I’d read of this happening to other Posters, but this is a first for me : my whole post just disappeared into cyberspace! :(

As I just started reading the *autobiography* of the lauded Aussie singer from Victoria, DIANA TRASK, I thought I’d add this “Country-Pop” hit of hers, regularly heard on Nostalgia Radio these days.
She was a familiar figure on early TV variety shows Down Under (also hosting her own), and could sing anything (she loved jazz), and became a well-known performer in America, friends with and singing with, many of the greats in Show-Biz.


OH BOY (The Mood I’m In)
Tony Romeo

It's so warm in here
Outside the night is clear
Think I need a walk
Have myself a little talk
Sleep, baby sleep
While your mama walks the street tonight
To think about your daddy

Boy, (oh boy) the mood I'm in
The pain I feel in missin’ him
Oh boy, (oh boy) I can't explain
He haunts my mind and racks my brain

I could comb every home, every neighbourhood bar
I could ride every greyhound or railroad car
Just to find him and say
Hey, wherever you are
Come on home, we love you, boy

So I walk and weep
Through the downtown streets I wander sadly

Boy, (oh boy) the mood I'm in
The pain I feel in missin’ him
Oh boy, (oh boy) I can't explain
He haunts my mind and racks my brain

I could comb every home, every neighbourhood bar
I could ride every greyhound and railroad car
Just to find him and say
Hey, wherever you are
Come on home, we love you

Boy, (oh boy) the mood I'm in
The pain I feel in missin’ him
Oh boy, (oh boy) I can't explain
He haunts my mind racks my brain


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4oHALmefko Diana Trask performing “Oh Boy” in 1975 on “Pop! Goes the Country”.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z8LJwzU4Oc   This is Diana on “Sing Along with Mitch Miller” in the very early 60s, beautifully singing the ultimate Stalking song!!

“ ….. In recent years, Diana has studied natural medicine and graduated with honours as a Master Herbalist ….. “    https://dianatrask.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeKgtj_MclQ an interview c. 2015 – after some 20 years, she’d gone back to singing and songwriting!
[BtW, she turns 81 this June……]

*Whatever Happened to Diana Trask* – a memoir by Diana Trask, with Alison Campbell Rate, published in 2010 : https://melbournebooks.com.au/uploads/product/156/diana_info_sheet.pdf



R-J