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This is from the Telegraph June 11th 1958 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 disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who would become the station's success in the 50's and 60's hosted the show So Smooth which was on Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 9pm playing the music that really has charms.

This is from the Telegraph June 10th 1964 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 they were promoting the Beatles' Australian tour which was happening in that month (June) 1964 which would include Brisbane at the Festival Hall on June 29th and 30th and Sydney disc jockey Bob Rogers was travelling with them on the tour was reporting it to 4BC which they were 10 reports daily.

On Sunday June 7th I went to the Elvis Precinct to see the Joe Cocker Express who are from the Gold Coast and it was my first time seeing them live. The show started at 12.30pm with the Joe Cocker Express coming on stage which in the first set included the hits from the 80's including Up Where We Belong which Jason sang it with Bec and Leave Your Hat On and even doing the INXS song as well as each band member telling a story about Joe Cocker including one story about his mother doing washing and discovering a cheque in one of his clothes as well as being in Australia in 1972 and in the second set wore the hippy gear as well as singing the big classic hits including Delta Lady, Feelin Alright, You Are So Beautiful and of course the iconic With A Little Help From My Friends and also I met a lady named Laura, her mother Debra and an lady named Michelle. The show finished at 2.30pm, had bought records at Record Sale, bought Fish and Chips @ the Fish and Chips shop and went back to Tw...

On Saturday night June 6th I went to Twin Towns to see the tribute show to iconic American country singers Johnny Cash and June Carter called Hey Get Rhythm which has Mark Caliguri and his wife Joanne and it was my first time seeing the show. The show started at 8pm which Mark and Joanne coming out as they did 2 sets which in the first set performed Johnny's early hits in the 50's as well as June's songs including Juke Box Blues which some of the audience members came on stage and wore hats as well as for some songs Robert on horn came on stage as well as showing clips of Johnny and June on the screen both sides of the stage and there was a interval where I had a Pepsi Max and Boost chocolate. In the second set Mark and Joanne came back on stage which they did the songs of the 60's and 70's as well as one of Johnny's recordings in the 2000's and George an keyboardist joined the band on stage as well as an audience member came on stage when they were doing t...

This is from the Telegraph June 9th 1955 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 radio personalities were Keith Eadie who was on during the week with the Craven a Hit Parade which was on at 7pm and the next night at 6.15pm the show that was on was called Nissen's Gems Musical Comedy.

On Saturday afternoon I went to the Elvis Precinct to see the Bee Gees Revival Tribute Show and they are from Melbourne which it was my first time seeing them. The show started at 12.30pm with Roy Kossena(Barry), Phil Splitter (Robin) and AJ Leonard(Maurice) coming out on stage which in the first set starting off with Alone from Still Waters and then going through the 60's with Massachusetts and to Love Somebody as well as the early 70's as their 1987 hit You Win Again and there was an interval which I took 2 photos. The second set had Roy, Phil and AJ came back on stage which they wore black and white gear as they performed 2 of their 60's hits as well as their 70's hits including How Deep Is Your Love, Night Fever, Staying Alive as well as the Andy Gibb hit Shadow Dancing and some of the audience got up to dance during the set enjoying themselves. The show ended at 2.30pm which Roy, Phil and AJ came out to meet the fans to have photos with them and I got mine taken...