Sources of Australian Pop Records

from the 50s, 60s and 70s

[plus some Aussie originals and some New Zealanders]

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FIND OUT ABOUT:

The origin of the whistle on Normie Rowe's 'Que Sera Sera'.

Hollywood Eight: the real motel that inspired 'Hollywod Seven'.

The David Gates song that was a hit in Australia years before Bread.

The Johnny Chester hit first heard in the 1943 film I Walked with a Zombie.

The Aussie hit first recorded by a US band that claimed to be from Down Under.

The Sydney band that covered a South African hit by Quentin E Klopjaeger.

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WHERE DID THEY GET THESE SONGS?

Ray Brown - Fool, Fool, Fool 1965

The Strangers - Happy Without You 1968

Mike Furber & The Bowery Boys - You Stole My Love 1966

Ray Columbus & The Invaders - She's A Mod 1964

Johnny O'Keefe - She's My Baby 1959

The Delltones - Come A Little Bit Closer 1963

The Virgil Brothers - Temptation 'Bout To Get Me 1968

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'LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG' - Melanie Safka


LAST 5 NEW PAGES, LATEST AT THE TOP:

Reg Lindsay - Armstrong (1971)
Daryl Braithwaite - The Horses (1990)
Marty Rhone - She's Coming Home (1968)
The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind (1966) since updated  
Donna Gaye - Untrue, Unfaithful (1966) since updated 

RECENTLY UPDATED PAGES:

Virgil Brothers - Temptation 'Bout To Get Me
Del Juliana - (I Say) You're Driving Me Crazy
The Gathering - Lovely Loretta
Normie Rowe - Ooh La La
AC/DC - Baby Please Don't Go


GO-SET MAGAZINE CHARTS 1966-1974

MOST VISITED PAGES IN JULY:

1. Lucky Starr - I've Been Everywhere (1 in June)
2. Glen Ingram/Peter Nelson - Skye Boat Song (2)
3. Ross D. Wylie - The Star (-)
4. Ted Mulry – Darktown Strutters Ball (3)
5. Colleen Hewett - Day By Day (4)

NEW TO THE LINKS PAGE :

G2P: locate open directories or otherwise shared files
Songza: music search engine and internet jukebox
Nederbeat: Dutch pop music
EncyclopéDisque: French 45s
Radio Caroline charts 1964-1968

AT THE BLOG :

Percy Leason: "Back from the education conference..."
Principals wake up in new millennium!

Mike Stoller on the SS Andrea Doria
Only in Oz (11): Bulldog - No
Mother Nature, Father Time
video again



Website by Lyn Nuttall.
Development by Lachlan Nuttall. Graphics by
Gina Nuttall.

Australian chart positions courtesy of Gavin Ryan's Chart Books. Available from Australian Music Books. New Zealand chart positions 1966-1996 from Dean Scapolo's singles chart book for NZ. To order, visit this page or email Dean.

Special thanks to Terry Stacey for information, corrections and suggestions. Thanks also to Tony Watson, Joop Jansen
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