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This is from the Telegraph April 17th 1961 and on this day iconic American rock group the Ventures who was known for the hit single Walk Don't Run played at the Festival Hall in Brisbane along with Connie Francis, Bobby Vee(his first Australian tour also), Johnny Burnette(You're Sixteen), Donnie Brooks who did the original version of Mission Bell which was later an hit for PJ Proby in 1965 and Australian singer Col Joye and the Joye Boys.

This is from the Telegraph April 26th 1967 and now the talkback station 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Bert "Bird Brain" Robertson and Mike Baker who were on during the day from 9am until 2.30pm

This is from the Sunday Truth which would later be the Sunday Sun April 25th 1965 and until 1991 when it became Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's popular music stations which among their disc jockeys was John Knox who had been with 4IP since 1962 as well as had been with 2RG, 4BH and 4LG which while he was on 4IP did the breakfast show and would go on to work on 4BK, back to 4BH in the 80's, B105 and 4KQ until 2006 which he would make appearances over the years as he would be on Laurel Gary and Mark's last Breakfast broadcast Friday June 24th 2022 and was interviewed by Murray Shoring on the very last broadcast before it ended June 30th 2022.

From May until July legendary British rock group the Animals are touring Australia for the Final time and they will be performing in Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, NSW, Western Australia and South Australia. The group that has original drummer John Steel along with Danny Handley, Bobby Ruiz and Barney "Boogie" Williams will perform their classic hits from the 60's including House Of The Rising Sun, I'm Crying, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place, It's My Life and many others and please don't miss this last chance to see this iconic British group so if you want to see them please do yourselves an favour and SEE THEM which you will be impressed and amazed which I'm sure it will bring back memories for those who grew up in the 60's as well as those who are into the 60's music you will never forget it. Tour Dates- The Crown Casino Melbourne May 25th The Gov Adelaide May 28th Chafferty Theatre Renmark May 29th

This is from the Telegraph April 24th 1975 and 4BC which is now the talkback station was of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 70's used to promote rock shows at the Ckoudland Ballroom every Friday nights at that time which on this advert had the legendary Brisbane rock band Railroad Gin with Carol Lloyd performing there along with other Brisbane groups Seasons Of the Witch, Cannon and Maxwell.

This is from the Telegraph April 23rd 1963 and 4BC which is now the talkback station was one of Brisbane's top radio stations back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with 4BC since the 1950's did the Top 40 Breakfast show every morning.

This is from the Courier Mail April 22nd 1964(60 Yars Ago today) and 4BK which until 1990 when it became B105 was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time which their shows that was broadcasr on this day were Peter McIntyre doing Dial A Disc from 1.30pm until 3.30pm, Bill O'Brien from 3.30pm until 7.30pm doing Phone A Forty and Sunset Show, Ron Burton from 7.30pm until 9.15pm doing the Top Tunes Of The Times show and from 9.15pm until 9.45pm the preview for Anzac Day.

This afternoon I went to the South bank Cinema to see the movie Challengers. Art Donaldson(Mike Faist) who is an professional Tennis Player is on an losing streak and is married to Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) who coaches him as well as being an tennis player until an knee injury ends her playing career. Art plays in the Challenger Tournament which in the final he plays against his former best friend Patrick Zweig(Josh O'Connor) who was also the boyfriend of Tashi which things will get interesting. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT Acting by Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor who had played Charles Princes Of Wales in the Crown, Darnell Appling and AJ LIster. It is directed by Luca Guadagnino and produced by Zendaya, Amy Pascal, Rachel O'Connor and Luca Guadagnino. I give it 4 and an half stars as it's in the cinemas now so do yourselves an favour and SEE IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is from the Telegraph April 21st 1961 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's very popular radio stations which their shows on this day in 1961 were Tom Foley's Turf Tps at 6.15pm, Bill O'Brien doing Talk Of The Town at 6.30pm, Queensland Radio News Service at 7pm, Sydney disc jockey Bob Rogers doing Pop Parade at 7.30pm, Waterfront Patrol at 8pm, The Adventures of the Falcon at 8.30pm and 9pm Tom Foley doing the Bulimba Sports Round Up.

This is the new collective album which features duets using Glen Campbell's original vocals with artists including Carole King, Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson, Brian Setzer, Linda Perry and Sir Elton John as these reimagined tracks from the 2011 album Ghost On The Canvas which was the farewell album for Glen Campbell who was battling Alzheimers at that time which he would pass away from it in 2017. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs as well as the duets are just sounded FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT and it is well worth listening to as it sounds so good. Dave Kaplan and Julian Raymond are the producers and it's nearly 7 years since Glen Campbell passed away but the great music he made lives on forever. This is an must for Glen Campbell fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is the new compilation CD by legendary American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen and on this CD it has the recordings from 1973-2020 which the including the classics Born To Run, HUngry Heart, Dancing In The Dark, Born In the USA, the Oscar Winning song Streets of Philadelphia as well as album tracks including Atlantic City, Growin Up, Thunder Road and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs which had stood the test of time which still sounds great today as it did back which great songs endures and these are songs that you never get tired of. Bruce is currently on the road doing 1 more American show and in May until July touring Europe as well as USA and Canada shows in August until November and I hope he does come to Australia. This is an must for Bruce Springsteen fans and I giving this 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is from the Telegraph April 20th 1966 and this was the 4BK Top 10 with Nancy Sinatra at number 1 with These Boots Are For Walkin, Lou Christie at number 2 with Lightning Strikes, The Rolling Stones at number 3 with 19th Nervous Breakdown and their version of As Tears Go By which they wrote that for Marianne Faithfull 2 years before, Hermans Hermits at number 4 with the song written by Graham Gouldman Listen People, Normie Rowe at number 5 with The Breaking Point/Ya Ya, The Seekers at number 6 with the song written by Paul Simon Someday Oneday, the Overlanders at number 7 with their version of the Beatles song Michelle, the Dave Clark Five at number 8 with At The Scene, Petula Clark at number 9 with the song written by Tony Hatch My Love which was recorded in Los Angeles at Western Studios backed by the Wrecking Crew and the Beatles at number 10 with both tracks from Rubber Soul Nowhere Man/Norwergian Wood which George Harrison plays sitar.

This is from the Telegraph April 19th 1967 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which one of their programs was At Your Service on the Two Way Telephone which on Monday to Friday at 1pm.

This is from the Telegraph April 18th 1975 and this is the 4IP Top 40 charts with Skyhooks at number 1 with Horror Movie which was from the Living In The 70's album, Frankie Valli at number 2 with My Eyes Adored You, Donny and Marie Osmond at number 3 with Morning Side of the Mountain and Barry Manilow at number 4 with Mandy. New entries in the charts that week were Minnie Ripperton with Lovin You at number 40, BJ Thomas at number 36 with Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, Queenslander Kevin Johnson at number 34 with Man of the 20th Century, Suzi Quatro who has just toured Australia at number 33 with Your Mama Won't Like Me written by Queenslander Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, Elton John at number 28 with Philadelphia Freedom, Pilot at number 22 with January and Al Martino at number 18 with To The Door Of The Sun. The other Australian acts in the charts that week were Richard Clapton with Girls On the Avenue at number 35, Daryl Braithwaite at number 27 with his first s

This is the new 3 CD compilation by legendary American rock band the Eagles and on this 3 CD set which the first 2 CD's has the hits and album tracks from 1972-2007 including Take It Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Take It It The Limit, One Of These Nights, Lyin Eyes, Hotel California, New Kid In Town and many others and on the 3rd CD it has live recordings from 1976-2018 including Seven Bridges Road which was an hit for the Eagles in 1980. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT songs which has stood the test of time and still sounding great to this day which you can never get tired of these songs as it is still appreciated. The CD was produced by Don Henley and the Eagles with Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B Schmidt, Vince Gill and Glen Frey's son Deacon are currently touring doing the Long Goodbye tour which they will be touring Europe in May which I hope they tour Australia soon. This is an must for fans of the Eagles and I give it 5 stars as it

On Anzac Day 2024 on Thursday legendary Australian rock singer Digger Revell will be performing at the Tugun Leagues Club and he'll perform his hits from the 60's including My Little Rocker's Turned Surfie, Twilight Time and Building Castles in The Air as well as other rock and pop songs as country songs and an Al Jolson segment and he'll be performing with Route 66 which has Trevor White who does classic rock and roll songs as well as country songs. The show will start at 2pm and if you would like to see Digger live please do yourselves an favour and SEE HIM which you will be impressed and amazed as well as being entertained by an true Australian rock music legend who should be considered for an ARIA Hall Of Fame and made 11 tours to Vietnam as well as working in the USA where he stayed for 3 years.

This is the new album by legendary British guitarist and member of the iconic British rock band Dire Straits Mark Knopfler. This album has all original songs including the title track and Mark produced the album with Guy Fletcher who played in Dire Straits from 1984-95 as well as Guy playing on the album which among other musicians playing on it including Richard Bennett, Glenn Worf, Jim Cox and John McCusker. It is an FANTASTIC allbum with FANTASTIC songs with great playing and singing by Mark who is still sounding great at 74 75 on August 12th and has re-recorded the 1983 hit Going Home Theme From Local Hero recently to support Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. This is an must for Mark Knopfler fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do youselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is from the Sunday truth April 17th 1966 and now the talkback station 4BC was one of Brisbane's Top music radio stations back in the 60's which among their disc Jockeys were Geoff Atkinson, Tony MacArthur and Graeme Smoth(Bob) who took over from Bob Wills who went to 4BK.

This is from the Telegraph April 16th 1962 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Jim Sweeney who did an show called DJ Digest Monday to Friday from 4pm until 6pm which he did Teenage Tunes, Pick Of The Week and Music While You Drive.

This is from the Telegraph April 15th 1967 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations which one of their shows was an 2 Way Phone Talk that started on Monday April 17th 1967 as the listeners could talk to 4BK on the air.

This is from the Telegraph April 14th 1965 and this is the 4BK top 10 with The Seekers at number 1 with the song written by Tom Springfield I'll Never Find Another You, Tom Jones who was here in Australia but didn't play in Brisbane at number 2 with the song intended to be for British singer Sandie Shaw with It's Not Unusual, The Beatles at number 3 with their version of the Chuck Berry song Rock 'n' Roll Music which was from the Beatles For Sale album, Jewel Aikens at number 4 with the Birds and the Bees, Gary Lewis and the Playboys at number 5 with This Diamond Ring, Hermans Hermits at number 6 with Can't You Hear My Heartbeat/Silhouettes, Gene Pitney at number 7 with I Must Be Seeing Things/Marianne, The Righteous Brothers at number 8 with the classic You've Lost That Lovin Feeling, Roy Orbsion at number 9 with Goodnight and Roger Miller at number 10 with King Of The Road.

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema to see the movie Back to Black which it's about the iconic British singer Amy Winehouse. Upcoming singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse(Marisa Abela) along with her father Mitch(Eddie Marasan) and Nan Cynthia(Lesley Manville) who was an singer herself have a love of music and starts performing at the The Dublinl Castle which she is seen by Nick Shymansky (Sam Buchannan) who is impressed with her performance and signs her up with Island Records which she has a hit with the album Frank and goes to an pub where she encounters an man called Blake (Jack O'Connell) who would go out together as well as breaking up but getting back which they eventually marry, has an new manager Raye(Ansu Kabia) and continues to have success but is having issues with alcohol and drugs which gets interesting. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT as well as sad with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT acting by Marisa Abela, Marisa Abela, Eddie Marasan, Lesley Manville. Jack O'

This is the paperback edition of the autobiography of English singer-songwriter and guitarist of the English band Lush Miki Berenyi and in this book she talks about her bringing in North London, her parents' divorce, being abused by her grandmother, meeting future Lush bandmate Emma Anderson while being at Queens, played in the band Bugs, formed Lush in 1987 who would achieve in the 90's with EP's like Mad Love and Sweetness and Light, the Mini album Scar and 3 albums including Spook, encounters with Jane's Addicition and Pearl Jam, the passing of Chris Acland and many others. It is excellent with very impressive and very entertaining stories which it is well worth an read. Miki has shows coming up in Europe and America throughout the year and this is an must for 90's music fans which I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

Last night I went to Cleveland Sands to see Australian group the Rogue Traders which was the first time I have seen them. I caught the bus to Cleveland, went to the Cleveland Sands, rang Dad, ordered my meal and use mobile. Had Chicken Parmigiana, chips and Salad for dinner, drank Coke With No Sugar, ate Chocolate Brownie, drank Water and paid my meal. Went inside, got wrist band, waited, use mobile, drank Coke with No Sugar, thr DJ was starting to play music at 8pm which lasted for an hour and local singer Andy Martin came on stage with Maisy Taylor who is an local singer which they performed for about 40 minutes doing their own songs as well as some covers incuding the Fleetwood Mac song Dreams wbich they did an really good set. There was an interval and bought myself an Coke with no sugar. Then the Rouge Traders with Natalie Bassingthwaighte and James Ash came on stage after 10.20pm which they did their songs including Beat of The Drum as well as We're Gonna Have A Good Goo

This is from the Sunday Truth April 13th 1969 and now the talk back station 4BC was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at that time which among their disc Jockeys who was on Sudays were Ronnie Sparks from 5.30am until 8am, Graham Smith from 8am until 1pm, Mike Ahern from 1pm until 5pm and Greg Jeffrey from 5pm until Midnight Greg Jeffrey.

This is from the Redcliffe Herald April 12th 1967 and long before being an Country music station in the 80's as well as the Good Times Great Classic Hits which lasted until Thursday June 30th 2022 when it ended after 75 years 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular music station which at the time it promoted as Better Music as it was doing the Easy Listening music like Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

This is from the Telegraph April 11th 1961 and 4BC which is now the talk back station was one of Brisbane's top radio stations in the 60's and among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who was on Monday to Friday afternoons from 4pm until 4.30pm doing the Super 70, Monday, Wednesday and Fridays doing the Super 70 from 6pm until 6.40pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm until 6.30pm doing the Hi Fi Club and Gary Raynes doing New Releases from 5.30pm until 6pm Monday To Fridays.

This is from the Telegraph April 10th 1969 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time which among their disc jockeys was John Kerr who was on Monday to Friday from 4pm-7pm and Saturdays from 8am until 2pm playing the latest Top 40 at that time.

This is the new album by legendary Australian singer-songwriter Brian Cadd and this was recorded on the Gold Coast @ LWM House. It was songs written by Brian Cadd as well as some co written including the title track and the album is his first real country album that he has ever done as he wrote country and country rock songs in the past. Among the musicians that play on the were Kirk Lorange on slide guitar on one track, Gus Fenwick on bass, Lawrie Minson and Peter Robinson who plays with Russell Morris on guitar as well Vika and Linda doing backing vocals on one track. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs as well as great singing by Brian Cadd who is still sounding great today as he is performing Better than ever. He along with Lindsay Waddington produced it as well as Lindsay on the album too and he will be appearing at the record store Sonic Sherpa in Greenslopes an Brisbane suburb on Thursday as well as just toured in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia

This is from the Sunday Truth April 9th 1967 and now an talk back station 4BC was one of Brisbane's top music stations at that time in the 60's which among their disc Jockeys were Geoff Atkinson, Tony MacArthur and Graeme Smith(Bob) who on Sunday did an show called Pop Opinion at 7.10pm which the special guest was New Zealand singer Dinah Lee known for the hits Don't You Know Yockomo and Reet Petite

This is from the Sunday truth April 9th 1967 and 4KQ long before becoming an country station in the 1980's as well as the Good Times Great Classic Hits until it ended on Thursday June 30th 2022 was one of Brisbane's popular stations at the time which the music they did was the easy listening music as well as the news .

This is the new compilation CD of legendary New Zealand band Dragon and on this CD it has the classic hits from the 70's and 80's including April Sun In Cuba, This Time, Young Years, Are You Old Old Enough, Sunshine, Rain as well as an acoustic version of A Touch Of Paradise. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs which has stood the test of time and still sounding great today as it did back then as you can never get tired of the songs which they still gets played on the radio. Dragon still performs with original member Todd Hunter along with Mark Williams on lead vocals, Pete Drummond on drums and Bruce Reid on guitar and they are touring New Zealand this month. This is an must for Dragon fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed as I'm sure it will bring back memories for those grew up on the 70's and 80's in the days of countdown.

This is from the Telegraph April 8th 1964(60 Years ago today) and this is the 4BK Top 10 charts with the Beatles dominating the first 3 positions All My Lovin at number 1, I Saw Her Standing There which was from the Please Please Me album at number 2, Roll Over Beethoven with George Harrison on lead vocals/Hold Me Tight which was both from the With the Beatles album, Acker Bilk at number 4 with the Harem, The Searchers at number 5 with their version of the Jackie De Shannon song written by Sonny Bono and Jack Nitzsche Needles and Pins, The Four Seasons at number 6 with Dawn Go Away, The Beatles at number 7 with I Want To Hold Your Hand, The Beach Boys at number 8 with Hawaii which was from the Surfer Girl album, The Trashmen at number 9 with Surfin Bird and Dionne Warwick at number 10 with Anyone Who Had A Heart.

This is from the Gold Coast Bulletin April 7th 1977 and this was the 4GG Top 40 singles with Mary McGregor at number 1 with Torn Between Two Lovers, Flash and the Pan (Harry Vanda and George Young) at number 2, marcia Hines at number 3 with Until Your Love Broke Through and at number 4 Shaun Cassidy(son of Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy as well as half brother of David Cassidy) with his version of the Eric Carmen song That's Rock and Roll and the other Australian acts that on the chart week were Air Supply at number 8 with Empty Pages, John Paul Young at number 11 with I Wanna Do It With You, Ted Mulry Gang at number 18 with Jamaica Rum, Mark Holden at number 27 with Hey My Love and Debbie Byrne at number 40 with You Promised Me The Love and New Zealand band Dragon at number 34 with Get That Jive. On The Top 20 albums that week with Electric Light Orchestra at number 1 with A New World Record, Fleetwood Mac at number 2 with Rumours, Pink Floyd at number 3 with Animals and the Eag

Last Night I went to the Koala Tavern in Capalaba to see legendary Australian band The Black Sorrows which it was my 3rd time seeing them as well as my 6th time seeing Joe Camilleri. Dad took me to the shopping centre, drank Pepsi Max, caught bus to Capalaba, walk to the Koala Tavern went to the Bistro, rang Dad, Had Rump Steak, chips and salad for dinner, drank Coke With Sugar and ate Chocolate Brownie. Went to the bar, drank Coke with No Sugar and watch the support act Sean Power and the Main Street band who are an Brisbane group which they did an very good set and played very well. There was an interval which I had an Coke With No Sugar to drink and wrote notes. The Black Sorrows with Joe Camilleri as well as well including James Black from Mondo Rock came on stage at about 9.35pm and was on stage for nearly 1 hour and an half which they performed their hits from the 80's and 90's including the Chosen Ones, Daughters of Glory, Harley and Rose and Never Let Me Go which an

This afternoon I went to Dendy Cinema Coorparoo to see the Australian movie Before Dawn. It's 1916 in Western Australia and Jim Collins(Levi Miller) who is working on his family's sheep station enlisted in the Army which he fights with the 44th Batallion in the Western Front and going the situation of the muddy , ruthless and unforgiving nature of war which Jim is starting to carry the weigh heavily which also leaves him with an sense of guilt with some of the batillion troops getting killed including Harry and getting the news that his father has died and in the moment during of the enduring battles that Australia was involved Jim must decide either to risk or living with the guilt of another soldier being killed and it gets interesting. It is FANTASTIC with FANTASTIC acting by Levi Miller, Travis Jeffrey, Myles Pollard, Tim Franklin, Jordan Dulieu, Ed Oxenbould, Stephen Peacocke and peter Sullivan. it is directed by Jordon Prince Wright and he also did the writing with Jarr

This is the updated edition of the book 5 Days In November by American Secret Service Agent Clint Hill and his wife Lisa McCubbin Hill and in this book talks about the events that happened in the 5 days from November 21st-25th 1963 from going to Texas with President John F Kennedy and his wife Jackie for their short tour on November 21st to San Antonio, Houston and Fort Worth , flying to Dallas on November 22nd , going in the motorcade to the Dallas Trade Mart, the Assassination of John F Kennedy and the aftermath including the funeral as well as the stories behind it. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with amazing stories as well as very impressive and it important to understand about the time period when it everything changed. The book was released in 2013 when it was the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK and was released last year as it was the 60th anniversary of the assasination which I got this book just 2 weeks ago. Clint Hill is the last surviving person who

This is the new compilation double CD by legendary British Irish girl group Bananarama and on this double CD it has the hits from the 80's including Venus, Really Something, I hear A Rumour as well as new version of some of the hits including Cruel Summer and Movin On as well as deep cuts and 2 new songs Feel The Love and Supernova. It is an FANTASTIC double CD with FANTASTIC songs which they hold up very well today and still sounding great as it did back then as great music still endures. It went to number 30 in the UK and they are doing shows in the UK throughout the year which they are doing also the 3rd and last show @ The London Palladium tonight. This is an must for 80's music fans as well as Bananarama fans and I giving this 4 stars as it's in the shops so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is the latest album by legendary American singer Dion and on this album he performs with female singers including American country singer Carlene Carter daughter of American country siner June Carter , Canadian Blues singer Sue Foley, American blues singer Rory Block, American soul and country singer Maggie Rose and many others as well as the songs on the album are written by Dion DiMucci and Mike Aquilina except 1 track he wrote with Scott Kemper. It is an FANTASTIC album with FANTASTIC songs and great singing by Dion who is still singing great at the age of 84 85 on July 18th and he produced the album with Wayne Hood who also played on the album as well as the mastering. It has gone to number 1 in the USA Top Blues album charts and still performs which he will be doing an talk at the Fordham Unversity on April 22nd. This is an must for Dion fans and I am giving this 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and a

This is the Telegraph April 6th 1962 and 4BK which until 1990 when it became B105 was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations which their disc jockeys at that time were Ron Burton who did on Saturdays did Brandon's Billboard from 8.30 until 8.45, Bill O'Brien did Spin Along from 8.45 until 9.30, from 10.00 until 10.30 Cream Of The Crop and from 11.00 until 11.30 Easy Beat and Ray Rumble did from 9.30 until 10.00 Teen Canteen and from 10.30 until 11.00 Checking The Charts.

This is from the Telegraph April 5th 1966 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name, John Daley and Graham Cherry which they were on from Monday to Friday from 4pm until midnight and all day Saturday and Sunday playing the top 40.

This is from the Telegraph April 4th 1975 and 4BC which is now the talk back station was one of Brisbane's Top radio stations at that time use to promote shows at Cloudland Ballroom every Friday night which on this day Graeme Connors performed there with support acts by Midas, Touch, Hotel and Seasons Of The Witch.

This is the autobiography of the iconic American rock group the Beach Boys and in this book the surviving members Brian Wilson, AL Jardine, Mike Love and Bruce Johnston along with archival interviews with Dennis and Carl Wilson talks about their upbringings in California, getting into music, their influences, forming the group that would be the Beach Boys, began recording which they would achieve the great success with classics including Surfin Surfari, Surfin USA, Surfer Girl, Fun Fun Fun, I Get Around, Help Me Rhonda, California Girls, Sloop John B, God Only Knows, Would'nt It Be Nice, Good Vibrations and many others, the touring, the making of the albums including Pet Sounds, line up changes, the diffcult period in the late 60's and 70's and it has contributions from people like Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac), Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, Elvis Costello, Pete Townshend(The Who), Eric Clapton, Jim Kerr(Simple Minds), Bruce Springsteen, Graham Nash(The Hollies/Cr

This is from the Telegraph April 3rd 1985 and this was the FM 105 Rock Singles Chart the Top 15 with USA For Africa at number 1 with We Are The World, Tears For Fears at number 2 with Shout, Dead Or Alive at number 3 with You Spin Me Round and Jim Diamond at number 4 with I Should Have Known Better. Among the acts that were in the charts that week were The Pointer Sisters at number 6 with Neutron Dance, Madonna at number 8 with Material Girl, Bruce Springsteen at number 10 with Born In The USA, Glenn Frey at number 12 with The Heat Is On and David Lee Roth at number 14 with his version of California Girls which had Beach Boy Carl Wilson and Christopher Cross on backing vocals.

This is from the Telegraph April 2nd 1987 and this is the Brisbane FM 104 Top 15 album charts with The Bangles at number 1 with Different Light which including the hit singles Manic Monday and Walk Like A Egyptian, Pal Simon at number 2 with Graceland which had the hit singles You Can Call Me Al, The Boy In The Bubble, Graceland and Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes, John Farnham at number 3 with Whispering Jack which had the singles You're The Voice, Pressure Down, A Touch Of Paradise and Reasons, Bon Jovi at number 4 with Slippery When Wet which had the hit singles You Give Love A Bad Name, Livin On A Prayer and Wanted Dead or Alive and U2 at number 5 with Joshua Tree which had the hit singles With Or Without You, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and Where Streets Have No Name. The new entry to the charts that week was the album Invisble Touch by Genesis which had the hit singles the title track, In Too Deep, Throwing It All Away, Land Of Confusion and Toni

This morning I recieved an message on facebook by Jenny Richards(my facebook friend) who is the daughter of Australian singer Digby Richards which she told me the sad news that musician Mike Lawler who played bass guitar with her father in the R'Jays in 1961 which they would go on their own becoming the Rajahs passed away late last night which I was very sad to hear that and I replied to Jenny that I was sorry to hear about Mike passing away which I had the pleasure of meeting him which he was an very nice man which I thanked Jenny for letting me know. Mike Lawler played with the R'Jays in 1961 replacing original bass player Pete Baker when they were touring Queensland and then went on their own after leaving Dig Richards which they continued to perform as the R'Jays in the clubs for a few years before becoming the Rajahs in 1964 which they did an number of recordings on the Festival label which included an version of Kiss Me Now and Cathy's clown and 2 EP'