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In November this year the tribute show to Motown Songs In the Key of Motown will be doing 3 Queensland Shows as their upcoming Australian tour which also includes NSW, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia and the groups Spectrum and Radiance will perform the classic Motown hits by acts including the Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, the Jacksons and many others. If you would like to see the show please do yourselves an favour and SEE IT which you will be truly entertained as well as be impressed and amazed hear those great Motown classics that has stood the Test of Time. Queensland Shows- Brisbane Kedron Wavell Friday November 8th Twin Towns Saturday November 9th The Events Centre Caloundra Sunday November 10th

This is from the Telegraph May 21st 1968 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Geoff Bradley who was on the Breakfast Show Monday to Saturday, Grahame Roberts from 2pm until 6pm Monday to Friday and Sunday Mornings and John Kerr 6pm to 9pm Monday to Friday and Saturday and Sunday Afternoons and the music played were the lastest 40 hits at that time, Hits from Yesteryear and Hits from Modern Music Albums at that time.

This is from the Telegraph May 20th 1964(60 Years ago today) and this was the 4BK Top 10 with Peter and Gordon at number 1 with the song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney A World Without Love, the Beatles at number 2 with Can't Buy Me Love, The Beatles at number 3 with All My Lovin, Johnny O'Keefe at number 4 with She Wears My Ring/Let's Love Tonight, Terry Stafford at number 5 with his version of the Elvis Presley song Suspicion, Elvis Presley at number 6 with the title song from the movie he starred with Ann Margaret Viva Las Vegas, The Bachelors at number 7 with an cover of the 1927 song from an movie 7th Heaven Diane, Billy j Kramer and the Dakotas at number 8 with Little Children, The Dave Clark Five at number 9 with Bits and Pieces and the Beatles at number 10 with Roll Over Beethoven with George Harrison on lead vocals/Hold Me Tight which both came from the With The Beatles album.

This afternoon I went to the South Bank Cinema to see the movie If. Bea(Cailey Fleming) who is staying with her grandmother (Fiona Shaw) as her father (John Kransinski) is in hospital having surgery and is on her way home getting an charger when she sees a stranger creature which she follows it to her grandmother's building which then the following morning she sees it again with an man named Cal (Ryan Reynolds) going to an house which she followed them where Cal retrives an purple furry creature named Blue(voiced by Steve Carrell) as well as Bea meeting Blossom (Voiced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Bea learns Cal has been working imaginery friends nicked named IF's to place them with new children as their original children have grown up and forgotten them and she helps Cal which they visited the Memory Lane Retirement Home an retirement community for IF's where she mets Lewis(Louis Gosset Jr in one his final roles) who is the head of the facility who also inspires Bea to re

This is from the Telegraph May 19th 1975 and this was the 4BH Top 40 with Al Martino at number 1 with To The Door To The Sun, Frankie Valli at number 2 with My Eyes Adored You, Pilot at number 3 with January and at number 4 Gene Pitney with the song written by Roger Cook Blue Angel. The Australian acts on the charts that week were Sherbet at number 6 with Summer Love, Skyhooks at number 8 with Horror Movie which was from the iconic Living In The 70's album, Ross Ryan at number 20 with Blue Chevrolet Ballerina, Kevin Johnson at number 21 with 20th Century Man, Graeme Connors at number 22 with Dakota, Olivia Newton John at number 22 with the song written by fellow Australian as well as member of the Strangers and the Shadows John Farrar at number 23 with Have You Never Been Mellow, Olivia Newton also at number 25 with the song written by John Rostill who was from the British group The Shadows If You Love Me(Let me Know), Skyhooks at number 29 as well as the one of the entries in th

This is the memoir of Australian actress Rebel Wilson and in this book she talks about her upbringing in Sydney, South African trip in the 90's, her acting career in Australia doing her first film Fat Pizza as well as TV including Pizza, The Wedge and Bogan Pride, going to America where she would achieve great success in movies including Bridesmaids, Pitch Perfect, How To be Single, Isn't It Romantic and many others, her issues with her weight, fertility issues, working with Matt Lucas, Rose Byrne, Anne Hathaway, Liam Hemsworth and many others. It's FANTASTIC with Impressive and entertaining stories which it's enjoyable and worth an read. Rebel Wilson is in an upcoming movie called Bride Hard and this is an must for Rebel Wilson fans as well as movie fans. I give it 4 stars and it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is from the Telegraph may 18th 1966 and this is the 4BK top 10 with at number 1 Nancy Sinatra with These Boots Are Made For Walkin, at number 2 Australian group the Throb with their version of the Benny Spellman song Fortune Teller which at that same time the Rolling Stones released their version of it, at number 3 The Beatles with Nowhere Man/Norwegian Wood which George Harrison played the sitar which was from the Rubber Soul album, at number 4 the Overlanders with their version of the Beatles song Michelle, at number 5 Bob Lind with Elusive Butterfly, at number 6 the Seekers with the song written by Paul Simon Someday Oneday, at number 7 Normie Rowe with the Breaking Point which was his version of the Chuck Jackson song, at number 8 Peter and Gordon with the song written by Paul McCartney who used the name Bernard Webb Woman, at number 9 Bob Kuban and the In Men with The Cheater and at number 10 Lou Christie with Lightning Strikes.

This is from the Telegraph May 17th 1956 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 50's which among their disc jockeys was Bob Rogers who had been with 4BH since 1950 which he did the show The American Hit Parade that was on 8pm.

This is from the Sunday Truth May 16th 1965 and 4BC which is now the talk back station was one of Brisbane's top radio stations back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Bert "Birdbrain" Robertson who was with the station since the 50's was on daily from 12pm until 2.30pm .

This is from the Telegraph May 15th 1956 and 4KQ long before being an country station as well as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time which on this day in 1956 they did the Radio Revels at City Hall which the segments were the quizzes done by George Hardman, Andy Stevens did the Talent Quest Zone Final, Follies Parade, Chas Sullivan who was an comedian and Wynne Redwood and Kath McGrath who were rhythm pianists.

Last night I had the great pleasure to see iconic British singer Engelbert Humperdinck at QPAC Concert Hall which it was my first time. Dad took me to the bus stop, caught bus to SOuth Bank which my friend Steven rang me, got off at South Bank, went to the Plough Inn, rang Dad, had Chicken Parmigiana, chips and Salad for dinner, drank pepsi Max and walk to QPAC. Saw John, met his daughter Michelle and Charles, went to the Cloak room which the lady said that was no need to give the bag as it was small, went upstairs, bought Engelbert Humperdinck Hat and CD, drank Coke With No Sugar, went inside and use my mobile. The show started after 7pm with footage of Engelbert from the 70's and then Engelbert came on stage which he started off with the Platters song Only You and then performed his hits from the 60's and 70's as well as the other songs like the Toby Keith song Don't The Old Man In as well as an tribute to his wife Patricia Everywhere I Go as well as telling some st

This is from the Telegraph May 14th 1958 and 4BC who is the talk back station now was one of Brisbane's Top music radio stations at the time in the 50's was the first Brisbane radio station to do the Top 40 which happend on Monday May 19th 1958 as Sydney had done it in March 1958 on 2UE

This is from the Telegraph May 13th 1957 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at that time in the 50's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse on North Quay had an show at 10.30pm called Rock A Bye Road playing the lastest songs that were around at the time.

This is from the sunday Truth May 12th 1968 and 4BC which is now the talk back station was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time back in the 1960's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who was on from 5.30am until 8am and Mike Ahern who had joined 4BC at that time was on from 8am until 11am. this advert was an promo to win an ring an ding lunch with Johnny and Mike and amazing stuff back then.

Legendary British rock band Queen performed at the Montreal Forum in Montreal on November 24th and 25th 1981 as those were the final dates of the Game Tour which had started since June 1980 and it was on those 2 dates in 1981 that the show was recorded which was not released until 2007 as an live CD as well as an DVD, Blu-ray and triple vinyl and also is now out again as an double CD. On this double CD that is out now. On the double CD they performs many of the hits that they had out at that including Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We Will Rock You, Killer Queen, Under Pressure as well as the Elvis Presley classic Jailhouse Rock as well as drums solos by Roger Taylor and the guita solo by Brian May. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT songs which are timeless as well as great playing by the band who were really at the peak of their form at that time. Queen with Roger Taylor and Brian May with Adam Lambert as lead singer did an tour of

This is from the Telegraph May 11th 1973 and 4IP which until 1991 when it became 4TAB now Radio TAB was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at that time in the 70's which they promoted events as one of them was the 1973 Hot Rod Spectacular at the Indoroopilly Shoppingtown that started May 12th and it lasted until the 19th night and day.

This is from the Sunday Truth May 10th 1964 and 4BC which is now the talk back station was one of Brisbane's Top music radio stations back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who did the top 40 Breakfast Show every morning playing the latest records at the time.

This is from the Telegraph May 9th 1969 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's very popular radio stations which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who joined in April 1969 after being at 4BC since 1958 which Geoff was on the 4BK Breakfast Show Monday to Saturday from 5.30am until 9am.

In 1998 legendary American singer Cher released the album which went to number 4 in the USA, number 7 in the UK and number 13 in Australia as it was her first dance album and produced by Mark Taylor, Brian Rawling, Junior Vasquez and Todd terry. From the album it had 4 singles the title track which was number 1 in the USA, UK and Australia, Strong Enough going to number 57 in the USA, number 5 in the UK and number 11 in Australia, All Or Nothing going to number 38 in the USA, number 12 in the UK and number 62 in Australia and Dov'e l'amore going to number 21 in the UK and number 49 in Australia and also the album was dedicated to her ex husband Sonny Bono who passed early that year. The album is out on CD again as it was 25 Years ago late last year when it came on and on the deluxe edition that is out now it has remixes of the songs including Believe and Strong Enough. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs which they hold up very well today and still sound

This is from the Gold Coast Sun May 8th 1970 and 4IP which until 1991 when it became 4TAB(RadioTAB) the horseracing station as it is now was one of Brisbane's very popular radio stations which it was originally based in Ipswich when it started in 1935 and many disc jockeys came through that station including David Greenwood, John Knox, John McCoy, Billy J Smith and Geoff Mullins.

This is from the Telegraph May 7th 1969 and 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations long before being an country music station in the 80's as well as being the Greatest Memories and Latest Hits and Good Times Great Classic Hits which among their radio personlities was Bruce Ross who was on Monday to Saturday from 5am until 8am which it was the Better Music and More News as at that time they were playing Easy listening music.

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo to see the movie Golda. It's 1973 Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir(Helen Mirren) is faced with an situation as the Yom Kippur War happening which was between Syria, Egypt and Israel along with her health issues as well as an skeptical cabinet an complex relationship with US secretary of State Henry Kissinger played by Leiv Schreiber as well as lives in the balance it's up to Golda to get things dealt with and it gets interesting. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with an Top and Brilliant performance done by Helen Mirren which she does it so brilliantly as well as the other acts including Camille Cottin, Leiv Schreiber, Lior Ashkenazi and Dvir Benedek. It is directed by Guy Nattiv and produced by Nicholas Martin who also did the screenplay, Jane Hooks and Michael Kuhn. This is one of Helen Mirren's best performances which any films she has been in she does it so brilliantly and I am giving this 4 and an half stars a

This is from the Telegraph may 6th 1963 and 4BC which is now the talk back station was one of Brisbane's Top music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bob Wills who was on every night from 10.30pm until 11.30pm presenting the Super 70 hits on the Marlboro Show

This is from the Telegraph may 5th 1965 and this was the 4BK Top 10 with Hermans Hermits at number 1 with the double sided Can't You Hear My Heartbeat written by John Carter and Ken Lewis who were from the English group the Ivy League and Silhouettes which was a cover of the Rays song from 1957, Petula CLark at number 2 with the song written by Tony Hatch I Know A Place which later won an Grammy that year for Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance of 1965 Female, The Beatles at number 3 with their version of the Chuck Berry song Rock and Roll Music which was from the Beatles For Sale album, The Seekers at number 4 with the song written by Tom Springfield I'll Never Find Another You, The Rolling Stones at number 5 with the Last Time, Roger Miller at number 6 with King Of The Road which would 5 Grammys the following year, Tom Jones who has just toured Australia at number 7 with the song intended to be for British singer Sandie Shaw It's Not Unusual, Gene Pitney at nu

In June legendary Australian singer Issi Dye will be performing shows in Queensland on the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Warwick doing rock and roll songs as well as doing with shows with Glenn Douglas doing the everly brothers and Roy Orbison as well as the show at Twin Towns with Sharon Lee doing Olivia Newton John, Peter Triantis doing Elvis and Lisa Stewart doing Dolly Parton. If you would like to see Issi Dye please do yourselves an favour and SEE HIM which you will be impressed and amazed as well as truly be entertained by an true Australian music legend which it will be an experience that you'll never forget. Queensland Dates- Noosa Tewantin RSL June 1st Parklands Paradise Point June 2nd Greenmount Surf Club(Cooly Rocks On) June 6th Q1 Skypoint June 8th Cooly Rocks On Stage June 9th Twin Towns with Glenn Douglas, Sharon Lee, Peter Trianits and Lisa Stewart June 11th Warwick RSL June 14 X 2 Issi (am) and Sharon Lee and Issi (PM)

This is from the telegraph May 4th 1967 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Grahame Cherry who was on Monday to Friday from 4pm until 7pm and on Sundays 8am until 2pm.

In 1993 the biographical movie What's Love Go To Do With It was released that starred Angela Bassett as iconic American singer Tina Turner and Laurence Fishburne as Her ex husband Ike Turner which was an great success and the soundtrack track album of the same name which including the title which was the huge hit in 1984 as well as re-recordings of the songs she did with Ike including Proud Mary and Nutbush City Limits as well as some of the recordings she did on the album including I Don't Wanna Fight, Disco Inferno and Why Must We Wait Until Tonight. the album was released on June 15th 1993 which went to number 17 in the USA pop charts, number 8 in the USA R&B charts, number 1 in the UK and number 30 in Australia and it now being re-issued again as it was released last Friday as an double CD. On the first album it has the original tracks on the album that was released in 1993 and on the second CD has different versions of the songs that was recorded on the album includ

This is from the Telegraph May 3rd 1967 and 4KQ before becoming an country station as well as the Good Times Great Classic Hits was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their radio personalities was Shirley Bushell who had an show at 10am Monday To Fridays called A It's A Woman's World.

This is from the Telegraph May 2nd 1958 and 4KQ long before becoming an country station in the 1980's as well as Good Times Great Classic Hits was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations which on Fridays at 11am they did Gold Coast Calling which was broadcast Direct from the Chevron Hotel with performers like Rick Farbach and Frank Zorz, at 6.30pm Hook Line and Sinker and at 8pm Three State Hit Parade which australia's Top Pops as 4KQ was the first Brisbane radio station to do the hit parade which they had done it since 1956 as the Top 40 would hit Brisbane during the same month(May 1958) with 4BC was the first Brisbane station to do top 40.

From August 2nd to August 4th Greazefest 2024 is happening again which it will be held at the Cleveland Showgrounds and on Friday night it will be from 7pm until midnight, Saturday from 10am until 10pm and Sunday 9am until 6pm. Among the acts that are going to be performing are Lovejoy Surf, Rusty Pinto, Kid James, Twang, Marti Brom from USA, Pat Capocci, The Walters, Smokin Firebirds and many others and there is markets, Hot Rods and Classics, Art Show and Competition, Food Trucks, Mimsy's Trailer Trash Tattoo and many others. If you want to attend go to the website greazefest.com.au to get your tickets or you can get a ticket when you go there during the weekend and you will be truly impressed and amazed which it is an FANTASTIC and AWESOME atmosphere as everyone has an great time and enjoying themselves. Do youselves an favour and SEE IT.

This is from the Telegraph May 1st 1975 and this was the 4IP Top 40 charts with Frankie Valli at number 1 with My Eyes Adored You, Skyhooks at number 2 with Horror Movie which was from the iconic rock album Living In The Seventies, Pilot at number 3 with January and at number 4 Al Martino with To The Door of The Sun. New entries in the chart that week were Skyhhoks at number 32 with Ego Is Not A Dirty Word which was also the title track o0f the album of the same name which was the next album, Allison McCallum at number 34 with Excuse Me, Olivia Newton at number 36 with the song written by John Farrar from the Australian group the Strangers Have You Never Been Mellow and the Eagles at number 40 with The Best of My Love which was from the On The Border album. Among the other Austrlian acts on the chart that week were Bob Hudson at number 11 with the Newcastle Song, Sherbet at number 12 with Summer Love, Olivia Newton John at number 13 with If You Love Me written by John Rostill from t

This is from the Telegraph May 1st 1986 and this was the FM 104 Rock Album Chart which it was the top 15 with Mental As Anything at number 1 with the compilation album Greatest Hits Vol One, Sting at number 2 with The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, the Eagles at number 3 with the Best Of and Whitney Houston at number 4 with her debut self titled album which was also one of the new entries in the charts that week. The other new entries into the chart that week were Hunters and Collectors with Human Frailty at number 12 and the Brisbane band the Saints at number 14 with All Fools Day and among the other acts in the chart that week were Phil Collins at number 5 with No Jacket Required, Dire Straits at number 7 with Brothers In Arms, Icehouse at number 8 with Measure For Measure, Jimmy Barnes at number 10 with For the Working Class Man and the Rolling Stones at number 11 with Dirty Work.