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Just 2 weeks I saw on Facebook about the passing of one the legendary icons of Australian entertainment Johnny Young which I was sad to hear that and when you think of the name most of people would know Young Talent Time as well as those who grew up in the 60's and early 70's an singer with hit records including Step Back, Cara Lyn, Kiss Me Now, Let It Be and Craise Finton Kirk as well as writing hits for Russell Morris, Ross D Wylie and Ronnie Burns and also for those in Perth Club Seventeen and the national music show the Go Show. Johnny was born Johnny Benjamin De Jong in Rotterdam Netherlands March 12th 1947 and came to Australia in 1953 where he and his family settled in Perth Western Australia. He sang on saturdays on the saturday morning radio show Rumpus Room and was a trainee disc jockey as well as singing around the local dances after leaving school. He sang with the Nomads which later changed to the Strangers(Perth) and hosted the music show Club Seventeen on Chann...

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema to see the documentary about Australian singer Tina Arena called Unravel Me and in it she talks about her life including her starting singing at a young age, doing Young Talent Time, going through the transition after Young Talent Time, starting recording, achieving success with hits I Need Your Body and Strong As Steel, going to greater success with the albums Don't Ask and Burn in the 90's as well as the issues she was going through as well as living in France and it has interviews with her sisters Nancy and Silvana, Johnny Young in one of his last interviews as he just passed away 2 weeks ago, Ronan Keating, John Watson, The Veronicas, Jessica Mauboy and many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC interviews and amazing stories which Tina tells it very honestly and it also very entertaining which it is well worth watching. It was directed by Adrian Russell Willis and the executive producer was Mark Fennessey and ...

This is the biography of iconic American singer Roy Orbison written by Australian music writer Jeff Apter and in the book talks about Roy's upbringing in Vernon, Fort Worth and Wink Texas, getting an guitar on his 6th birthday, played in the Wink Westerners and the Teen Kings, began recording for Sun Records which he had the 1 hit Ooby Dooby, recorded for RCA, doing songwriting which he had success, his first marriage to Claudette which they would have 3 sons, began recording for Monument Records which he would achieve great success with such classics including Only The Lonely, Blue ANgel, Running Scared, Crying, Dream Baby, In Dreams and Pretty Woman, touring the world including Australia and England, the tragic loss of Claudette in 1966 and 2 of his sons in a fire in 1968, his 2nd marriage to Barbara which they had 2 sons, his ups and downs, working with the Travelling Wilburys and many others. It is FANTASTIC as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it's well ...

Last night I went to QPAC Concert to see the Britsh rock tribute show the Dire Straits Experience which has Chris White who worked with them on tour from 1985-95 as well as playing on one album On Every Street in 1991 and it was my first time seeing them live. Dad took me to the bus stop, caught bus to South Bank, went to the Southbank Beer Garden where I had steak, chips and salad for dinner, went to NZ Natural Ice Shop, ate Tim Tam Sundae and walk to QPAC. Saw Rosmarie from work,drank Coke with No Sugar and went inside which it was packed. The show started after 8pm with the Dire Staits Experience coming on stage and they only did the one set as they performed some of the classic Dire Straits hits including Money For Nothing which they started off the show with, Walk of Life, So Far Away as well as other songs including Romeo and Juliet, On Every Street, Brothers In Arms, Your Latest Trick, In The Gallery and many others as well as very little talk during the show. The show finishe...

Yesterday afternoon I went to Kedron Wavell to see legendary British rock group Herman's Hermits which has original member Barry Whitwam and it was my 16th time seeing them as it's been 31 years ago when I first saw them as well as being 60 years since Herman's Hermits very first Australian tour. I caught the bus from Coorparoo to Wooloongabba and then from there to Chermside, had a look at Dymocks and QBD and walk to Kedron Wavell. Went to the Kitchen, had Grilled Barramundi, chips and salad for lunch, drank Coke with No Sugar, had Strawberry Matcha Bao Buns for desert, saw Bronwyn from work, went to Blue Pacific Room and waited. The show started at about 3pm with Herman's Hermits with the current line up of Barry, Jamie Thurston, John Summerton and Tony Young which they're not wearing the suits and ties anymore as they wore long sleeve collar shirts with the white dots came on stage which they did 2 sets as in the first set starting off with I'm Something Go...

Last night I went to QPAC Concert Hall to see Australian country singer Melinda Schenider doing the Barbra Streisand tribute show called The Way We Were and it was my 2nd time seeing Melinda Schneider as I saw just nearly 2 years ago at Kedron Wavell where I saw her doing the Doris Day tribute Saturday September 21st 2024. I caught the bus to South Bank, went to the Plough Inn where I had Pork Cop, chips and salad for dinner, drank Pepsi Max, at Movie Star Sundae @ NZ Natural Ice Cream Shop and walk to QPAC. Bought Melinda's CD, went outside and went inside. The show started at 8pm with Melinda coming out wearing an black dress starting off with Don't Rain On My Parade and through the 1st set peformed many of Barbra's classic songs as well as an song she wrote after what she saw on Facebook telling stories about Barbra's life and career and during Hello Dolly she took the part of the dress off and had different part of the dress too which there was an interval which I ...