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In September 1974 American singer Tina Turner released her very first solo album Tina Turns The Country On which was while she was performing with her then husband Ike Turner as it was an attempt by Ike to expose to Tina to an wider audience but even though it did not chart anywhere it was nominated for a Grammy in the Best R&B Vocal Performance Female category and it is now out on CD. On the album it has the original tracks which was mainly covers of songs by peopel Olivia Newton John, Bob Dylan, Hank Snow and James Taylor and it was recorded at Bolic Sound in Inglewood California which owned by Ike Turner as well as among the musicians playing on the album were James Burton who had played with Ricky Nelson and Elvis Presley and Glen D Hardin who was also playing with Elvis at that time as well as having an member of the Crickets. It is excellent with great songs with great singing by Tina and it holds up very well to this day. On Tuesday November 26th it would have been her 85...

This is the new memoir by legendary British actor Michael Caine and in this book he talks about his career as he has been asked by fans, other actors, friends and his grandchildren like why his career has lasted so long, how he handled fame, living in Hollywood, his friendships, how to treat success, the movies he made and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT as well as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read. Michael caine has retired now which he made his last movie the Great Escaper as he did that with Glenda Jackson who passed away after the movie was made and the great movies Michael Caine made lives on and still watched. This is an must for movie 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 be impressed and amazed.

This is the memoir of Karin Keays widow of Australian music legend Jim Keays who was from the iconic Australian rock band The Masters Apprentices and in this book she talks about moving to Melbourne from the Gold Coast, meeting Jim Keays who would become her husband which would last for 25 years which they would have 2 daughters Holly and Bonnie, her husband's music career, the birth of their 3rd child an son named William who would sadly pass away 6 hours after birth which would lead to the courtroom drama that would last for 2 years and many others. It is sad, touch, Amazing and Brilliant with amazing stories and how Karin got through this sad time which it is well worth an read. Karin has been busy promoting the book as well as Jim's solo CD that he recorded in 2000 but never came out at that time Caledonia and the Masters Apprentices documentary Turn Up Your Video which is now on DVD and to those in Brisbane she will be appearing at Sonic Sherpa in Greenslopes next Thursd...

This is from the Telegraph November 28th 1961 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 60's which they were playing rock and pop music but that weekend Saturday December 2nd and Sunday December 3rd 1961 did the Swing A Long show playing music of the big band era including Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Doris Day and Frank Sinatra which was played Saturday from 8am until 6pm and Sunday 9am until 7pm.

This is from the Telegraph November 27th 1970 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1970's which they also promoted events which on Sunday November 29th 1970 the festival Pop Festival and Barbecue was held at Lakeside which the compere was John Kerr who was one of 4BH's disc jockeys as well as doing the broadcast from their mobile studio at Lakeside as well as Des White doing the reports of the car events and the acts that perfomed on the day were Johnny O'Keefe, Greg Anderson, Jon Blanchfield, Burke and Wills(including Jamie Dunn), Kerri Wright(Kerri Ann Kennerley) and Spinning Wheels.

This is the memoir of lead singer and member of Australian duo Savage Garden Darren Hayes and in the book he talks about his upbringing in Brisbane in the Logan Area, working at Woody's Music Store, joined an band called Red Edge which had Daniel Jones which would become Savage Garden, achiving success in Australia and overseas with hits including I Want You, Truly Deeply Madly, To The Moon and Back, I Knew I Loved You and The Animal Song as well as the 2 albums self-titled album and Affirmation, his solo career, his personal issues with depression and sexuality as well as going through bullying, childhood trauma and domestic Violence, encounters with Stevie Nicks, Charles Fisher, Georg Michael, Luciano Pavatotti and many others. It is AMAZING, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with AWESOME and BRILLIANT stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining as well as sad going through the journey from Brisbane to the International Stage. Darren has been in Australia promoting his book in...

This is from the Telegraph November 26th 1965 and now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the 1960's as they were also promoting shows which on this day they did the 4BC Sound Spectacular Show at Festival Hall with 4BC disc jockeys Geoff Atkinson, Tony McArthur and Bob Wills as well as the Brisbane groups that performed were The Avengers, The Down and Out(formerly the Kodiacs who backed up Ross D Wyllie), The Feelgoods, The Dominoes, The Hi Lites and Mal and The Embers and the special guests were the Easybeats, MPD Limited and Tony Worlsey. It was on the same night that Brisbane group The Beachies playing at TC's which was on Elizabeth Street and Ross D Wyllie, The Escorts and Johnny Denver played at the Bowl in South Brisbane and also on TV on the BTQ 7 show Theatre Royal had The Fellowmen and Bettina and Bryce.

Yesterday afternoon I went to Kedron Wavell to see Australian country singer Adam Harvey which was the first time I have seen him live ever. I caught the bus from Coorparoo to the city, then caught the bus to Chermisde, went to Dymocks where I bought an book called I Hear Motion about the 80's music scene and walk to Kedron Wavell. Went to the Kitchen, rang Dad, ordered my meal, bought Coke With No Sugar and use my mobile. Had Fettucini Alfred for lunch, drank Coke with No Sugar, ate Choc Berry Garden, had a another Coke With No Sugar, waited, went to the Blue Pacific Room and Had a look at book. The show started @ 3.01pm with support singer-songwriter from the Gold Coast Chloe Styler coming on stage with Adam Harvey introducing her and did an FANTASTIC set of her own songs as well as her version of the Fleetwood Mac song Dream which she got everyone to sing along to the song as well as telling stories about some of the songs as it was my second time seeing her live as I saw her ...

This is from the Telegraph November 25th 1960 and 4KQ known for being the music station had a show on Saturdays called Saturday Afternoon At Home did an broadcast at the Manly Boat Harbour which was opened that time and the 4KQ personalities that was there was George Hardman, Noel Horn and Bill Matheson as well as the opening done by Treasurer T A Hiley.

This is from the Courier Mail November 24th 1964 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time which among their disc jockeys who was on in the 60's were Ron Giles who was on from 1.30pm until 3.30pm doing Dial A Disc, Bill O'Brien did his own show The Bill O'Brien Show from 3.30pm until 5.30pm doing the latest releases at the time, imports and the top 40 and Nevil Gray doing his show The Nevil Gray show from 5.30pm until 9pm which he did Music for Young Brisbane.

This is from the Telegraph November 23rd 1959 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in 1950's which among their shows was Rumpus Room which was an talent quest show that was on Monday to Friday at 4.15pm as well as having an Coca Cola competition.

This is from the Telegraph November 22nd 1958 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits as well as being an country music station 4KQ was known for playing music back in 1958 as they were the first Brisbane radio station to play rock and roll and it was on this day in 1958 that they went 24 hours a day which would remain that until the very last broadast Thursday June 30th 2022 when it ended.

This is from the Telegraph November 21st 1962 and now the talk back station which it's the only commerical on here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top radio stations back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Bert "Birdbrain" Robertson and Johnny James and they did an broadcast in Sandgate at the opening of Bayards Store.

This is from the Telegraph November 20th 1969 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 60's which among their disc jockeys was Russ Walkington who was on Monday to Saturday from 8am and John Taylor who was on Monday to Friday from 2pm.

This is from the Courier Mail November 19th 1965 and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with Sonny and Cher at number 1 with Sing C'Est La Vie, MPD Limited (Mike Brady, Peter Watson and Danny Finley) at number 2 with their version of the Johnny Burnette 1961 hit Little Boy Sad, The McCoys at number 3 with Hang On Sloopy and Normie Rowe and the Playboys at number 4 with the double sided hit Que Sera Sera (which was a cover of the Doris Day 1956 hit)/Shakin All Over(cover of the 1960 hit for Johnny Kidd and the Pirates). the new entries in the chart that week were The Easybeats at number 34 with Sad and Lonely and Blue, The Seekers at number 37 with the song written by Tom Springfield The Carnival Is Over and Bob Dylan at number 39 with Positively 4th Street and besides from MPD Limited, Normie Rowe, The Eaysbeats and The Seekers the other Australian/New Zealand acts in the charts that week were Ray Brown and the Whispers at number 5 with their version of the wilson Pickett song In Th...

This is from the Telegraph november 18th 1964 (60 Years ago) and this was the 4BK Top 10 with the Searchers who were in Brisbane the month before with Del Shannon, Peter and Gordon, Eden Kane and Dinah Lee at number 1 with their version of the Jackie De Shannon song When You Walk In The Room which was the first single with member Frank Allen playing on it as he replaced original bass player Tony Jackson, the Kinks at number 2 with You Really Got Me, Ray Columbus and the Invaders who was also on the tour with The Searchers, Del Shannon, Peter and Gordon, Eden Kane and Dinah Lee that played in Brisbane at Festival Hall the month before at number 3 with their version of the Senators song She's A Mod, Jay and the Americans at number 4 with Come A Little Bit Closer, Sounds Incorporated who toured with the Beatles in Australia 5 months before at number 5 with William Tell Overtrue/Maria, Elvis Presley at number 6 with Ask Me/Ain't That Loving You Baby, Burl Ives at number 7 with Pea...

This afternoon I went to the Redland Performing Arts Centre where I saw iconic Australian singers Brian Cadd and Glenn Shorrock which I last saw them 3 years ago at QPAC on Saturday February 20th 2021 as part of the Rock the House. I caught the bus to Cleveland from Carindale, walk to Redland Performance Arts centre, bought Ice Cream and Coke With No Sugar, ate Ice Cream, Drank Coke With No Sugar, went inside and use mobile. The show started at 2pm with Brian Cadd and Glenn Shorrock coming on stage which they did started with the song the Two Amigos and both performed their 60's hits with their successful bands Glenn with the Twilights and Brian with the Groop as well as Axiom as well as songs that influenced by acts like Dion, Little Richard, The Beatles and the Everly Brothers as well as telling stories about their careers as well as mentioning Hoadleys Battles of the Sounds and there was an interval where I bought an Brian Cadd CD, had a Coke With No Sugar, went back inside ...

This is the compilation CD by legendary British singer Bryan Ferry which there is an 5 CD set of Retrospective I am reviewing the single CD version and on the single CD version are the selected recordings from 1973-2023 of his solo work it has the classic hits he made including Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Let's Stick Together, Slave To Love, Kiss and Tell and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs that has stood the test of time and still sounding great today as it did which great music always endures and Damien Love did the liner notes on the CD. This is an must for Bryan Ferry 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 be impressed and amazed.

This is from the Telegraph November 17th 1969 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Bradley who had been with 4BH prior to joining 4BK and was on Monday to Friday at 8am.

This is the latest album by legendary American country singer Willie Nelson as well as his second album for the year as he released the Border early in the year and it was recorded at both Hen House in Los Angeles and Pendernales Recording in Spicewood Texas which the songs are mainly covers of songs done by Neil Young, Beck, The Flaming Lips as well as reworking of an 1962 song that Willie Nelson recorded and an original song written by Willie and His son Micah. It is an FANTASTIC album with FANTASTIC songs which Willie does them very well in his style as he is still sounding great at age 91 and his son Micah produced the album. It went to number 63 in Austria, number 14 in Scotland, number 37 in Sweden, number 39 in the UK download charts, number 5 in the UK Americana charts and number 2 in the UK Country Albums charts and Willie has 2 shows coming up in April 2025 with Robert Earl Keen. This is an must for Willie Nelson fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so d...

This is the latest album by legendary Australian band the Black Sorrows and it was recorded at both Empire and Woodstock Studios in Melbourne with the songs on the album written by Joe Camilleri and Nick Smith including the title track. It is an FANTASTIC album which it really swings with great songs with great playing by the band who is still sounding as well as playing great with fine singing by Joe Camilleri who is still sounding great at age 76. The Black Sorrows are still touring around Australia which they did played at Redland Performing Arts Centre back an month ago and in April at The Koala Tavern in Capalaba and are currently doing shows in Victoria and NSW and also the band has Joe Camilleri as well as in the current line up James Black from Mondo rock. This is an must for Black Sorrows fans which I givr it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is the autobiography of drummer and founding member of the iconic American rock band Van Halen Alex Van Halen and in this book talks about his and his brother Eddie's childhood in the Netherlands, moving to America in 1962, living in California, learnt to play piano and drums, playing in the All City Orchestra doing violin, played saxophone, playing in the bands the Broken Combs, the Trojan Rubber Company and Mammoth, formed Van Halen in 1972 who would on go to have great success with classics albums including Van Halen, Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning and 5150 as well as the singles including Dance The Night Away,Pretty Woman and Jump, his relationship with his brother Eddie, working with Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones and Journey and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB as well as very impressive and very entertaining with FANTASTIC stories which it is well worth an read. Alex Van Halen has recently done an book tour in the USA and the ...

This is from the Telegraph November 16th 1973 and this was the 4BC Top 30 charts with Ross Ryan at number 1 with I Am Pegasus, Olivia Newton John at number 2 with the song written by John Rostill from the Shadows Let me Be There, The Rolling Stones who were in Brisbane early that year when they played at the Milton Tennis Centre was at number 3 with Angie which was from the Goat Heads Soup album and Vicki Lawrence at number 4 with He Did With Me. The new entries in the charts that week were Helen Reddy at number 28 with her version of the Linda Laurie song Leave Me Alone (ruby Red Dress), Bob Dylan at number 29 with Knockin On Heaven's Door and Bobby Goldsboro at numbr 30 with Summer and besides from Helen Reddy the other Australian charts in the charts that week were Kevin Johnson at number 19 with Rock and Roll, The Ormsby Brothers at number 20 with their version of the 1964 Lelsey Gore hit You Don't Own Me and Sherbet at number 21 with Cassandra. Among the gigs that day in...

This is from the Telegraph November 15th 1963 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with the Delltones at number 1 with the song written by Sydney detective Ben Acton Hangin Five, Kathy Kirby at number 2 with the vocal version of the song Dance On which the Shadows did the instrumental version that year, Heinz Burt who was from the British group the Tornados at number 3 with the song written by Geoff Goddard and future Deep Purple member Ritchie Blackmore playing guitar on Just Like Eddie and Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs at number 4 with Sugar Shack. The New entries in the chart that week were Elvis Presley at number 35 with Bossa Nova Baby which was from the movie Fun in Acapulco which he starred with Paul Lukas and Urusula Andress, The Dixiebells at number 37 with Down at Papa Joe's and Jimmy Little at number 40 with the song Royal Telephone and besides from Jimmy Little and The Delltones the other Australian acts in the charts that week were The Joy Boys featuring Col Joye'...

This is from the Telegraph November 14th 1969 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the late 60's which they use to promote shows which one of them was Big Stir at Limestone park Ipswich November 16th 1969 that had Brisbane acts Jon Blanchfield, The Plum, Sydney Group Autumn, The Parade, Chris Kite and The Inner Mind.

This is from the Telegraph November 13th 1975 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1970's which they were promoting Beautiful Music as they were playing Familiar relaxing and continuous music 7 days a week but no raucous sounds and records grouped together and heard without interruption.

In June 2000 there was an documentary about legendary Australian rock band The Masters Apprentices that was shown on ABC TV called Turn Up Your Video which the video version was released not long after that and it is now out on DVD through Ambition Entertainment. On the DVD it had interviews with Jim Keays, Glenn Wheatley and Doug Ford from the Masters as well as Australian rock musician historian Glenn A Baker and Brad Sheprherd from the Hoodoo Gurus as well as footage some had never been seen and talking about the history of the Masters from the formations when they were called the Mustangs in 1965 as well as having the hits including Undecided, Living In A Child's Dream, Elevator Driver, Because I Love You and many others as well as the line up changes, the break up in 1972 and the reunion in 1988 and many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB as well as very impressive and very entertaining which is well worth watching and learning about this legendary Australian rock b...

This is from the Telegraph November 12th 1954(70 Years ago today) and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which among their disc jockeys was Bob Rogers who was with 4BH since 1950 which he would last until 1957 had an show called Disc For Debonaires which on this day 70 years ago interviewed American singer Johnny Ray.

This is from the Courier Mail November 11th 1960 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time which their shows that were shown on this day 64 years were Platter Review with Bob Rogers at 7.30pm, Waterfront Patrol at 8pm, the Falcon at 8.30pm and Bulimba Sports Rounduo with Tom Foley at 9.30pm.

This afternoon I went to South Bank Cineplex Cinema to see the movie Red One. Santa Claus(J.K Simmons) and Cal (Dwayne Johnson) are back in the North Pole after been helping Kids in the shopping centre and Cal is considering retirement due to people being on the naughty list and then Santa is kidnapped by an infiltration team which Cal then tells Zoe Harlow(Lucy Liu) who is the Director of MORA who along with her team discover the secret location was found by Jack O'Malley(Chris Evans) who is an hacker who claims to be able to find anything in the world which he is questioned by Zoe and then Callum and Jack team together to track down Santa which gets interesting. It is actione packed, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, J.K Simmons, Lucy Liu, Kiernan Shipka and Bonnie Hunt and it is directed by Jake Kasdan who also produced it with Chris Morgan who also did the screenplay, Hiram Garcia who did the story as well, Dwayne Johnso...

This is from the Telegraph november 10th 1964(60 Years ago) and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Dal Myles who was on Monday to Friday from 7pm until 10pm doing the show Hit Parade at 7pm and Fun Radio at 8pm and also was the manager for the Brisbane group the Five.

Last night I went to Kedron Wavell where the tribute show Songs In The Key Of Motown show which it was my second time seeing that show as I saw it an year ago on the Sunday afternoon. Dad took me to the bus stop, caught bus to Chermside and walk to Kedron Wavell. Went to the Kitchen, rang Dad, had Chicken Schnitzel, chips and Salad for dinner, drank Coke With No Sugar and ate Fundae which I went to the lady about it after my meal. Drank Coke with No Sugar, went to the Blue Pacific Room, write notes and use my mobile. The show started at 8.05pm with Spectrum from Las Vegas coming on stage wearing red and white performing the songs by the Jacksons as well as Stevie Wonder and Radiance who also dressed in red came on stage which they did songs by The Pointer Sisters, Martha and the Vandellas and the Supremes which at the end of the first set Spectrum came back on stage to sing with the Radiance. There was an interval which I had an Coke With No Sugar and in the second set Spectrum came ...

This is from the Telegraph November 9th 1964(60 Years ago) and now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Geoff Atkinson, Tony MacArthur and Bob Wills who were on from 4pm until Midnight Daily and all day on Sundays.

This is from the Telegraph November 8th 1958 and long before been known as the classic hits station 4KQ use to do shows live on the Gold Coast which on Mondays Coolangatta Capers was recorded live at Hotel grande in Coolangatta which was on Wednesdays between 3.30pm to 4.30pm , Tuesdays Southport At Sundown was recorded at Southport Hotel whichw as on Fridays 5.30pm-6.30pm, Wednesdays Paradise In The Sun which was recorded at Surfers paradise Beer Garden which was on Fridays at 3pm-4pm, Thursdays the Theatre Royal Show which was broadcast live at the Theatre Royal and Fridays Gold Coast Calling which was broadcast live from the Chevron Hotel Skyline Cabaret.

This is from the Telegraph November 7th 1960 and now the talk back station which it's the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who was an big of 4BC's success in the 50's and 60's hosted the show Sound Of Music at 8.30pm.

This is the autobiography of legendary Australian singer John Farnham and in the books talks about his upbringing in London, coming to Australia with his family in 1959, living in Melbourne, played in bands The Mavericks and Strings Unlimited, discovered by Darryl Sambell, began recording for EMI, had his first hit with Sadie The Cleaning Lady as well as hits in the late 60's and early 70's including Friday Kind Of Monday, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head and Don't You Know It's Magic, his marriage to Jillean which is still going today, the down period in the mid to late 70's, having the hit single Help in 1980, joining Little River Band in 1982 which lasted until 1986, making an huge comeback with the album Whispering Jack along with the classic song You're The Voice as well as other albums including Age Of Reason and Chain Reaction, the passing of long time Manager Glenn Wheatley, his cancer scare and many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FA...

This is the new album by Australian country music singer Adam Harvey which it was produced , mixed and mastered by Luke Wooten and engineered by Austin stanley and the songs on the album are mainly written by Adam harvey with different songwriters including David Lee Murphy and Mike Carr and an cover of the Kenny Rogers song Sail Away and also it was recorded in Nashville. It is an FANTASTIC album with great songs with great singing by Adam which the songs are personal including Remember Me which it's about his mother who has dementia and let's hope it makes the charts which I am sure it will. Adam is on tour all around Australia promoting the album which he will playing shows in Queensland this month Beaudesert on November 22nd, Booval on November 23rd and Kedron Wavell on Sunday afternoon November 24th. This is an must for Adam Harvey fans as well as Australian country music fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT w...

In 2001 Australian singer Jim Keays from the iconic Australian rock band the Masters Apprentices recorded songs for an album at the Woodstock Studios in Melbourne for an album that was going to be Caledonia which came at an time in his life where he had to look at his life both retrospectively and philosophically as well as where he came from and what he had been through and also where he standing at that time and the album was never released at the time but is now finally out. The songs on the album are mainly written by Jim Keays with different people including an re-recorded version of Waiting For The Big One which he did in 1994 for the Pressure Makes Diaomnds album as well one track Can't Find My Way Home an cover of the Blind Faith song written by Steve Winwood and among the musicians playing including Stuart Fraser from Noiseworks, Tony Day on Drums and percussion and on backing vocals including Darryl Cotton, Lindsay Field and Lisa Edwards. It is FANTASTIC and BRILL...

This is from the Telegraph November 6th 1957 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 was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name presented Platter Chatter while Bob Rogers was on holidays which on Sundays Charles Hope Half Hour was at 5.30pm and Those were Hits at 6.30pm and Monday To Friday at 10.30pm was Rock A Bye Road.

This is from the Telegraph November 5th 1956 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 1950's which among their shows was Rumpus Room an talent show that was compered by Norman Llewelyn which that week was broadcast at Nundah Northgate Memorial Hall from 4.30pm until 5.30pm.

This is from the Telegraph November 4th 1958 and now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which among the shows that was on at the time was top 40 as 4BC was the first radio station in Brisbane to do the Top 40 which happened On May 19th 1958 and also the top 40 was an big thing in the music business at the time. It was on Monday To Friday at 5.30am and 4.05pm and Saturday at 5.30am, 11am and 10.15pm.

This is from the Telegraph November 3rd 1955 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time back in the 50's which among their disc jockeys was Bob Rogers who had been with 4BH since 1950 and did an show called American Hit Parade at 8pm and at 8.30pm Mood For Love.

This is from the Telegraph November 3rd 1965 and this was the 4BK top 10 with Normie Rowe at number 1 with Que Sera Sera/Shakin All Over, Brisbane lad Tony Worsley at number 2 with Velvet Waters, Melbourne group MPD Limited (Mike Brady, Pete Watson and Danny Finley) at number 3 with their version of the Johnny Burnette song Little Boy Sad, The Sunrays who was managed by Murry Wilson father of Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys at number 4 with I Live For The Sun, Nini Rosso at number 5 with II Silenzia, The McCoys at number 6 with Hang On Sloopy, The Easybeats at number 7 with Wedding Ring, Manfred Mann at number 8 with their version of the Bob Dylan song If You Gotta Go Go Now, Barry McGuire at number 9 with the song written by PF Sloan Eve Of Destruction and Cliff Richard at number 10 with I Could Easily Fall In Love With You.

Yesterday afternoon I went to the Koala Tavern where I saw the Triple Shot of Rhythm show that had Josh's Foolish Hearts, Slim Gritty and Louis King. Caught the bus from Carindale to Capalaba, went to the Koala Tavern but nobody weren't there, went to the shopping Centre, went to Big W where I bought Coke With No Sugar, card and Boost Chocolate and went to the Newsagent where I Topped the Go Card. Went back to the Koala Tavern, went inside, Saw Lorraine, write notes, had a look at book and use mobile. The Show started after 3.30pm with Josh Foolish Hearts who are from NSW came on first which they did an set of original songs as well as covers including Ain't That Loving You Baby the Elvis Presley song from 1964 and Red Hot Mama by Ronnie Dawson which towards the end of his set played guitar behind his back which was brilliant and there was an interval where I saw Jessica, bought Pepsi Max and Chips, ate chips, drank Pepsi Max, use mobile and had an look at book. Slim Grit...

This afternoon I went to South Bank Cineplex Cinema to see the movie Saturday Night. It is October 11th 1975 and an new show called Saturday Night on NBC is about to go to air live at 11.30pm there is chaos, rehearsals,accidents and tensions as Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) has to get everything together for the broadcast as well as pressure from the boss David Tebet(Willem Dafoe) have no faith in the show and it gets interesting. It is excellent and very entertaining with excellent acting by Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Willem Dafoe and Emily Fairn and Saturday Night would be Saturday Night Live is still going after 49 years which will be 50 years next year when it started. It is directed by Jason Reitman who was also one of the writers with Gil Kenan and was also one of the producers with Gil Kenan, Peter Rice and Jason Blumenfeld. I am giving this 4 stars as it's in the cinemas now so do yourselves an favour and SEE IT which you will be impressed and...

This is from the Telegraph November 2nd 1966 and this is from the 4BK Top 10 with The Ray Conniff Singers at number 1 with Somewhere My Love, Donovan at number 2 with Sunshine Superman which future Led Zeppelin members John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page who was also with the Yardbirds at the time, Judy Stone at number 3 with her version of the Sandy Posey song Born A Woman, The Loved Ones at number 4 with the Loved One, The Beatles at number 5 with Yellow Submarine and Eleanor Rigby, Lynne Randell at number 6 with her version of the Little Anthony and the Imperials song Going Out Of My Head, The Troggs at number 7 with the song With A Girl Like You, BJ Thomas at number 8 with Billy and Sue, Adelaide group The Twilights featuring Glenn Shorrock and Terry Britten at number 9 with their version of the Velvelettes song Needle In A Haystack and the Lovin Spoonful at number 10 with Summer In The City. This was the week in 1966 that Johnny O'Keefe played at the Lands Office in Brisbane wit...

This is the new compilation CD by legendary Swedish group ABBA which it is actually an update to the 1982 compilation The Singles The First Ten Years and on the update edition besides from the singles from 1972-79 and 1979 to 1982 including Waterloo, Money Money Money, Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, SOS as well as tracks from their latest album Voyage and 10 extra tracks from 1972-82 period that was not on the 1982 compilation as well as the liner notes done by Carl Magnus Palm who is an author and historian. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with Fantastic and AWESOME songs that has stood the test of time which they still sound great today as it did back then and it is great to see the interest of ABBA still there as you can never get tired hearing great music which Abba is among them. The compilation went to number 42 in Australia, number 17 in the UK, number 12 in Holland, number 5 in Germany and number 7 in Sweden and this an must for ABBA fans which I give it 5 stars as it is in ...