rockinluke

For this week's lost classic as well as an tribute to American singer Irene Cara who passed away a few days ago let's have a look at the song Out Here On My Own. In 1980 Irene Cara was in the 1980 movie Fame which she played Coco Hernandez and one of the songs that was from the movie was an song called Out Here On My Own which was written by legendary American singer Lesley Gore(It's My Party and You Don't Own Me) and her brother Michael Gore who also produced it. It went to number 19 in the USA, number 58 in the UK, number 41 in Australia and number 20 in Brisbane in 1980 and it was nominated for the Best Original Song at the Academy Awards but the title track Fame won the Oscar which Michael wrote that song with Dean Pitchford.

This is the new compilation CD by legendary American country singer Dolly Parton and on this CD it has many of her classic from 1971 up to 2020 inclduing 9 To 5, Here I Go Again, Jolene, Islands In the Stream with Kenny Rogers, I Will Always Love You, Baby I'm Burnin, The Seeker, Real Love also with Kenny Rogers and many others and also there is the liner notes writter by Robert K Oerrman who collaborated with Dolly on her book Songwriter My Life In Lyrics. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs that has stood the test of time and they sound great today as it did back then as it still gets played all over the world including here in Australia. The compilation is currently at number 27 in the USA pop charts, number 4 in the USA country charts, number 40 in the UK and number 47 in Australia and let's hope it goes up more as it's been an great few weeks for Dolly Parton which she has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame which she truly deser...

This is the second book by lead singer of the legendary British heavy metal band Judas Priest Rob Halford and in this book he talks about his experiences in the music scene regarding everything from tours to tattoos, autographs, dealing with fans, the music scene today, drugs, record companies,musicians and many others which he tells his opinions and memories with real honesty. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it's well worth an read. Judas Priest have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame which they truly deserve it and they are finishing their American tour Tuesday November 29th and in December doign shows in Mexico and South America as well as European shows in May and June 2023. This is an must for Judas Priest fans as well as music fans and I give it 5 stars which it is in the shops now do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is the new compilation of the legendary Australian group the Seekers and it is an 3 CD set it has songs including their clasic hits from the 60's as well as album tracks as well as the new recording the title track Carry Me written by Bruce Woodley which Judith Durham had recorded it as an demo and Bruce, Keith Potger and Athol Guy sang and played on the song which was to be the last recording they did with Judith Durham before passing away on August 5th this year as well as there is an great booklet which has reminiscences and memories by Keith, Bruce and Athol as well as their personal favourite Seekers songs. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and Brilliant songs which has stood the test of time and sound as great as you can never tire hearing great songs. This year is 60 years when the Seekers were formed but it is bittersweet as I already mentioned Judith Durham passed on August 5th this year but the great music they made will live on forever and gr...

In 1985 American singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp released the album Scarecrow which went to number 2 in the USA and Australia which went platinum 4x in Australia and 5x in the USA and from that it had the hit singles Small Town, ROCK In The USA, Rain On the Scarecrow, Rumbleseat and Lonely Ol' Night which was John proudced it with Don Gehman and also it is reissued on CD. On the remastered album which it is an double CD the first one has all the original tracks as well as the acoustic version of Small Town and on the second CD it has some songs that were not released on the album including Under The Boardwalk and Shama Lama Ding Dong, writer's demos of certain songs as well as Rough Mixes of others and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs which has stood the test of time and they sound as great today as it did back then. John Mellencamp will be touring America throughout next year and this is an must for John(Cougar) Mellencamp...

This is the memoir of American actor Matthew Perry and in this book he talks about his parents being divorced when he was an baby, his upbringing in Canada, playing tennis, started drinking at age 14, moving to New York, started acting which he did appearances on shows like Charles In Charge and Beverley Hills 90210, doing an show called Second Chance, doing Friends which he played Chandler Bing from 1994 until the end in 2004, talking about the behind the scenes of the show, doing movies like Fools Rush In and A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon, working with his Friends castmates as well as people like River Phoenix, Salma Hayek, Bruce Willis, Chris Farleyetc, his issues with Alcohol and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and AWESOME stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read. This is an must for fans of Friends as well as Matthew Perry fans and I give it 5 stars as it's in the shops now so do yoursel...

In June and July 2023 legendary British band 10CC will be touring Australia and they will be playing shows in Queensland, NSW, ACT, Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia. The band with original founding member and songwriter Graham Gouldman on bass guitar and vocals , Paul Burgess on drums, Rick Fenn on guitar, Iain Hornal on guitar and Keith Hyman on keyboards and guitar will perform many of their classic hits from the 70's including I'm Not In Love, The Things We Do For Love, Dreadlock Holiday, Rubber Bullets, Donna, Art For Art's Sake and many others and if you would like to see them please do yourselves an favour and SEE THEM which you will be truly entertained by an iconic and popular English rock band whose songs have stood the test of time which they sound as great as today. Tour Dates- Performing Arts Center Cairns June 7th The Events centre Caloundra June 8th Fortitude Music Hall Brisbane June 9th Twin Towns June 10th and 11th The C...

In November 2022 and January 2023 legendary Australian singer and entertainer Issi Dye will be performing shows in Queensland which in November he will be doing 3 shows which he will do the songs of rock and roll legends by Cliff Richard, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley, Johnny O'Keefe and many others and in January 2023 he and Glenn Douglas will do 2 Queensland shows doing the tribute shows to both Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers which Glenn does the Roy Orbison show and then he and Issi do the Everly Brothers tribute which they do it so very well. If you would like to see them please do yourselves an favour and SEE THEM which you will be entertained and impressed by hearing great music of an great era of music which still endures to this day and Issi always does an FANTASTIC show along with Glenn which they really give the crowds great entertainment. Queensland Shows November 2022- November 25th (Am) Reef Casino Morning With the Stars November 25th(PM) Innisfail Leagues CLub...

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema at Coorparoo to see the movie She Said. Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor(Zoe Kazan) who are journalists from the New York Times and have been getting threats about the articles they published about Donald Trump and then they getting reports about sexual abuse allegations by Hollywood Producer Harvey Weinstein which they planned to interview the survivors and witnesses of the sexual harrasement that was cause by Weinstein when they worked for him at Miramax and the Weinstein Company which they refused to do it at first but they eventually do and it gets very interesting afterwards. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT, GRIPPING and SUPERB with FANTASTIC acting by Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Ashley Judd as herslef, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher,Jennifer Ehle and Samantha Morton. It was directed by Maria Schrader and produced by Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kliener and also based on the investigation of the New York Times investigation and the ...

For this week's lost classics I thought we go back to 1981 with the Dr Hook single Wild Colonial Boy. This was an cover of the Irish Australian folk song which was about an bushranger who dies in an gunfight with local police and it had been recorded by acts like Rolf Harris, The Irish Rovers, The Clancy Brothers, Burl Ives, Charlie Walker and many others. The one that was the hit was done by American group Dr Hook in 1981 and they had performed the song on American Bandstand hosted by Dick Clark which lead singer Dennis Locorriere mentioned that it went to charity and it was only an hit in Australia in 1981 which went to number 4 in Australia and number 3 here in Brisbane.

This is the new Christmas album by legendary Australian singing sister duo Vika and Linda Bull and it was recorded at Woodstock Studios in February this year. The tracks on the album are covers of classic Christmas including Please Come Home For Christmas the Charles Brown song which the Eagles had an hit with it in 1978, Merry Xmas Everybody the Slade song, I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday the Wizzard song, the traditional Christmas Carol O Little Town Of Bethlehem and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and AWESOME songs and great singing by Vika and Linda who are sounding great as ever. This was produced by Cameron Bruce, executive producer was Lisa Palermo who manages Vika and Linda and Vika and Linda co produced the album as well. Vika and Linda will be performing at the Melbourne Recital Center on December 2nd and will be touring around Australia in 2023. This is an must for Vika and Linda fans and I give it 4 and an half stars as it's in ...

This is the new album by legendary American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen aka The Boss and this album is covers of classic soul music from the 60's which the title track was an Jerry Butler song along with Hey Western Union Man which was an hit for Max Merritt and the Meteors here in Australia in 1969, the Jimmy Ruffin song What Becomes Of the Broken Hearted, I Wish It Would Rain the Temptations song from 1968, Someday We'll Be Together the Diana Ross and the Supremes song from 1969, 7 Rooms Of Gloom the Four Tops song from 1967 as well as doing 2 duets with Sam Moore of the iconic soul duo Sam and Dave and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs which they sound great with great singing by Bruce Springsteen who is still sounding great at age 73 and it was recorded at Thrill Hill Recording in Colts Neck New Jersey. He is backed by the E Street Horns and he produced the album with Ron Aniello who plays on the album as well and Jon Landa...

This is the second book written by legendary Australian comedian and actor Paul Hogan and in this book he talks about his country's past and present as well as the characters who have are part of Australia's history including Sir Donald Bradman, Cathy Freeman, Ash Barty and many others as well as the beginnings of the country that was New Holland as well as movies that have become iconic like Mad Max, The Castle, Babe as well as the culture as well Hoges telling his own experiences about life in Australia as his best friend John Cornell who passed away an year ago and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with Impressive, witty and very entertaining stories which it is well worth an read. Hoges is battling an health issue at the moment but is going fine and I give it 5 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

On Sunday I went to the Events Cinema Carindale to see the movie Mrs Harris Goes To Paris. Ada Harris(Lesley Manville) who is an war widow and has been an cleaner becomes interested in an dress done by Christian Dior which she is then inspired to buy one so then she gets an war widow's pension which she then goes over to Paris to get one. When she arrives she stumbles into the 10th anniversary of Dior's Collection which she is friendly with accountant Andre (Lucas Bravo), Natasha (Alba Baptaista) an model who works for Dior and however Claudine (Isabelle Huppert) who is the director of Dior doen't like her. The company is going through financial problems and they reluctantly allow Ada to make a dress because she will pay it in cash and stays with Andre which she encourages him to express his feeling for Natasha and it gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Lesley Manville who was executive producer as well, Isabell...

Nearly 2 weeks ago Saturday morning on October 29th I saw on Facebook and the internet about the passing of iconic American rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis and it was sad to hear that as 2 days before there was an report that he had died but it was not true but sadly this time it was true 2 days later that he passed away. He was born in Ferriday Louisana September 29th 1935 which he was one of 4 children to Elmo and Mamie Lewis he had an brother Elmo Jr who passed away in 1938 and sisters Frankie and Linda who is an well known pianist and singer in her own right and had 3 cousins Mickey Gilley an well known American country, American televangelist Jimmy Swaggart and Carl McVoy who would record with the Bill Black Combo. He started playing piano in his youth and in 1949 made his first public performance doing Sticks McGhee's song Drinkin Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee at an car dealership with an country and western band. He studied at the Southwestern Assemblies of God University...

In 1983 Australian band INXS had almost finished their first US tour which was 3 months when they performed at the Us Festival on May 28th 1983 and they performed 9 songs including that came from the album Shabooh Shabooh which it was their American breakthrough as it was the start of many US tours for the band. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs and it sounds great which it was never released until now as well as Tim Farris and steve Wozniak who was one of the founders of the Us Festival doing the liner notes as well as being mixed by Mark Opitz, Josh Marx and Anthony Garvin and Chris Murphy was the executive producer. It is 25 years this month since the passing of lead singer Michael Hutchenece but has left an great legacy of music that has stood the test of time and 10 years since they stopped performing. This is an must for INXS fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will love it.

This is the autobiography of legendary Australian singing sisters Vika and Linda Bull and in this book they talk about their upbringing in Doncaster Victoria, started singing at an young, Vika started piano lessons and performing in bands like Fear Of Flying, John Justin and the Thunderwings, the Blue Tomatoes and Sophisticated Boom Boom, The Bachelors from Prague, they formed an group called the Honeymooners, joined the Black Sorrows in 1988 which would last 6 years and achieved great success with classics including Chained To The Wheel, becoming an duo after leaving the Black Sorrows which they achieved success, encounters with Chrissy Amphlett, Paul Kelly, Peter Gabriel, Iggy Pop and others, their personal issues and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and AWESOME stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read . Vika and Linda have just released an new Christmas album Gee Whiz It's Christmas which was rele...

This is the new Compilation CD by legendary American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond and it has Christmas songs from his 4 Christmas albums that he recorded in 1992 with The Christmas Album, the Christmas Album Volume II in 1994, A Cherry Cherry Christmas in 2009 and Acoustic Christmas in 2016 which he choose the tracks himself including Jungle Bell Rock, White Christmas, Morning Has Broken and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and Brilliant songs which sounded so great as holds up very well after all those years. His son Micah did the cover and as everyone knows Neil is not performing anymore due to being disagnosed with Parkinson's Disease 4 years ago but there is an musical about him called A Beautiful Noise will be on Broadway on December 4th at the Broadhurst Theater. This is an must for Neil Diamond fans and I give it 5 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will love it.

last Thursday afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo as part of the Brisbane International Festival to see the documentary Music Pictures New Orleans. In this documentary 4 artists of the New Orleans music scene from the 60's and 70's Irma Thomas, Little Freddie King, Ellis Marsalis and Bennie Jones Sr from The Treme Brass Band were interviewed and they talked about their experiences in the music business and stories as well as showing footage of their recording and playing music in New Orleans which one of those interviews with Ellis Marsalis was sadly one of the last as he passed away not long after that and also it has interviews with Irma's husband Ed as well as musician working with Irma as well as musicians who worked with Little Freddie King and Ellis Marsalis' son Jason. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT as well as very impressive and very entertaining with great stories from these legends which it is well worth seeing. it is directed by Ben Chace ...

For this week's lost classic segment let's have a look at the 1974 Australian hit single by British singer Daniel Boone. British singer Daniel Boone who is known for the 1972 international hit Beautiful Sunday as well as had his first hit single with the Bruisers when he was Lee Stirling with Blue Girl (number 31 in the UK in 1963) and had the 1971 British hit with Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast (number 17) as Daniel Boone had an single in 1974 with Skydiver which he wrote it with Larry Page who owned the record label Penny Farthing Records at that time as producer as well as having produced and managed The Troggs and the Kinks and it was released in late 1973 which went to number 16 in Australia, number 2 in Melbourne and Perth, number 3 in Brisbane, number 5 in Adelaide and number 40 in Sydney and also was reissued in mid 1974 which went to number 65 in Australia.