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4BH November 1969

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This is from the Telegraph November 20th 1969 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 60's which among their disc jockeys was Russ Walkington who was on Monday to Saturday from 8am and John Taylor who was on Monday to Friday from 2pm.

4BK Top 40 Charts November 1965

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This is from the Courier Mail November 19th 1965 and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with Sonny and Cher at number 1 with Sing C'Est La Vie, MPD Limited (Mike Brady, Peter Watson and Danny Finley) at number 2 with their version of the Johnny Burnette 1961 hit Little Boy Sad, The McCoys at number 3 with Hang On Sloopy and Normie Rowe and the Playboys at number 4 with the double sided hit Que Sera Sera (which was a cover of the Doris Day 1956 hit)/Shakin All Over(cover of the 1960 hit for Johnny Kidd and the Pirates). the new entries in the chart that week were The Easybeats at number 34 with Sad and Lonely and Blue, The Seekers at number 37 with the song written by Tom Springfield The Carnival Is Over and Bob Dylan at number 39 with Positively 4th Street and besides from MPD Limited, Normie Rowe, The Eaysbeats and The Seekers the other Australian/New Zealand acts in the charts that week were Ray Brown and the Whispers at number 5 with their version of the wilson Pickett song In Th

4BK Top 10 charts November 1964

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This is from the Telegraph november 18th 1964 (60 Years ago) and this was the 4BK Top 10 with the Searchers who were in Brisbane the month before with Del Shannon, Peter and Gordon, Eden Kane and Dinah Lee at number 1 with their version of the Jackie De Shannon song When You Walk In The Room which was the first single with member Frank Allen playing on it as he replaced original bass player Tony Jackson, the Kinks at number 2 with You Really Got Me, Ray Columbus and the Invaders who was also on the tour with The Searchers, Del Shannon, Peter and Gordon, Eden Kane and Dinah Lee that played in Brisbane at Festival Hall the month before at number 3 with their version of the Senators song She's A Mod, Jay and the Americans at number 4 with Come A Little Bit Closer, Sounds Incorporated who toured with the Beatles in Australia 5 months before at number 5 with William Tell Overtrue/Maria, Elvis Presley at number 6 with Ask Me/Ain't That Loving You Baby, Burl Ives at number 7 with Pea

Brian Cadd and Glenn Shorrock Two Amigos show @ Redland Performing Arts Centre

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This afternoon I went to the Redland Performing Arts Centre where I saw iconic Australian singers Brian Cadd and Glenn Shorrock which I last saw them 3 years ago at QPAC on Saturday February 20th 2021 as part of the Rock the House. I caught the bus to Cleveland from Carindale, walk to Redland Performance Arts centre, bought Ice Cream and Coke With No Sugar, ate Ice Cream, Drank Coke With No Sugar, went inside and use mobile. The show started at 2pm with Brian Cadd and Glenn Shorrock coming on stage which they did started with the song the Two Amigos and both performed their 60's hits with their successful bands Glenn with the Twilights and Brian with the Groop as well as Axiom as well as songs that influenced by acts like Dion, Little Richard, The Beatles and the Everly Brothers as well as telling stories about their careers as well as mentioning Hoadleys Battles of the Sounds and there was an interval where I bought an Brian Cadd CD, had a Coke With No Sugar, went back inside

Retrospective Bryan Ferry

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This is the compilation CD by legendary British singer Bryan Ferry which there is an 5 CD set of Retrospective I am reviewing the single CD version and on the single CD version are the selected recordings from 1973-2023 of his solo work it has the classic hits he made including Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Let's Stick Together, Slave To Love, Kiss and Tell and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs that has stood the test of time and still sounding great today as it did which great music always endures and Damien Love did the liner notes on the CD. This is an must for Bryan Ferry 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.

4BK November 1969

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This is from the Telegraph November 17th 1969 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Bradley who had been with 4BH prior to joining 4BK and was on Monday to Friday at 8am.

Last Leaf on The Tree Willie Nelson

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This is the latest album by legendary American country singer Willie Nelson as well as his second album for the year as he released the Border early in the year and it was recorded at both Hen House in Los Angeles and Pendernales Recording in Spicewood Texas which the songs are mainly covers of songs done by Neil Young, Beck, The Flaming Lips as well as reworking of an 1962 song that Willie Nelson recorded and an original song written by Willie and His son Micah. It is an FANTASTIC album with FANTASTIC songs which Willie does them very well in his style as he is still sounding great at age 91 and his son Micah produced the album. It went to number 63 in Austria, number 14 in Scotland, number 37 in Sweden, number 39 in the UK download charts, number 5 in the UK Americana charts and number 2 in the UK Country Albums charts and Willie has 2 shows coming up in April 2025 with Robert Earl Keen. This is an must for Willie Nelson fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so d