Talkin’ Bout My Generation
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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 […]
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 […]
Between 1971 and 1975, Jamie Redfern was one of Australia’s most popular solo artists as he released multiple singles and albums, starred in a short movie, was on Young Talent Time and featured on their early albums, done national and international tours and was on the cover of TV Week no less than five times. […]
Previously we talked about Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs 1964 to 1966 run of success before a change of Aztecs and a breakup occurred that seemingly put an end to the band but this was not the case. Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs returned in 1969 with a new lineup and a new sound, gone […]
From 1967 to 1978, readers of TV Week voted for the King of Pop and Best Female Artist (later Queen of Pop) at the TV Week King of Pop Awards and from 1969 to 1971 they picked the same two artists. Allison Durbin was born in New Zealand on May 24 1950, she came out […]
