{"id":19592,"date":"2021-01-05T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mag.atomicmusic.space\/?p=19226"},"modified":"2020-12-20T01:14:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T14:14:59","slug":"russell-morris-the-real-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radio.atomicmusic.space\/index.php\/2021\/01\/05\/russell-morris-the-real-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Morris &#8211; The Real Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From the late 1960&#8217;s to the early 1970&#8217;s, Russell Morris was racking up the hits in a career that is as strong today as it was back then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Real Thing&#8221;, &#8220;Part Three into Paper Walls&#8221;, &#8220;Sweet, Sweet Love&#8221;, &#8220;Rachel&#8221;, &#8220;Mr. America&#8221; and &#8220;Wings of an Eagle&#8221; were all released between 1969 and 1972 with all of those songs being massive hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell was previously a successful singer with Somebody&#8217;s Image as they scored two Top 40 hits with &#8220;Hush&#8221; and &#8220;Hide And Seek&#8221; in 1967 and 1968, the band had the backing of Ian &#8220;Molly&#8221; Meldrum who in his pre-Countdown days was a writer for the popular pop music newspaper Go-Set and when Russell left the band, Molly and his support followed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnny Young had a song for Russell Morris and it was called &#8220;The Real Thing&#8221;, Molly Meldrum produced it and the six minute song was something Australians weren&#8217;t used to but absolutely loved as it was complete with psychedelic sounds and a nuke going off at the end.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RUSSELL MORRIS The Real Thing - 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