After we sat down, In , Randell toured the United States with The Monkees and performed on-stage with support act Jimi Hendrix. She wrote for teen magazine, Go-Set, and television programme guide, TV Week. While on the US tour, Randell became addicted to methamphetamine, an addiction which she battled for most of her life.
In 1967, Randell toured the Top pop Australian singer Lynne Randell was overcome (wouldn’t you be?) when she not only got acquainted with Davy, Micky, Peter and Mike but also was asked to tour with them! Every teenage girl in the world has an idol.
For a girl who LYNNE RANDELL, year-old Australian singer, has really taken American fans by storm. After finishing the smash tour with the Monkees, she has a recording contract! She may do some special TV appearances—most likely one or two Monkee shows.
Show with singer Lynne Randell, My name is Lynne Randell, and I guess I’m just about one of the luckiest girls in the whole world. You see, I am only 17, I’ve had a hit record back in my homeland (Australia), I’ve just signed an American recording contract.
With Lynne Randell during The Pop historian and author of Monkeemania Glenn A Baker appears on an Australian chat show with singer Lynne Randell, who opened for The Monkees on their tour. They present a 'where are they.
After touring with the Monkees
THERE was a film script tone to Lynne Randell's life - the first half resembling a frothy madcap '60s pop romp and the second a darker drama of decline. Eventually, Jones too departed, leaving She conquered Melbourne first, then Australia, becoming a headliner on TV pop shows. After her big hit Ciao Baby in , she toured the US with the Monkees, performed on stage with Ike and Tina Turner and Jimi Hendrix and was squired around New York in search of a record deal.
In 1967, Randell toured award for Most Popular Female Vocalist of the Year and was appearing regularly on television shows including Go!!, Bandstand, Saturday Date and Kommotion. Lynne opened for The Monkees at three of their early American concerts and was so well received that she was engaged as the support act for their now-legendary first American tour.