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NORMIE ROWE
Everything's Alright (Simon Stavely - Stuart James - Keith Karlson - John Konrad - Nicholas Crouch) Australia 1965 Track on Normie Rowe's first album, It Aint Necessarily So, But It Is... Normie Rowe (July 1965). Also a single on Sunshine, QK-1075, (September 1965) which appears to have been withdrawn at some stage, or even unreleased as Dean Mittelhauser has suggested (cited by Ian McFarlane, for whom the single release is "mysterious"). The other side of the single was I Confess, an original written by Normie Rowe with Nat Kipner that also appeared on It Aint Necessarily So, But It Is... Normie Rowe.
Melbourne singer Normie Rowe became Australia's top teen idol of the late 60s and the star of Ivan Dayman's Sunshine label. He had a string of hits in Australia from 1965, recorded four singles in London, toured Britain and America, and even inspired a tribute song, Norman-Normie. After he was conscripted to serve in Vietnam he never regained his earlier 'King of Pop' status, but he re-established himself as a respected performer, especially on stage, starring in such productions as Les Miserables and Annie.
References: 1. Sunshine label history and discography at Milesago 2. Ian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of Australian Rock & Pop (1999), p.536
THE MOJOS
Everything's Alright (Simon Stavely - Stuart James - Keith Karlson - John Konrad - Nicholas Crouch) UK 1964 Original version #9 UK
This was the second of six singles on Decca 1963-1965 by popular Liverpool group that also worked in Hamburg, evolved from The Nomads. British Beat Boom gives the line-up as Stu James, vocals, Nicky Crouch, guitar & vocals, Terry O'Toole, piano, Keith Karlson, bass guitar and John Conrad, drums. The song and The Mojos feature in the 1965 film Every Day's A Holiday with Freddie & The Dreamers. References: 1. Mojos page at British Beat Boom. 2. US Copyright Office for listing of the writers' pseudonyms: copyright renewal RE0000578086 / 1992-02-03
THE NEWBEATS
Everything's Alright (John D. Loudermilk) USA 1965 Red herring #16 USA #46 Sydney #20 Melbourne #38 Brisbane #31 Adelaide Same title but not the same song as "Everything's Alright" by Normie Rowe. Single on Hickory by Nashville vocal trio featuring the falsetto of Larry Henley (see Wind Beneath My Wings). The Newbeats' biggest hit was Bread And Butter (1964, #2 USA).
BILLY PRESTON
Everything's All Right (Billy Preston) USA 1969 Red herring #43 Melbourne Similar title but not the same song as "Everything's Alright" by Normie Rowe. Track on That's The Way God Planned It, album by R&B singer-keyboardist (1946-2006), an associate of The Beatles who played on Let It Be and subsequently had four big solo hits in the USA 1972-1974. Billy's song title would be all right with the grammarians:
YVONNE ELLIMAN
Everything's Alright (Andrew Lloyd-Webber - Tim Rice) USA 1971 Red herring #32 Perth Same title but not the same song as "Everything's Alright" by Normie Rowe. Song from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Yvonne Elliman sang the role of Mary Magdalene on the original 1971 album that preceded any stage performance of the musical.
JENNIFER RYALL
Everything's Alright (Andrew Lloyd-Webber - Tim Rice) Australia 1972 Red herring #24 Sydney Same title but not the same song as "Everything's Alright" by Normie Rowe. Song from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Single on Warner Brothers by Australian singer who... is now lost to history, as far as I can see.
JOHN FARNHAM, KATE CEBERANO & JON STEVENS
Everything's Alright (Andrew Lloyd-Webber - Tim Rice) Australia 1992 Red herring #6 Sydney #5 Melbourne #7 Perth #2 Perth #4 Adelaide Same title but not the same song as "Everything's Alright" by Normie Rowe. Song from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. This is from the 1992 Australian cast album. Later versions:
DAVID BOWIE
Everything's Alright (Simon Stavely - Stuart James - Keith Karlson - John Konrad - Nicholas Crouch) UK 1973 Later version
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The writers are the five members of The Mojos, four of them using pseudonyms or stage names: Terence O'Toole (as Simon Stavely), Stuart Slater (as Stuart James), Keith Alcock (as Keith Karlson), John Conrad (as John Konrad), and Nicholas Crouch. 
On Pin-ups, David Bowie's tribute album to the 60s. (See also