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4BH Top 40 charts June 1963

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This is from the Telegraph June 21st 1963 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with Lesley Gore at number 1 with the song produced by Quincy Jones It's My Party, Bill Justis at number 2 with Tamoure, Rob EG at number 3 with his version of the Frankie Laine song Jezebel and Little Peggy March at number 4 with I Will Follow Him. The new entries in the charts that week were Little Peggy March at number 31 with I Wish I Were A Princess, Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas at number 33 with their version of the Beatles song Do You Want To Know A Secret and Kyu Sakamoto at number 40 with Sukiyaki and besides from Rob EG the other Australian acts in the charts that week were Jay Justin at number 8 with Proud Of You, The Denvermen who were also backing Digger Revell at number 24 with Blue Mountains and Johnny O'Keefe at number 26 with Move Baby Move.

8 Tracks by Pink Floyd

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This is the new compilation CD by legendary British rock band Pink Floyd and it has the recordings between 1971-79 which includes Money, Wish You Were Here and Another Brick On The Wall Part 2 and even an complete version of Pigs On The Wings which was edited by Steven Wilson with sound effects which was sourced from the original tracks. It is FANTASTIC with FANTASTIC songs which holds up very well to this day and it is still sound as great today as it did back then as great music endures. It went to number 17 in the UK, number 86 in the USA and number 22 in Australia and this is a must for Pink Floyd fans which I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so please do yourselves a favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

Toy Story 5

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Carindale where I saw the movie Toy Story 5. Bonnie (Scarlett Spears) is struggling to make friends so she gets a tablet from her parents which it's named Lilypad (Greta Lee) which she starts to neglect her toys as Jessie(Joan Cusack) who has been the sheriff of Bonnie's since Woody(Tom Hanks) departed has becoming aware that the techs like ipad, mobile phones and computer were the thing as toys becoming old school and Jessie gets in touch with Woody to help him which he gets back with the other toys which Jessie and Bullseye were taken to a house which was once occupied by Emily who had her where an girl called Blaze (Mykal Michelle Harris) lives with her parents and then it gets interesting. It is excellent, very impressive and very entertaining with great acting by Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Scarlett Spears, Mykal Michelle Harris, Conan O'Brien and Greta Lee and it's directed by Andrew Stanton who also did the scre...

Where Do You Come From by Vika and Linda

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This is the new album by the Australian sister singing duo Vika and Linda and this was recorded at Merrigum Studios in Melbourne April 2025 which 6 tracks on the album are written by Vika and Linda including some they write with Mark Seymour from Hunters and Collectors as well as Karen Jacobsen and Toni Childs as well as other songs are written by Glenn Richards from the Australian band Augie March and Ben Bliss. It is an FANTASTIC album with great songs and great singing by Vika and Linda who sounded so great album on the album and also they along with Cameron Bruce who played on the album produced it too. It went to number 11 in Australia and they are doing an tour. They have just been inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame which they truly deserve it for the impact they have made on Australia and let's hope for the Black Sorrows to be inducted. This is a must for Vika and Linda fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so please do yoursevles an favour and BUY IT wh...

4BH June 1956

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This is from the Telegraph June 20th 1956 (70 Years ago today) 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 1950's which among their shows was the Nestles Show which was on in the evenings at 7.30pm which was a music show.

4BC June 1959

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This is from the Telegraph June 16th 1959 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 in the 1950's which among their disc jockeys were Bert (Birdbrain) Robertson who had been with the station since 1954 and would last until the early 70's was on Monday to Friday at 11.15am doing the Cuppa Club and Geoff Atkinson who was an part of the station's success in the 50's and 60's did the show Shell Dealer Parade Tuesdays to Saturdays from 11pm until Midnight.

4BC June 1966

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This is from the Telegraph June 15th 1966(60 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 top music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with the station since the 50's which he would last until the early 70's did the Top 40 Breakfast Show daily playing the latest records that was out at the time.