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Yesterday afternoon I went to Kedron Wavell to the Elvis Trilogy show which was my 2nd time seeing it as I saw it last year. I caught the bus from Coorparoo to South Brisbane, caught bus from South Brisbane to Chermside, had a look at Dymocks and JB Hi Fi and walk to Kedron Wavell. Went to the Kitchen, had Steak, Chips, Chicken Wings and Salad for lunch, drank Coke With No Sugar, ate Fundae which I was very lucky this time as I got it nearly 10 before before the show started and went to the Blue Pacific Room. The Show started at 2.07pm with Louis Brown who I saw at Cooly Rocks On in June came on first doing the 50's Elvis doing the classics including Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes, Such A Night, It's Now or Never, Don't Be Cruel and many others which in between songs Louis changed into different jackets as well as showing clips and during Jailhouse House an guy named Kerion came on stage with Louis which he threw his glasses into the audience and Michael Chambliss came

This is from the Telegraph September 16th 1967 and 4BK which until 1990 when it became B105 was one of Brisbane's very popular radio stations at that time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bob Wills who had been with 4BC until 1965 and had been with 4BK since 1966 was on late afternoons from 4pm-7pm and on Saturdays from 7pm until midnight did the Party Coll Show.

This is from the Courier Mail September 15th 1959 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who as we all know gave the Bee Gees their name use to do the Record Hops which was an big thing at that time when disc jockeys use to play records that was out at the time which the kids would pack out at these place. Bill gates use the to do the Lunch time Record Hops from 12pm till 2pm.

This is from the Courier Mail September 15th 1959 and until 1990 when it becmae B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations for many years which on this day the programs that were on were Australia's National Hit Parade hosted by Bob Rogers an Sydney disc jockey who had from 1950-57 worked at 4BH in Brisbane at 7.30pm, the serial CIB at 8pm, Elizabeth Webb Calling an program from England at 8.30pm, Potter and Moore's Pop Parade hosted by Malcolm Searle at 9pm and Sixty In Sound at 9.30pm hosted by Sammy K.

Last night I went to Mt Gravatt Bowls Club to see the Icons Of A Tribute to Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Ricky Nelson and I had not seen an show at the Bowls Club for 11 years since Saturday March 16th 2013 when I saw the Faboulous Sounds Of the 60's show with Darren J Ray and the Love Bugs. I caught the bus to Mt Gravatt, walk to the bowls club, saw friends including Tasha, Karen, her dad Malcolm, John and Michael who were there with Lifestream, Saw Heidi who was involved with the show, rang Dad, ordered my meal and use my mobile. Had Chicken Breast, Chips and Salad for dinner, drank Pepsi Max, ate Hot Apple Bites and went inside. The show started after 7.30pm with Rick Hudson from Melbourne coming on doing Elvis In Hollywood singing songs that ELvis Performed in his movies including Kissin Cousins, Follow That Dream, King Of the Whole Wide World, Rock A Hula Baby, Can't Help Falling In Love, Come On Everybody and others which in between songs he would go backstage to ch

This is the 3CD set of the iconic Australian group The Twilights and on the 3 CD set it has the singles including Needle In A Haystack, What's Wrong With the Way I Live, Cathy Come Home as well as tracks from the 2 albums self titled album and Once Upon A Twilight, non album singles including the early singles that was released in Adelaide, live recordings which most that has never been released until now and many others. it is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs which has stood the test of time as they still sound great today as it did back then and it is great to see stuff that hasn't been released until now as the music label Cherry Red Records has put the CD as well as the liner notes being done by Alec Palao who also the compiling and mastering and Victor Marshall and it has interviews with Garry Spry who managed the Twilights at that time and Terry Britten who went to great success as an songwriter writing hits for Tina Turner and Cliff Richard as w

This is from the Telegraph September 14th 1964 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's very popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Dai Myles who was on Monday to Friday from 7pm until Midnight doing Hit Parade at 7pm, Hot Fun at 8pm and Sweet Beat at 10pm as well as managing Brisbane rock group The Five later on.

This is the memoir of former Australian swimmer Michael Klim and in this book talking about his upbringing in Poland, Indiaata ge 11, Germany and Canada, moving to Australia at age 11, living in Melbourne, started swimming with Gene Jackson, starts swimming in the age Championships as well as the Age Nationals, going to the AIS Canberra, began swimming for Australia in 1995 at the Pan Pacific Championships, Swam at 3 Olympics games including Sydney in 2000 winning 2 Gold Medals, 3 Silver Medals and 1 Bronze Medal, breaking world records, having his own businesses called Milk and Co and Klim Swim in Bali, having Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and mmany others. It is FANTATSIC and BRILLIANT as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read and American swimmer Gary Hall Jr does the Foreword. Michael Klim is based in Bali these days and still has treatment for his health issue. This is an must for Australian swimming fans and I give it 4

This is from the Southisde News September 12th 1962 and 4BH which it is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which on Sundays at that time they played music from 5am with the disc jockeys who was part of 4BH were Bill Gates who gave the Bee Gees their name, Jim Sweeney, Ben Beckinsale and Brian Henderson who was the host of the iconic Australian music show Bandstand.

This is from the Telegraph September 11th 1967 and 4BH whch it's now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 60's which among their shows was the Midnight To Dawn playing the Top 40 music which was the big thing at that time.

This is from the Telegraph September 10th 1955 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 50's which among their radio personalities was Allen Brandt who also worked at 4KQ and later 4IP who did the conducting on an show called Early Morning Club.

This is from the Telegraph September 9th 1960 and 4BC which is now the talk back station the only commercial one here in Brisbane was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at that time which among thier disc jcokeys was Geoff Atkinson who was a big part of 4BC throughout the 50's and 60's did the Hi Fi Club show on Sundays from 9.15am until 10.15am and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm until 6.30pm which was presented by Coco Cola.

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo where I saw Thelma. Thelma Post(June Squibb) who lives alone in Los Angeles which she is visited by her grandson Daniel(Fred Hechinger) who looks after her and then gets an call her grandson saying that he had been arrested which turns out that it was not Daniel but someone pretended to be him and Thelma sends the money to the address as instructed. Thelma wants to get the money back and tries to track down friends to help but they since passed away and have moved and eventually tracks down old friend Ben(Richard Roundtree) who lives in assisted living which then she takes his scooter as Ben goes with her as well as getting an gun that belongs to her friend Mona (Bunny Levine) they go to the place where the money has been taken and then it gets interesting. It is Fantastic, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree who passed away last year, Clark Gregg, Parker P

This is from the Courier Mail September 8th 1961 and this was the 4BK Top charts with the Joy Boys featuring 2 of Col Joye's brothers Kevin and Keith Jacobsen at number 1 with Smokey Mokes, the Highwaymen at number 2 with Michael, Johnny O'Keefe at number 3 with the song written by Alicia Evelyn originally recorded by Johnny Nash I'm Counting On You and Eddie Hidges at number 4 with I'm Gonna Kock On Your Door. The new entries in the charts that week were Elvis Prelsey at number 19 with Little Sister, The Four Preps at number 33 with More Money For You and Me, The Ventures at number 38 with Silver City, Timi Yuro at number 39 with Hurt and Ben E King at number 40 with Amor and besides from The Joy Boys and Johnny O'Keefe who besides from I'm Counting On You was also in the Top 40 that week with Right Now at number 31 the other Australian acts in the charts that week were The Dave Bridge Quartet at number 6 with Skip To My Lou which Dave Bridge was an member of

This is the book about 2 iconic Australian music shows that were on Channel 0 (now Channel 10)back in the 60's The Go Show on August 4th 1964 which lasted for 3 years and 222 episodes until September 17th 1967 and Kommotion hosted by Ken Sparkes was on from December 13th 1965 until September 28th 1967 after 356 episodes and in the book it has the info about both shows as well as episode guides as well the discography of both the Go label and the Kommotion label and the people who worked on Kommotion including Denise Drysdale and Molly Meldrum and many others including some memorabilla and photos of the artists. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and AWESOME stuff and amazing information about the Go Show which just celebrated 60 years an month ago and Kommotion as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read. Brett Leslie and Milton Hammon who are TV archivists have done an FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT job putting this book together and i

This is from the Telegraph September 7th 1966 and 4BC which is now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one here in Brisbane was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with 4BC since the 50's did the breakfast show from 5.30am until 9am.

This is from the Telegraph September 7th 1966 and this was the 4BK top 40 charts with BJ Thomas at number 1 with Mama, Matt Monro at number 2 with the title track from the movie of the same name that starred Virginia McKenna Born Free, Johnny Young at number 3 with the song written by Stevie Wright and George Young of the Easybeats Step Back which also at that time he was hosting the iconic music show The Go Show on Channel 0 (now 10) and The Ray Conniff Singers at number 4 with Somewhere My Love. The new entries in the charts that week were The Beatles at number 14 with Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby which was both from the Revolver album which came out at that time,Los Bravos at number 32 with Black Is Black, The Rolling Stones at number 33 with Mother's Little Helper which was from the Aftermath album, Brisbane group the Purple Hearts featuring Mick Hadley and Lobby Loyde at number 34 with Early In The Morning and The Troggs at number 37 with the song With A Girl Like You and

This is from the Telegraph September 6th 1963 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's very popular radio stations at that time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were John Esdaile who was on Saturdays from 5am until midday doing Saturday Swingalong that included Top 40 Music, The Ampol Check n Fill Eight, Money For The Memory, Stop The Music and Guinea Money and Guinea Game Bonus.

This is from the Telegraph September 6th 1963 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with the Atlantics at number 1 with Bombora, Cliff Richard at number 2 with his version of the Ruth Brown 1957 song Lucky Lips, Rob EG at number 3 with 55 Days At Peking and Gerry and the Pacemakers at number 4 with the song written by Mitch Murray I Like It. The new entries in the charts that week were Jack Nitzsche at number 26 with the Lonely Surfer, The girl group The Angels at number 29 with My Boyfriend's Back, Billy K Kramer and the Dakotas at number 33 with the song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney Bad To Me and the Beach Boys at number 36 with Little Duece Coupe. Besides from the Atlantics and Rob EG the other Australian acts who were in the charts that week were The Denvermen at number 11 with Avalon Stomp, Frank Ifield at number 19 with I'm Confessin and Johnny O'Keefe at number 31 with Move Baby Move.

This is from the Telegraph September 6th 1968 and this was the 4BH top 40 with Johnny Farnham(now John) at number 1 with the double sided hit I Don't Want to Love You which wBorn By Your Sideas an cover of the Everly Brothers song and Jamie which was written by Hans Poulsen, The Beach Boys at number 2 with Do It Again, Mama Cass at number 3 with an song that was an cover of the 1931 song Dream A Little Dream Of Me and the 1910 Fruitgum Company at number 4 with 1 2 3 Red Light. The Australian acts who were in the chart that week were the Easybeats at 8 with Land Of Make Believe/Good Times, The Virgil Brothers including Peter Doyle at number 16 with Temptation Bout' To Ge Me, the boys from Redcliffe The Bee Gees at number 26 with Kitty Can/I've Gotta Get A Message To You which also featured at that time Colin Petersen another Redcliffe local and Normie Rowe at number 40 with Born By Your Side. Among the other acts who in the Top 40 that week were Tom Jones at number 5 with H

This is from the Telegraph September 4th 1963 and this was the 4BK top 10 with the Surfaris at number 1 with Wipe Out, The Atlantics at number 2 with Bombora, Rob EG at number 3 with 55 Days At Peking, Jan and Dean at number 4 with the song written by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and Jan Berry of Jan and Dean Surf City, The Essex at number 5 with Easier Than Done, The Denvermen who was also backing up Digger Revell at that time was at number 6 with Avalon Stomp, Cliff Richard at number 7 with his version of the Ruth Brown song Lucky Lips, Kyu Sakamoto at number 8 with Sukiyaki, Gerry and the Pacemakers at number 9 with the song written by Mitch Murray I Like It and The Glencoves at number 10 with Hootenanny.

This is from the Telegraph September 4th 1964 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at that time in the 60's which on Sundays they did Music Day from 5am which the disc jockeys who did the show were Ben Beckinsale, Bill Gates who as we all know gave the Bee Gees their name, Brian Henderson who was hosting the iconic music show Bandstand as well as doing the news on Channel 9 Sydney, John Laws and Barry Matheson.

In July and August 2025 legendary British rock band 10CC are touring Australia and they will be performing in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. The band has original founding Graham Gouldman, Rick Fenn since 1976, Paul Burgess since 1976, Keith Hayman since 2006 and Iain Hornal since 2018 and they will be perfoming their classic hits from the 70's including I'm Not In Love, The Things We Do For Love, Dreadlock Holiday, Rubber Bullets, Life Is A Minestrone and many others. If you would like to see them please do yourselves an favour and SEE THEM which you will be impressed and amazed as well as entertained as I am sure it will bring back memories for those grew up in the 70's as well as discovering the music for the first time you shall enjoy an legendary Bristish act from the 70's. Dates- QPAC Concert Hall Brisbane July 16th Twin Towns July 17th and 18th The Station Caloundra July 19th Empire Theatre Toowoomba July 20th Ci

This is from the Telegraph September 3rd 1973 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which is now Radio TAB 4IP who was based in Ipswich eventually based in Brisbane was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at that time in the early 70's which among their disc jockeys was David Greenwood who had been with 4IP since the 60's as well as hosting the second season of the Brisbane music show Countdown (Not the Molly Meldrum one) who did the Breakfast Club in the mornings.

This is from the Telegraph September 2nd 1964 (60 Years ago today) and this was the 4BK top 10 with the Animals at number 1 with House Of the Rising Sun, Cliff Richard at number 2 with Constantly, The Beatles at number 3 with the title track from the movie A Hard Day's Night, Wayne Newton at number 4 with his version of the Platters song Only You, PJ Proby at number 5 with his version of an 1933 song Hold Me, Sounds incorporated at number 6 with The Spartans, Rob EG at number 7 with When You're Near, the boy from Moorooka Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs at number 8 with their version of Rufus Thomas song Mashed Potato, The Beatles at number 9 with their version of the Carl Perkins song Matchbox and the Rolling Stones at number 10 with their version of the Valentinos song that was recorded at Chess Studio on their first US tour June that year It's All Over Now.

Tis afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo where I saw Midas Man. It's Liverpool England 1959 and Brian Epstein (Jacob Fortune-Lloyd) working in his parents' store who is suggesting to add music to the store which happens and in 1961 he goes to the Cavern where he sees an upcoming group called the Beatles which he meets them and wanting to manage them as he changes their image as well as auditioning for Decca but they didn't pass the audition as well as getting turned down by other companies but eventually signed with Parlophone which the Beatles would go on to great success and he also manages Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black (Darci Shaw) and Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas but behind the scenes he has personal issues to deal with including being gay as well as his relationship with his father Harry (Eddie Marsan) and many others. It is FANTASTIC with FANTASTIC acting by Jacob Fortune-Lloyd who was one of the producers, Darci Shaw, Eddie Marsan, Emily Watson,

In February 2025 legendary American singer Gary Puckett and the Union are touring Australia which they will be performing in NSW, Queensland and Victoria and will be performing the hits from the 60's including Young Girl, Lady Willpower, Over You and Woman Woman as well as album tracks as well as telling stories about his career. If you would like to see him live please do yourselves an favour and SEE HIM which you will be impressed and amazed as well as may it bring back memories for those who grew up in the 60's listening to those great songs as well as those who are discovering the music of the 60's for the first time which it will be an experience to see an music legend from the 60's. Australian Dates- The Q Queanbeyan February 5th Norths Cammeray NSW February 7th Bankstown Sports Club NSW February 8th Ettalong Diggers NSW February 9th The Art House Wyong NSW February 12th The Juniors NSW February 14th Twin Towns Tweed Heads February 15th Kedron Wavell Brisbane

This is from the Telegraph September 1st 1954 and 4BH who is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 1950's which among their disc jockeys was Bob Rogers who would go on to great success on Sydney radio was with 4BH from 1950-57 and he did the show Platter Chatter at 9.30pm.