class of 75 and in the London theatre production of The King and I alongside Yul Brynner. From late 1987 to August 1990, he was the business manager of a trio of brothers, the Australian boxing champions Dean , Guy and Troy Waters .

Marty Rhone was born as Karel Lawrence van Rhoon onMay 1948 in Soerabaja, Dutch East Indies . His father was Eddy Emile van Rhoon , a clerk and former flying navigator in the Dutch East Indies navy during World War II. His mother was Judith Olive . She was a singer and actress, who met Eddy through the Sydney jazz scene he was a visiting pianist while on leave. The couple married in 1947 and Judith accompanied Eddy to Soerabaja. The family migrated to Australia onApril 1950 and briefly lived in Sydney and Brisbane, and then moved to Darwin. Eddy worked as a Communications Officer for the Department of Civil Aviation he was stationed in Darwin from March 1951 until July 1957. The family remained in Darwin until mid1960, by which time Rhone had a younger sister, Kymn Dale and brother, Martin Richard .

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