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4BK Top 10 July 1963

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This is from the Telegraph July 31st 1963 and this was the 4BK Top 10 with Johnny O'Keefe at number 1 with You'll Never Cherish A Love So True, Kyo Sakamoto at number 2 with Sukiyaki, Jan and Dean at number 3 with the song written by Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys and Jan Berry Surf City, Gerry and the Pacemakers at number 4 with the song written by Mitch Murray who wrote How Do You Do It I Like It, The Shadows at number 5 with Atlantis, Del Shannon at number 6 with his version of the Beatles song From Me To You, Al Martino at number 7 with I Love You Because, Gerry and the Pacemakers at number 8 with the song written by Mitch Murray which had been intended for the Beatles which they did record it but never released How Do You Do It, Elvis Presley at number 9 with Devil In Disguise and Rob EG at number 10 with 55 Days At Peking.

4BH July 1960

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This is from the Telegraph July 30th 1960 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops all around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse on North Quay who did the show Platter Chatter from 8.55am until 12.30pm on Sunday which on sunday July 31st he interviewed American bandleader Bob Crosby on the show.

4BC July 1960

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This is from the Telegraph July 29th 1960 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 were Johnny James and Geoff Atkinson who were a big part of the station's success throughout the 60's were on Sundays doing the 70 Top Tunes Of The Day playing the records that was out at the time.

4KQ July 1973

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This is from the Telegraph July 27th 1973 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as for a time in the 80's as a country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 70's which they were known as the Better Music Station as well as More News which among their radio personalities was Ian Skippen who was on Monday to Friday from 5am until 9am with Traffic,SKy Watch, Ooo Dunit, Time Calls and ABC at 6.45am and 7.45am and also was interviewed by Murray Shoring on the final night of broadcast when it ended Thursday June 30th 2022 talking about his time there.

4BC Top 30 Charts July 1973

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This is from the Telegraph July 27th 1973 and this was the 4BC Top 30 charts with Col Joye at number 1 with Heaven Is My Woman's Love, Jud Strunk at number 2 with Daisy A Day, Wings which had Paul McCartney at number 3 with My Love and Dawn with Tony Orlando at number 4 with Tie A Yellow Ribbon. The new entries in the charts that week were Paul Simon at number 25 with Kodachrome, Australian entertainer Barry Crocker at number 28 with his version of the 1958 hit for Robin Luke Susie Darlin and Abigail who was on the iconic Australian soap Number 96 at number 30 with Je T'Aime and besides from Col Joye, Barry Crocker and Abigail the other Australian acts in the charts that week were Jamie Redfern at number 5 with Venus, Linda George at number 15 with her version of the Gladys Knight and the Pips song Neither One Of Us, The Bee Gees at number 16 with Saw A New Morning, Helen Reddy at number 20 with her version of the Tanya Tucker song Delta Dawn and Ross Ryan at number 24 with I ...

4BH July 1958

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This is from the Telegraph July 26th 1958 and now the Classic Hits Station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops in Brisbane at the time was on Sundays doing Platter Chatter at 10am, Tops In Time at 5.30pm and at 6.30pm doing These Were Hits.

Moana

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Carindale to see Moana which it is the live action version. Moana (Catherine Laga'aia) who is the daughter of Motuni's chief Tui (john Tui) and Sina (Frankie Adams) who have been to keep their daughter away from the ocean as to prepare her to become the chief of Island and she wants to try to go beyond the reef to get more fish as well as exploring the ocean as vegetation are getting killed as well as fish catching was shrinking by the blight that was hitting the island but Tui forbids and Moana tries to but could not to being overpowered by the waves and also Moana's grandmother Tala (Rena Owen) shows her a secret place in the cave which was where the yachts were in there were yachts as the people of Motuni until Maui (Dwayne Johnson) stole Ti Fiti's heart which made the ocean no longer safe to go on as the island is getting destroyed be Te Ka's darkness so the only way to get it cured is to Moana to find Maui to get it ba...