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4BK Top 40 charts March 1962

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This is from the Courier Mail March 30th 1962 and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with Dion at number 1 with the The Wanderer, Gene McDaniels at number 2 with Chip Chip written by Jeff Barry, Cliff Crofford and Arthur Rensick, Bobby Darin at number 3 with Multiplication and Brenda Lee at number 4 with So Deep. The new entries in the charts that week were Burl Ives at number 14 with the song written by Hank Cochran Little Bitty Tear, Carmen McRae at number 31 with the vocal version of Take Five, Lucky Starr at number 32 with the song written by Geoff Mack I've Been Everywhere, Chubby Checker at number 39 with La Paloma Twist and the Shadows at number 40 with Wonderful Land and besides from Lucky Starr the other Australian acts in the charts that week were Judy Stone at number 10 with I'll Step Down, Johnny O'Keefe at number 12 with Sing, Tony Brady at number 27 and Lonnie Lee at number 38 with When The Bells Stop Ringing

If Only You Knew by Lulu

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This is the memoir of Scottish singer Lulu and in the book she talks about her upbringing in Glasgow, started singing at age 9, performed with the Bellrocks and The Gleneagles, began recording for Decca which she had her first with Shout in 1964 as well as Leave A Little Love and Try To Understand, doing the movie To Sir With Love which she recorded the theme song as she was recording for EMI as well as having more hits including The Boat That I Row, Boom Bang a Bang and Oh Me Oh My, doing her TV shows including Happening to Lulu, her 2 marriages to Maurice Gibb and John Frieda, working with Mickie Most, The Hollies, Jimi Hendrix, Sidney Poiter, Jerry Wexler, Ronan Keating and many others. It is FANTASTIC and AMAZING with FANTASTIC stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it's well worth a read. Lulu has UK shows coming up in May, June and July and this is a must for 60's music fans as well as fans of Lulu and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops ...

You With the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate

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This is the memoir of American actress Christina Applegate and in the book talking about her upbringing in Laurel Canyon California, her parents seperated, did her first acting role on the US Daytime soap Days Of Our Lives, doing guest roles on shows including Charles In Charge and 21 Jump Street, acheiving great success with Married With Children playing Kelly Bundy, doing other movies including Don't Tell Mom The Babysitters Dead, The Sweetest Thing and Anchorman, her 2 marriages, encounters with Ed O'Neil, Katey Seagal, Brad Pitt and Johnny Deep, doing other TV shows including Dead To Me, getting diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2021 and many others. It is FANTASTIC with great stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining and it is well worth a read. Christina does a podcast called MeSsy with Jamie Lynn Sigler and this is a must for Christina Applegate fans which I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves a favour and BUY IT which you wi...

4BH Top 40 charts March 1968

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This is from the Telegraph March 29th 1968 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with Eric Burdon and the Animals at number 1 with Sky Pilot, Paul Mauriat at number 2 with Love Is Blue, The Groove at number 3 with their version of the Sam and Dave song Soothe Me and Engelbert Humperdinck at number 4 with Am I That Easy To Forget. Besides from the Groove the other Australian and New Zealand acts in the charts that week were Maria Dallas at number 24 with You DOn't Treat me Right/It's Such A Pretty World Today, The Bee Gees from Redcliffe at number 25 with Words, Brisbane boy Jon Blanchfield, The Masters Apprentices at number 27 with the song written by Brian Cadd who was with the Groop at the time Elevator Driver which was originally called Silver People, John (Johnny ) Farnham in the twice first with Sadie at number 29 and Underneath the Arches/Friday Kind of Monday at number 29, Ronnie Burns at number 30 with the song also written by Brian Cadd When I Was 6 Years Old, Bev Harrel...

Happy Days by Natalie Cassidy

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This is the autobiography of British actress Natalie Cassidy known for her role as Sonia Fowler in the British soap opera Eastenders and in the book she talks being on Eastenders which she was on it one and off for 32 years until last year, the passing of her parents, motherhood, her struggles with her body language, working with people June Brown, Wendy Richard and many others including receipes which it's in the book. It is FANTASTIC as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Natalie left Eastenders last year and she does a podcast called Life with Nat. This is a must for fans of Eastenders and 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.

Beyond Togetherness Barry Creyton

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This is the autobiography of Australian actor, playwright, Director, Screenwriter and composer Barry Creyton and in the book talks about his upbringing in Brisbane, going to Brisbane State High School, joined the Brisbane Arts Theatre and Twelfth Night Theatre, worked on ABC radio and 4BH, mentored by Babette stephens, worked in Sydney and Melbourne in the Theatre, achieving great success on TV with the Mavis Bramston show from 1964-66 as well as having his own TV show the Barry Creyton show, working in England working tn the Theatre, coming back to Australia where he did theatre work as well as doing Blankety Blanks, working in American where he still lives, working with Noeline Brown, Carole Raye, Gordon Chater, Graham Kennedy, Stuart Wagstaff and many others. It is AWESOME, FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and AMAZING stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Barry Creyton is based in America now which he has been since t...

The Magic Faraway Tree

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema in Coorparoo where I saw the movie The Magic Faraway Tree. Tim(Andrew Garfield) and Holly(Claire Foy) Thompson along with their 3 children Beth(Delilah Bennett-Cardy), Fran(Billie Gadson) and Joe (Phoenix Laroche) moved to the countryside where Fran discover a magical tree where she meets Silky(Nicola Coughlan), Moonface (Nonso Anozie), The Saucepan Man(Dustin Dermi Burns), Mr Watzisname (oliver Chris) and Dame Washalot(Jessica Gunning) and Beth and Joe join Fran to the Magical Tree where they transported to Spectacular and Fantastical Lands while Tim and Holly build a tomato shed to sell tomatoes and it gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Nonso Anozie, Jennifer Saunders, Jessica Gunning and also cames by Michael Palin, Lenny Henry and Judi Dench. It is directed by Ben Gregor and produced by Pippa Harris, Nicholas Brown, Danny Perkins and Jane...