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This is from the Southside News January 20th 1965 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with Julie Rogers at number 1 with the Wedding, the boy from Moorooka Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs at number 2 with their version of the Judy Garland song Over The Rainbow, Gene Pitney at number 3 with I'm Gonna Be Strong and the Beatles at number 4 with I Feel Fine which had feedback which was one of the first heard on record. Besides from Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs who was also in the charts for the 2nd time as well as their version of the Fats Domino song Sick and Tired at number 18 the other Australian acts on the charts that week were Little Pattie at number 13 with Surfin Time Again written by Jay Justin and Joe Halford, Brisbane group the Pacifics at number 17 with Slowly But Surely/Lost My Baby, Bryan Davies at number 22 with Tell The Other Guy and New Zealand singer Dinah Lee who was making inroads in Australia at the time at number 40 with I'm Walkin/Who Stole The Sugar and among t...

This is from the Telegraph January 19th 1965 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of the top music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who had been with the station since 1958 who was also hosting the QTQ 9 music TV Show Teen Beat was on Monday to Friday from 4pm until 7pm playing the latest records which was out at that time.

This is from the Telegraph January 18th 1974 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 70s' which besides from being a music station it also promoted events which the next night(January 19th 1974) there was a free show at King George Square at 7pm with Jamie Redfern, Rod Kirkham and Paul Sharratt with the Queensland Concert Band conducted by Colin Thomas as well as The City of Brisbane Caledonian Pipe Band led by Pipe Major and Donald MacKinnon, Soloist were Roy Bonney and Dorothy Jeserich and Aubrey and Martin which the show was on at 7pm.

This is from the Telegraph January 17th 1964 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which besides from being the music station it also promoted events which on the day (January 17th) the station with Pepsi (Pepsi 4BK Surfing Promotions) presented The Water-Logged Stomp at the Cloudland Ballroom which at 7.45pm showed the surfing movie Water-Logged and then there was stomping for 3 hours with Australian leading artists including The Embers performing as well as prizes including Surf Boards, T Shirts, Drinking Beakers, Theatre Passes and Record Packs and Meeting 4BK disc jockey Bill O'Brien with his Top 40 Giveaways.

Yesterday morning on my way to work I recieved an message on Facebook by Mike Steiner who was from the Brisbane rock group The Dominoes (with Darryl Wright,George Savva and Lew Noyes) to tell me that Bobby Wilde the lead singer passed away the night before which I was shocked to hear it and I posted it on the Brisbane rock n roll scene of the 50's and 60's. He was born Bobby Halliwell November 3rd 1941 and was singing around for a while when in the early 60's formed the band Bobby Wilde and the Raiders with Darryl Wright(the Tornadoes), Lew Noyes, Tommy Flanagan and Tony Heathcote which their first gig was at the Enoggera RSL/Church Hall as well as the suburban Dance Halls including Keperra Theatre and Pub gigs as well as an country tour of Queensland with Tommy Dee and the Nundah Memorial Hall Friday Night Teen dance that they shared with another Brisbane group the Saxons that had Lester Vickary on guitar and George Saava on tenor saxophone and Tommy Flanagan left which L...

This is from the Telegraph January 16th 1962 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who was part of the station's success in the 50's and 60's hosted Streamline on Monday to Thursday from 4.30pm until 7pm and Fridays from 4.30pm until 5.30pm playing the music of the time.