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These are from the Telegraph June 26th 1970 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the early 70's which besides from being an music radio station it promoted events which they promoted 2 events that weekend in June 1970 as the first was the Grand Final of the Queensland Pop Festival that had Brisbane groups The Light, Burke and Wills(including Jamie Dunn), Cherry Tree, Gentle Art, Trinity House, The Movement and Michael Turner In Session with special Guest stars Ross D Wyllie and the Sect won the Grand Final in 1969 with backing by the Brisbane group The Flamingoes and the 2nd event was the Sunday Funday at Carina Oval that had the 4IP Good Guys, the Queensland Pop Festival winners, Military and Pipe bands as well as appearances by Lord Mayor Clem Jones and Bruce Small.

This is from the Telegraph June 25th 1956 (70 Years ago today) 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 1950's which among their radio personalities was Jim Illiffe who would acheive great success on TV from the late 50's until the 70's on Channel 9 was on in the mornings and afternoons.

This is from the Telegraph June 24th 1964 and this was the 4BK Top 10 charts with Brisbane singer Billy Thorpe with the Aztecs at number 1 with their version of the Coasters 1959 hit Poison Ivy, Peter Paul and Mary who had been in Brisbane that month on the 3rd at number 2 with Tell It On The Mountain, Cilla Black at number 3 with You're My World, The Beatles at number 4 with Can't Buy Me Love, Mary Wells at number 5 with the song written by Smokey Robinson from the Miracles My Guy, Bill Haley and His Comets at number 6 with Rock Around the Clock which had re-released at the time in Australia, Millie at number 7 with My Boy Lollipop, Elvis Presley at number 8 with the title song from the movie he did with Ann Margaret Viva Las Vegas, Tommy Roe at number 9 with his version of the Chuck Berry song Carol and the Beatles at number 10 with Boys(with Ringo Starr on lead vocal)/Long Tall Sally(with Paul McCartney on lead vocal) and this was the week before the Beatles played the 2 sh...

This is the memoir of Australian casting director, producer and actress Jan Russ and in the book she talks about being pregnant and unmarried which she gave up her daughter for adoption, began acting in the musicals Oliver, Godspell, Hello Dolly and Fiddler On The Roof, working in New Zealand where she worked on TV, working for Crawfords and Grundys, becoming the casting director and then for Neighbours, encounters with Jason Donovan, Guy Pearce, Margot Robbie and Derek Nimmo and many others. It is FANTASTIC as well as sad, very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read. There was a book launch in Melbourne at Readings Bookstore in Hawthorne which was hosted by Alan Fletcher who played Dr Karl Kennedy for 31 years. This is a must for Australian TV fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shop so please do yourselves a favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is from the Telegraph June 23rd 1965 and this was the 4BK top 10 charts with The Seekers who had been in Brisbane on June 3rd that year with the Dave Clark Five, Tommy Quickly, Bobby and Laurie and Brisbane group The Escorts at Festival Hall at number 1 with the song written by Tom Springfield A World Of Our Own, the Melbourne rock group The Henchmen at number 2 with their version of the Bobby Day song Rockin Robin, Herman's Hermits at number 3 with Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter, Unit 4 Plus 2 at number 4 with Concrete and Clay, The Dave Clark Five at number 5 with their version of the Chuck Berry song Reelin and Rockin, Lulu at number 6 with her version of Here Comes The Night, Cliff Richard at number 7 with the double sided Just Another Guy(an Neil Diamond song)/The Minute You're Gone which was recorded in Nashville, Julie Rogers at number 8 with Hawaiian Wedding Song/Turn Around, Ray Brown and the Whispers at number 9 with their version of the Brent Edwar...

This is from the Telegraph June 22nd 1972 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations having originally been based in Ipswich but had a impact in Brisbane by the mid 60's which that weekend and the following weekend the station was doing the top 1,000 best selling hits between 1952-72 which was devoted to the 20 years of rock starting at 3pm that Saturday.