Author: Ryan Stevenson
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From the late 1960’s to the early 1970’s, Russell Morris was racking up the hits in a career that is as strong today as it was back then.
Daddy Cool was a side project of the progressive rock band Sons of the Vegetal Mother (aka Vegetals) from 1970 and the idea was that the band would play Doo-wop and Rock & Roll songs in short sets the were played in between Vegetals sets. Ross Wilson, Ross Hannaford, Gary Young and Wayne Duncan played […]
Today’s music story is a little different because we get to talk about not one band but two, two bands who had successful careers, reached iconic status and both had something else in common. The first band, The Loved Ones were formed in Melbourne in October 1965 with Gerry Humphrys on vocals and playing harmonica, […]
While the world was watching or avoiding the US Presidential Debate, news came through that music icon Helen Reddy had passed away. Helen Reddy was born in Melbourne on October 25 1941 to parents Stella Campbell (née Lamond) and Maxwell David “Max” Reddy who were in the performing arts industry as singers, writers, producers and […]
Daddy Cool was a side project of the progressive rock band Sons of the Vegetal Mother (aka Vegetals) from 1970 and the idea was that the band would play Doo-wop and Rock & Roll songs in short sets the were played in between Vegetals sets. Ross Wilson, Ross Hannaford, Gary Young and Wayne Duncan played […]
Today’s music story is a little different because we get to talk about not one band but two, two bands who had successful careers, reached iconic status and both had something else in common. The first band, The Loved Ones were formed in Melbourne in October 1965 with Gerry Humphrys on vocals and playing harmonica, […]
Normie Rowe in the mid 1960’s dominated Australian music and was Australia’s first King of Pop when he won the award in 1967 and 1968. They say he was the sixties version of Justin Bieber in terms of popularity and success though some would no doubt tell you that Normie back then and now can […]
While a lot of attention was on Johnny O’Keefe and his high energy songs and performances in the late 1950’s, there was another Australian doing well on the charts and his stage name was Col Joye. Colin Fredrick Jacobsen was born on April 13 1937 in Sydney and his post school life began as a […]
As The Cockroaches were changing from the late 1980’s, the Wiggles began to form thanks to a course at Macquarie University. Anthony Field, Murray Cook and Greg Page were studying early childhood education while Phillip Wilcher was in the early childhood music program and Jeff Fatt who was known as being one of The Cockroaches […]
Paul, John and Anthony Field formed The Cockroaches (aka The Cockies) in 1979 while the trio were at St. Joseph’s College in Sydney. Rounding out the band was Tony Henry on Drums, Joseph Hallion on Saxophone, Paul Dunworth on Bass Guitar and the band was later joined by Bruce Hatfield who also played the bass […]
