Sources of Australian Pop Records

from the 50s, 60s and 70s

[plus some Aussie originals and some New Zealanders]

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SONGWRITERS - CHART POSITIONS

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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 original version of 'I've Been Everywhere'.

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

The Thunderbirds hit that started out as a jingle for a disc jockey in Buffalo, New York.

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?

Johnny O'Keefe - She's My Baby 1959

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

Dinah Lee - Do The Blue Beat 1964

Tony Worsley - Velvet Waters 1965

The Groove - You Are The One I Love 1968

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:

The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind (1966)
Donna Gaye - Untrue, Unfaithful (1966) since updated 
Marcie Jones - Armed And Extremely Dangerous (1973)
Richard Wright Group - No No No No (1966)
Tony Barber - No No No (1966)

RECENTLY UPDATED PAGES:

AC/DC - Baby Please Don't Go
Donna Gaye - Norman-"Normie"
Little Pattie - Little Things Like That
Cash Backman - My Girl Bill
John J. Francis - Play Mumma, Sing Me A Song

MOST VISITED PAGES IN JUNE:

1. Lucky Starr - I've Been Everywhere (1 in May)
2. Glen Ingram/Peter Nelson - Skye Boat Song (3)
3. Ted Mulry – Darktown Strutters Ball (-)
4. Colleen Hewett - Day By Day (2)
5. Ol’ 55 – Looking For An Echo (-)

NEW TO THE LINKS PAGE :

Nederbeat: Dutch pop music
EncyclopéDisque: French 45s
Radio Caroline charts 1964-1968
NorthernSoulMusic.co.uk
Collins Crapo's oldies site: song commentaries and lyrics

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


GO-SET MAGAZINE CHARTS 1966-1974



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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