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This is from the Sunday Truth April 18th 1965 and now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top music 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 during the week and all day Sunday playing the latest records that was out at the time.

This is from the Telegraph April 17th 1961 and 4KQ known for being the music station was one of popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which they did an live broadcast the next day from 5.30am until 8pm at the Mt Gravatt Drive In Shopping Centre which was on Logan Road as well as the stations's radio personalities who were on the broadcast were Graham Webb, Andy Stevens, John Eisdale and John Melouney.

This is from the Telegraph April 16th 1963 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who was on Monday to Wednesday from 4.15pm until 7pm and Thursday and Friday from 4.30pm until 7pm with the show Streamline as well as hosting the BTQ 9 music show Teen Beat at the time too.

This is from the Telegraph April 15th 1964 and this was the 4BK Top 10 with the Beatles at number 1 with All My Lovin, The Beatles at number 2 with their version of the Chuck Berry song Roll Over Beethoven with George Harrison on lead vocals, Acker Bilk at number 3 with The Harem, The Beatles at number 4 with I Saw Her Standing There which was from the Please Please Me album, The Searchers who are about to do another Farewell UK tour at number 5 with their version of the Jackie De Shannon song written by Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono Needles and Pins, The Four Seasons at number 6 with Dawn, The Dave Clark Five at number 7 with Bits and Pieces, The Beach Boys at number 8 with Hawaii which was from the Surfer Girl album, the Beach Boys at number 9 with Fun Fun Fun and the Four Seasons at number 10 with their version of the Maurice Williams and the Zodiac 1960 Stay which British group the Hollies had an number 8 hit with in 1963.

Yesterday afternon I went to see legendary Australian singer Wendy Matthews at the Royal Hotel Nundah which it was my 4th time seeing her live and I caught the train from Central to Nundah which I then walked up the road to the hotel which it was first time I visited the hotel. The show had already started when I arrived with support act Beth Lucas an local country singer-songwriter was doing her set which she did an excellent set and sounded great. There was an short interval which I used my mobile and then at 2.40pm Wendy Matthews came out which for the next hour and 20 minutes performed her hits from the 90's as well as some covers as well as telling some stories which before she did the song Little Boy she told an story abut her dog that she had for years as well as being sold out which the crowds sang along and enjoying themselves. The show finished at 4pm, walk to the train station, drank Coke with No Sugar, caught train to Roma Street, caught bus to Carindale, Dad picked m...

This is from the Telegraph April 14th 1959 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 in the 1950's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with the station since the mid 50's did the breakfast show during the week.

This is from the Sunday Truth April 13th 1969 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 60's which among their disc jockeys was John Kerr who was on Sundays from 8am until 2pm and on Monday to Friday from 4pm until 7pm playing the music that was out at the time.

This is from the Telegraph April 12th 1957 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which among their radio personalities was Brian Cahill who went to be first newsreader on Channel 7 Brisbane(BTQ7) when it started November 1st 1959 hosted the show Hits Of Tomorrow playing the latest records that heading for the hit parade as it was called back then before Top 40 at 9pm.

This is the new album by legendary Australian country singer-songwriter John Williamson and it was recorded at LWM Studio on the Gold Coast which he wrote all the songs on the album as well as producing it as among the musicians who played on the album were Gus Fenwick on bass, Doug Gallacher on Drums and Lindsay Waddington on guitar, bass and banjo as well as John's wife Meg on backing vocals on 3 tracks and his daughter Ami on 1 track. It is an FANTASTIC album with FANTASTIC songs as well as great singing by John who is still sounding great at age 79 80 on November 1st and he is currently on tour which he had just done 2 shows in Tasmania as well as shows in Queensland in July and September and an show in South Australia as he is doing the My Travellin Days Are Done tour and it is also 55 years this year since John Williamson came on the Australian music scene with Old Man Emu which he is still going strong. This is an must for John Williamson fans and I give it 4 stars as it...

This is from the Telegraph April 11th 1962 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops including O'Connor Boathouse was in America interviewing performers Jimmy Dean, Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence, The Highwaymen, Eddie Hodges and Dean Thomas on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 12 Midday and 6.30pm on Platter Chatter which was the show he hosted at the time.

This is from the Telegraph April 10th 1958 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK who began in 1930 was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which the disc jockeys that appeared on the station was Bob Rogers who had been with 4BH from 1950-57 and would become popular in Sydney was on 4BK every Tuesday at 9pm with Tomorrow's Pops and Sunday at 2pm with Piloting The Pops and Allan Lappan who an Melbourne Disc Jockey was doing 20 shows per week every day of the week.

This is from the Sunday Truth April 9th 1967 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's as it was originally based in Ipswich which among their disc jockeys was David Greenwood who also hosted the Brisbane music TV show Countdown on Channel 0 (now Channel 10) in it's second and final season and now works on KIX Country Radio was on at 9am.

This is from the Courier Mail April 8th 1963 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which on this day 62 years ago their programs for that day were Ten Gripping Serials from 8.45am until 11.15am, Queensladn Radio news at 11.15am, The Canberra TV show with Howard Brown from 11.30am until 12 midday, Queensland Radio News at 12.30pm, Melody Fair compered by Howard Brown from 2pm until 4pm and from 4pm until 5.15pm the National Top 40 presented by Bill O'Brien.

This is from the Telegraph April 7th 1965 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of the top radio stations in Brisbane at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bert "Birdbrain" Robertson who had been with the station since 1954 was on Monday to Friday frpm 12 noon until 2.30pm.

This is from the Telegraph April 6th 1963 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations here at the time in the 60's which on Sundays there was the all day music throughout out on Sunday from 5am with the disc jockeys who was part of the station at the time Barry Matheson, Bill Gates the one who gave the Bee Gees their name, Brian Henderson who hosted the iconic Australian music show Bandstand, John Laws and Ben Beckinsale.

I went to Cineplex Cinema South Bank this afternoon to see the movie Dog Man. In Ohkay City Officer Knight with his dog Greg(Peter Hastings) are chasing an villianeous cat named Pete(Pete Davidson) and they see an bomb which they tried to diffuse it but touches the wrong one which it explodes and also are taken to hospital which 2 female sugerons save Greg and Knight by stitching Greg's head to Knight's body which he becomes Dog Man who becomes the hero. Pete plots to get rid of Dog Man as well as plans to clone himself to assist him but instead an copy of himself as an child who does not want to do bad things which he's called Li'l Pete who gets friendly with Dog Man and Flippy (Ricky Gervais ) is resurrected after being mishandled by the Living Spray Factory which causes the building to come to life as well as other buildings and he is programmed by Pete to destroy do gooders which gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent...

On May 29th 1984 American singer Tina Turner released her 5th solo album Private Dancer which was her first with Capitol Records which went to number 3 in the USA pop charts, number 1 in the USA R&B charts, number 2 in the UK and number 7 in Australia and from the album had the singles What's Love Got To Do With It, Let's Stay Together, Help, Better Be Good To Me, Private Dancer, I Can't Stand The Rain and Show Some Respect which it now out again as it is the 40th anniversary edition which I am reviewing the double CD ecition. On the first CD it has the original tracks that was on the album and on the second CD it has the b sides to the hits. sm unreleased track called Hot For You Baby written Harry Vanda and George Young, Single edits versions and Extended Versions of some of the songs. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs which still sounds great today as it did back then and it holds up very well to this day as great music endures. It's been...

This is from the Telegraph April 5th 1957 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which among their radio persaonalities were Bob Rogers who was with the station since 1950 and would become an great success in Sydney was on 1pm until 3pm Saturdays with Platter Chatter, George Lovejoy from 3pm until 4.45pm with Football and Norman Llewelyn from 4.45pm until 6pm with Hixco's Home Harmonies and also at 6pm the Football Highlights.

This is from the Telegraph April 3rd 1973 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1970's which among their disc jockeys was Phil Hunt who was on Monday to Friday from 1pm until 4pm and Saturday from 6am until 12noon and aslo traffic reports 7 days an week.

This is from the Telegraph April 2nd 1954 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio station at the time in the 1950's which among their disc jockeys was Bob Rogers who had been with the station since 1950 as he would be there until 1957 and would achieve great success on Sydney radio presented the show Platter Chatter which at 6.30pm was Disc For Debonaires, King Hits at 9pm and Sentinmental Journey at 9.30pm.

This morning I saw on Facebook an posting from Len Austin who was from the Brisbane groups Red Caps, The Dominoes, The Planets and the Sounds of Seven that Brian Gagen who played with Len in the Planets passed away yesterday which I shocked to see that. Brian Gagen was born March 7th 1942, started learning to play saxophone at age 6, played in the Rhythm Rockers which was formed in about 1956 with Nev Findlay, Lyle Glenn, Kevin Dent and His brother as they played at the Osborne Hotel in Sandgate and Brian was with the Rhythm Rockers until the winter of 1958 when he joined an rock group called the Hucklebucks who were formed the year before which had Alan Reid, Johnny Pal(Pickering), Rob Richards(Bobby Rich) and John Reid which the 4 of them including Brian were with the Hucklebucks until they left Easter 1959. Brian, Robb, Johnny, John and Rob Tonge formed the Planets which they played their very first show at the Nundah Memorial Hall Friday May 22nd 1959 and it was the start of...

This is from the Telegraph April 1st 1961 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing record hops around including the O'Connor Boathouse as well as lunch time record hops at the City Hall was on the air at 9am, 4pm, 6.30pm and 7.15pm.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Chermside with my friend Billy where I saw The Day The Earth Blew Up A Looney Tunes Movie. A Scientist see an Asteroid coming towards Earth as UFO but disappears and Daffy Duck and Porky Pig being raised by an farmer named Jim and had to get money to save their house as they failed an house inspection which they get work but got fired due to Daffy's antics and they come across Petunia Pig who works at Goodie Gum as an scientist which offers them work which they accept it and then Daffy discovers the scientist pouring green goo into the gum which people are turning into Zombies as well as there is an Invader contaminating the gum which also turns into an monster and it's up to Daffy, Pork and Petunia to stop them which gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Eric Bauza, Candi Milo and Peter MacNicol and it is directed by Peter Browngardt who was also one of the writers as well. It i...

This is from the Telegraph March 30th 1962 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys were Ron Burton who was on Saturday from 8.30 until 8.45 doing Brandon's Billboard, Bill O'Brien at 8.45 until 9.30 doing Spin Along, Cream of The Crop from 10 until 10.30 and Easy Beat from 11 until 11.30 and Ray Rumble with Teenage Canteen at 9.30 until 10 and Checking the Charts from 10.30 until 11.

This is the new album by the Tierney Brothers who are Mike and Andrew Tierney who are from the iconic Australian singing group Human Nature and the songs on the album are all written by Mike and Andrew which 7 with James Guddo including the title track, Lemonade and Praying. It is an excellent album with great songs and great singing by Mike and Andrew who are currently on tour in Australia which they will be on the Gold Coast on April 8th at the Gold Coast Convention Centre and Brisbane on April 9th at the Brisbane Convention Centre which Mike and Andrew as the Tierney Brothers are the support act as well as doing shows themselves in Las vegas in May, 2 NSW shows and 1 Victoria show in August. This is an must for Human Nature 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 new album by Australian children's group the Wiggles and this was recorded at Hot Potato Studios in Sydney which among the country acts they collaborated with were Dolly Parton, Troy Casser-Daley, Lucky Oceans, The Wolfe Brothers and Slim Dusty which some of the songs written by Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, John Pearce,Aaron Schermbi and Nick Webb as well as remake of songs like Counting 1 to 5 (9 to 5) and The Hokey Pokey. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs and an great collaboration with the Wiggles and the country acts on the album who works very well. The album has gone to number 40 on the Australia and the Wiggles with original member Anthony Field as well as his daughter Lucia are currently touring Australia at the moment which will include Brisbane next week with 3 shows on Thursday and Friday as well as the Saturday and Sunday shows being sold out as well as touring the USA and Canada and the UK during the year. This is an must for Wiggle...

This is from the Courier Mail March 29th 1963 and this was the 4BK top 40 with Paul and Paula at number 1 with Hey Paula, Ned Miller at number 2 with From A Jack To A King, The Four Seasons at number 3 with Walk Like A Man and Dion who recently made an new album Girlfriend was at number 4 with his version of the Drifters song Ruby Baby. The new entries in the charts that were The Chantays at number 21 with Pipeline, George McCurn at number 36 with I'm Just A Country Boy, Jim Gilreath at 37 with Little Band Of Gold, Chubby Checker at number 38 with Let's Limbo Some More and Ruby and the Romantics at number 40 with Our Day Will Come and the Australian acts in the charts that week were The Dave Bridge Trio at number 8 with the Swan, the Delltones at number 10 with Come A Little Bit Closer, The Denvermen at number 15 with Surfside and Frank Ifield at number 30 eith The Wayward Wind.

This is from the Telegraph March 28th 1960 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Allan Brandt who did the Family Formula Breakfast Show from 5am until 8am which Australian music icon Lonnie Lee appeared on the show in the In Battle of the Ages segment and also Lonnie Lee appeared at the Lunch Time Record Hop at the City Hall compered by 4BH Disc jockey Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name from 12pm until 2pm.

This is from the Courier Mail March 27th 1963 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which on this day their programs for that night was Bill O'Brien hosted the show Presenting Louis Armstrong at 7.30pm, an program called Address Unknown which was A True Story from the Missing Persons Bureau files at 8pm and at 8.30pm John Esdale compered Walton's Five Star Show and also Sundays at 3pm Uninterrupted Description of Rugby League.

This is from the Telegraph March 25th 1975 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 70's as known for playing music they were also doing talk back which among their radio personalities were Ivor Hancock, Pat Thomson and Linda McDonald who were on Monday to Friday from 8.30am-12.30pm and talked about current affairs and social issues as well as the listeners airing their views.

This is from the Telegraph March 24th 1970 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of the popular music radio stations in Brisbane at the time in the 70's which among their disc jockeys was Ross Meldrum as there was an competition at the time for the listeners to campaign what music to be heard on 4BC called Elect You Music.

This is from the Courier Mail March 23rd 1962 and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with Dion at number 1 with The Wanderer, Floyd Cramer at number 2 with Chattanooga Choo Choo which was an cover of the Glenn Miller song, Bobby Darin at number 3 with Multiplcation which was from the movie he did with his wife Sandra Dee, Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobridgia and Brenda Lee at number 4 with So Deep. The new entries in the charts that week were Elvis Presley at number 24 with Good Luck Charm, The Tokens at number 25 with Wimowek aka The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Patsy Cline at number 27 with She's Got You, Bobby Vee at number 28 with Please Don't Ask About Barbara, Roy Orbison at number 29 with Dream Baby, the Sensations at number 32 with Let Me In, Connie Francis at number 37 with Don't Break The Heart That Loves You, B Bumble and the Stingers at number 38 with Nut Rocker and Ben E King at number 39 with Ecstacy and the Australian acts in the charts that week were Johnny O'Keefe at...

Last night I went to the Redland Performing Arts Center where I saw the show Rebecca O'Connor "Simply The Best" As Tina Turner Show which it was my first time seeing the show, Caught bus to Cleveland from Carindale, bought Coke With No Sugar from Coles, drank it and went to the Cleveland Sands Hotel where I had Steak, Chips and Salad for dinner, drank Coke With No Sugar and for desert had Chocolate Brownie which I waited half an hour for it, paid my meal, walk to the Redland Performing Arts Center, went inside and use mobile. The show started at 7.30pm with Rebecca and the band coming out on Stage which they were on stage for 2 hours and 10 minutes doing the Tina Turner classics including Steamy Window, What's Love Got To Do With It, What You Get Is What You See, I Can't Stand the Rain and Proud Mary which there was an interval where I drank Coke with No Sugar and ate Cookie and in the second set performed classics including We Don't Need Another Hero, Priv...

This afternoon I went to Cineplex Cinema in South bank to see the movie Snow White. Snow White(Rachel Zelger) whose mother died passed away from an illness and her father marries the Wicked Queen(Gal Gadot) who takes over the kingdom when her father fails to return after heading to mount an campaign against an imminent to the southern borders as people were left desitute even Snow White was doing cleaning. One Day she catches Jonathan (Andrew Burnap) who was an leader of an gang of thieves stealing bread which he is captured but Snow White frees him. The Wicked Queen orders one of her men to kill Snow White but doesn't and urges her to runaway which she goes to an house which is occupied by the seven Dwarfs who first encounter her when they come home after work as they get friendly with her as well as the animals and also the Wicked Queen plots her revenge as well as Snow White gets friendly with Jonathan and it gets interesting. It is good, Funny and entertaining with good actin...

This is from the Telegraph March 21st 1961 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits Station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Graham Webb who would become well known on radio in Sydney and Europe as well as Television did an show called Spinning Tops which he was on Monday to Thursday 4.30pm until 6.30pm, Friday 4.30pm until 6pm and Sunday from 3pm until 5pm. He got an mention in the special about 4KQ on Sunday June 26th 2022 and repeated on the final night Thursday June 30th 2022.

This is from the Telegraph March 20th 1963 and this was the 4BK Top 10 with Ned Miller at number 1 with From A Jack To A King, Paul and Paula at number 2 with Hey Paula, The Delltones at number 3 with their version of the Willy and Ruth written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Come A Little Bit Closer which also was the first lead vocal for Col Loughnan who replaced Noel Widerbreg when he was tragically killed in an car crash July 7th 1962, he Four Seasons at number 4 with Walk Like A Man, The Exciters at number 5 with the song written by Bert Berns as well as produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Tell Him, Eydie Gorme at number 6 with Blame It On The Bossa Nova, Del Shannon at number 7 with Little Town Flirt, Teresa Brewer at number 8 with Ballad Of Lover's Hill, The Denvermen who was also backing Australian singer Digger Revell at number 9 with the song written by Johnny Devlin and Nat Kipner Surfside and Gene Pitney at number 10 with Half Heaven Half Heartache

This is from the Telegraph March 19th 1963 and now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Johnny James who did the Top 40 Breakfast Show each morning from 5.30am until 9am, Geoff Atkinson was on from 4.30pm until 7pm with Streamline Monday To Friday, Bert "Birdbrain" Robertson was on from 10.30am until 1pm and Mike Baker hosted Serial Time from 9.15am until 10am and Top Flight Serials from 2.30pm until 4pm.

This is from the Telegraph march 18th 1970 and known at the time in the 70's for better music and more news as 4KQ long before been the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station it was playing Easy Listening music at the time in the 70's and also it was that night March 18th that Clem Jones who was Brisbane's Lord Mayor at the time did the Policy Speech at 8pm live at the City Hall.

This is from the Telegraph March 16th 1962 and now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who was an part of 4BC's success at the time was on Monday to Friday with Streamline at 4.30pm, Sound Of Music Monday to Friday at 8.30pm (9pm Thursday) and on Sundays with the Sunday Super 70 show at 9am.

This is from the Northern Suburbs Express March 15th 1967 and well known for being the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as being an country station in the 80's 4KQ was one of Brisbane popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which they were playing easy listening music as well as among their radio personalities was Russ Tyson who had just joined the station at the time having come from ABC Radio doing the Hospital Hour which he would be with 4KQ until the 70's as he was on Monday to Friday at 8am which also he got an mention by Ian Skippen when he was interviewed by Murray Shoring on the final broadcast of 4KQ when it ended on Thursday June 30th 2022.

This is from the Telegraph MArch 14th 1962 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one eho gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops in Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse was in San Francisco which he interviewed Carmen McRae, Frankie Laine, The Kingston Trio and Billy Eckstein as well as doing Platter Chatter at 12 midday and 6.30pm.

This is from the Bribie Star March 13th 1964 and now the talk back station as it's the only commecial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with the Station since the 50's did the top 40 Breakfast Show during the week which he promoted Who Said That as if the listener knew they woud 1 pounds or more.

This is from the Telegraph March 11th 1976 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's Top radio stations at the time in the 70's which they use to do the 4IP Rock Group of the Year awards as Brisbane groups competed in the awards which was held at the Festival Hall as in the grand final whoever one won it would get an recording contract with Phonogram, $2500 in Cash and $500 dollars worth of New equipment and also on March 14th iconic Australian rock band AC/DC performed there at the Semi Finals.

This is from the Courier Mail March 10th 1964 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name was on Monday to Friday from 5pm until 6pm and Sunday from 8am until 1pm with the Bill Gates Show.

This is from the Courier Mail March 9th 1964 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Bill O'Brien and John Eisdale which that day had Tickets to win to see the Beatles at Festival Hall when they came June 29th and 30th 1964 as well as winning money in Vita Brits Cash For Customers, Stop The Music and 10/-Note Contest.

This is from the Telegraph March 8th 1958 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 as well as appearances at the Record Hops did the show Saturday Night Jamboree which was on from 9.30pm until Midnight.

This is from the Telegraph March 7th 1958 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which among their disc jockeys was Alan Lappan who was on Sunday from 9.30am until 12 noon, Saturday 8.30am until 11.45am, Monday to Friday from 4pm until 4.15pm, Monday from 1pm until 1.15pm, Monday from 9pm until 9.30pm and Wednesday from 12.45pm until 1pm as well as on the night of March 7th Dick Powell Presents was on at 8pm.

This is the authorised biography of the legendary American female rock band The Bangles written by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike and in the book the members Susanna Hoffs and sisters Vicki and Debbie Peterson as well as other people who knew and work with them talking about their upbringings in California, playing in different bands, forming the band the Bangs in 1981 before eventually settling to the Bangles, the music scene in LA in the 80's, achieving success with hits including Manic Monday, Walk Like A Egyptian, Hazy Shade of Winter and Eternal Flame, issues behind the scenes, encounters with the English Beat, Prince, Little Richard, The Greatful Dead, Duran Durana nd many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it well worth an read. Jennifer Otter Bickerdike is an rock'n'roll cultural historian and author who was has written books on music including Being Britney and Why Vin...