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This is the autobiography of British singer-songwriter, musician and producer Mike Batt and in this book he talks about his upbringing in Southampton, York, Eastbourne, Conventry, Bradford and Winchester, started to played Accordion and piano, played as an pub organist, played in an band called Phase Four and an duo called That Lady's Twins with Andy Renton, signed up with Liberty Records as an songwriter as well as becoming A&R man, creating the Wombles who would have success in the 70's, having success as an songwriter with songs including Bright Eyes, Please Don't Fall In Love and I Feel Like Buddy Holly, his 2 marriages, working with The Hollies, Art Garfunkel,Cliff Richard, David Essex and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and AMAZING with FANTASTIC, very impressive and very entertaining stories and it is well worth an read. MIke's has got an new songs called Winter Song which he did it with Paul Carrack which is at number 1 on the Heritage Charts in th...

This is from the Sunday Mail January 30th 1966 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time which among their disc jockeys were Bob Wills who had been with 4BC joined 4BK which he was on 4pm-7pm Monday to Friday and did the show Party Beat on Saturdays from 7.15pm until Midnight, Bill O'Brien was on Sundays with his own show from 7.50am until 1.30pm playing the latest and greatest records from aorund the world, Graham Kerr's Kitchen was on at 8.45am weekdays and the serials were on Tuesdays from 9am to 10.30am including Portia Faces Life and Dr Paul.

This is from the Telegraph January 29th 1958 and now the talk back station as 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 Geoff Atkinson who had joined 4BC at the time as he would be with them until 1968 hosted the show Total Tempo every Wednesday night at 9pm.

This is from the Southside Weekly News January 27th 1966 and long before known as being the Good Times and Great Classic Hits as well as being the country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which they were playing music albums as well as easy listening music at the time.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema in Carindale to see the biographical movie A Complete Unknown which it's about the iconic American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It's New York 1961 an 19 year old man named Bob Dylan (Timothee Chamalet) arrives in New York from Minnesota with his guitar and visits folk singer Woody Guthrie (Scoot McNairy) in hospital where he also meets fellow folk singer Pete Seeger(Edward Norton) which he stays with Pete and his family and Bob starts getting into the folk music scene in New York where he meets Sylvie Russo (Elle Fanning) at an concert as well as meeting fellow folk singer Joan Baez(Monica Barbaro) which he gets into relationships with them . He also starts recording for Columbia Records which he starts to achieve success which he is finding it hard to deal with it and then in 1965 wants to change his music as he goes Electric which starts to gets interesting. It is AMAZING, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with Top and Amazing acting by Timot...

On July 13th 1973 British rock band Queen released their debut album Queen which went to number 24 in the UK, number 83 in the USA and number 77 in Australia which was the band produced it with John Anthony and Roy Thomas Baker and there was 2 singles that was not hits Keep Yourself Alive and Liar even though Keep Yourself Alive was reissued in 1975. The album has been reissued again which is now out as Queen 1 Collector's Edition as I am reviewing the Deluxe Edition 2 CD one and on the 1st Cd it has the original tracks from the original album and on the 2nd CD it has different takes of the songs which some were unused masters as well as guide vocals as well as an song called See What A Fool I've Been which was the De Lane Lea Test Session. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs which has stood the test of time as it still sounds great as it did back then and the booklet is FANTASTIC with photos of the band and words of the songs on the album. This is an mu...

Last night I went to Wynnum Manly Leagues Club to see the tribute group Little Steely Brothers who are from Brisbane which it was my first time seeing them and it also my first time seeing an show @ Wynnum Manly Leagues Club for nearly 11 years since Saturday May 10th 2014 when I saw the Wickety Wak members (Tony, Greg and Rob along with Laura) live as it was long overdue for me to see an show there. Dad took me to the bus stop @ Cannon Hill, drank Coke with no sugar, caught bus to Wynnum and walk to Wynnum Manly Leagues Club. Went to the Grill Restaurant, rang Dad, Ate Chessy Garlic Bread for Entree, Had Steak, Chips and Salad for dinner , drank Coke with No Suagr, ate Mississippi Mudcake, walk upstairs, went inside and write notes. The show started @ 8pm with Little Steely Brothers coming on Stage which they did 2 set performing songs by the Doobie Brothers, Little River Band, Steely Dan, the Beach Boys and many others as well as solo ones by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and there wa...

This is from the Telegraph January 26th 1962 and now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Gary Raynes who was on Saturdays from 7.15pm until 10pm doing the saturday Night Top 40 Show playing songs that was in the top 40 at the time as well as album highlights, favorite artists and star predicitions.

This is from the Telegraph January 25th 1957 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 shows that was on at the time was the Ampol Show hosted by Jack Davey which the guests were Bill Haley and His Comets, Freddie Bell and the Bellboys and The Platters who were touring Australia at that time and at 7.30pm Bob Dyer hosted the show Winner Take All.

This is from the Telegraph January 24th 1961 and now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who hosted the show Sound Of Music Monday to Friday from 8.30pm until 10.30pm.

This is from the Sunday Truth January 23rd 1966 and now the talk back station as it's the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of the music radio stations in Brisbane at the time in the 60s' which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who hosted the Top 40 Go Show which the next day Monday he along with Tom Jones and Herman(Peter Noone) of Hermans Hermits hosted the show at 4pm at the Lennon's Hotel as both Hermans Hermits and Tom Jones performed in Brisbane that time at the City Hall.

This is from the Sunday Truth January 23rd 1966 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations as it was starting inroads as it was originally based in Ipswich which among their disc jockeys was David Greenwood who would host the Brisbane music show Countdown in 1967 and is now General Manager of KIX Country was on Monday to Friday from 4pm until 7pm, Saturday from 12.30pm until 6.30pm and Sunday from 9am until 12.30pm.

This is from the Courier Mail January 22nd 1957 and known for the being the music station as well as being the Good Times and Great Classic Hits as well as being an country music for a time in the 80's 4KQ was known for doing the talent quests at the time in the 50's which was on was at 8pm live from the Studio Auditorium on Elizabeth Street in the city with Noel Horn as compere.

This is from the Telegraph January 21st 1966 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 were Ben Beckinsale, Bill Gates who was the one of who gave the Bee Gees their name, John Daley, Mal Lamont and Grahame Cherry.

This is from the Northern Suburbs Express January 20th 1965 (60 Years ago today) and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the 60's and among the disc jockeys who was on 4BC was Bert "Birdbrain" Robertson who was on during the day

This is the biography of legendary American rockabilly and rock and roll icon Carl Perkins written by Jeff Apter and in the book talks about his upbringing in Tiptonville Tennessee, got his first guitar as a kid, playing in the marching band, moved to Jackson, performed with his brother Jay as the Perkins Brothers, performed on radio including WTJS, began recording for Sun Records which he would achieve success with classics including Blue Suede Shoes, Boppin the Blues, Your True Love etc, the road crash in 1956, the loss of his brothers, working with Johnny Cash, renewed interest in his career, encounters with the Beatles, The Nashville Teens, Bob Dylan and many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT stories which it's impressive and very entertaining as it's well worth an read and Jeff Apter who is an Australian music book written having written books about the Bee Gees, Bon Scott and the Young Brothers from AC/DC as well as George Young, ...

This is from the Telegraph January 19th 1960 and now the talk back station as 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 part of 4BC's success in the 50's and 60's presented Anderson's Big 3 Show playing the best melodies of the day on Monday to Friday at 4pm and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 1.45pm.

On Tuesday night January 14th I went to QPAC concert Hall to see iconic American singer Dionne Warwick which was my first time. Dad took me to the bus stop, caught bus to South Bank, went to the Plough Inn, rang Dad, had Beef Nachos for dinner, drank Pepsi Max, went to Food Court, ate Triple Tim Tam Sundae, saw Brad and Celia who I knew from church which I met their daughter Matilda and walk to QPAC. Put Bag in the Cloak Room, went inside and use mobile. The show started after 7pm with support act singer-songwriter Emily Hatton came on stage which she did an 20 minute set doing her versions of the Kenny Rogers song the Gambler and the Elvis Presley song Can't Help Falling In Love as well as her own songs and there was an interval which I had an Coke with No Sugar and went inside. then at about 8pm Dionne Warwick came on stage which for the hour and 10 minutes performed her classic hits from the 60's, 70's and 80's starting off with Walk On By, Anyone Who Had A Heart ...

This is from the Sunday Mail January 18th 1959 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 Allan Lappan who had the show on Sundays called DJ Parade from 9.30am until 12 noon which on this day Jack Kramer an American tennis promoter as well as an player who helped drive the sport towards professionalism at the elite level co-compered the show.

This is from the Redcliffe Herald January 17th 1979 and known for the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station which as we know ended June 30th 2022 4KQ was playing music back then which among their radio personalities were Ian Skippen who was on from 6am until 10am, Grahame Cherry who had been with 4BH in the 60's was on from 10am until 2pm, Lee Cornell was on from 2pm until 6pm and David McCurley from 6pm until 10pm. Ian Skippen was interviewed on the last night of 4KQ by Murray Shoring June 30th 2022.

This is from the Telegraph January 16th 1958 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 shows was Amateur Hour which was on 8pm which Brisbane artists appeared on the show as Brisbane listeners would ring up to vote for the acts on the show.

This is the new album by Ringo and it was recorded at Sound Emporium Studios , East Iris Studios and ElectroMagnetic East in Nashville and the Village Studio Z in Los Angeles. It was produced by T Bone Burnett with Daniel Tashian and Bruce Sugar as co producers and the songs on the album are mainly written by T Bone Burnett including one with Billy Swan known for the hit I Can Help, Billy Swan wrote one song and Ringo wrote one song with Bruce Sugar called Thankful which he produced it with T Bone Burnett and Bruce Sugar which he sang it with Alison Krauss and also sang with Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Lucius and Larkin Poe. It is FANTASTIC with FANTASTIC songs with an country feel with great singing by Ringo who is still sounding at 84 and he will be touring the USA with the All Star Band including Colin Hay and Steve Lukather in June. This is an must for Beatles fans as well as Ringo Starr fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY...

This is from the Sunday Mail January 14th 1968 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Bill Gates the one who gave the Bee Gees their name who had been with 4BK since 1967 after having been with 4BH from 1957-66 was on 8am until noon after Barry Jantzen's breakfast show from 5.30am and John Daley was on Monday to Friday from 4pm until 7pm.

This is from the Telegraph January 15th 1964 and this was the 4BK top 10 with The Beatles at number 1 with I Want To Hold Your Hand, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes at number 2 with their version of the Contours song Do You Love Me, Kathy Kirby at number 3 with her version of the Doris Day song Secret Love, The Atlantics at number 4 with the Crusher, Jimmy Hannah at number 5 with his version of the City Surfers song Beach Ball written by Roger McGuinn (before forming the Byrds) and Frank Gari with the Bee Gees on backing vocals, Little Pattie at number 6 with the song written by Jay Justin and Joe Halford He's My Blonde Headed Stompie Wompie Real Gone Boy, Heinz from the Tornados at number 7 with Just Like Eddie which Richie Blackmore from Deep Purple playing guitar on it, Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs at number 8 with Sugar Shack, Lena Horne at number 9 with Now and Sheb Wooley who had been in Brisbane the month before at number 10 with Hootenanny Hoot and it was on this day in...

This is from the Telegraph January 13th 1965(60 years ago) and this was the 4BK Top 10 charts with the Beatles at number 1 with I Feel Fine, Julie Rogers at number 2 with the Wedding, Johnny Rivers at number 3 with his version of the 1960 hit by Harold Dorman Mountain Of Love, Gene Pitney at number 4 with I'm Gonna Be Strong, Cliff Richard at number 5 with the song which was from the movie Wonderful Life which he wrote with Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch of the Shadows On The Beach, The Kinks at number 6 with All Day and All Of The Night, Matt Monro at number 7 with Walk Away, Sandie Shaw at number 8 with Always Something There To Remind Me, The Rolling Stones at number 9 with their version of the Howlin Wolf song Little Red Rooster which Brian Jones played slide guitar and The Shadows at number 10 with the song also from the movie Wonderful Life written by Bruce Welch Theme For Young Lovers.

This is from the Sunday Truth January 12th 1964 and now the talk back station as it'is the only one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the 60's which on Sundays from 5.30am there was an music show called the Super 70 playing records that was out at the time and it was on for 13 hours on Sundays.

This is the memoir of American radio and TV personality and media Consultant Elliot Mintz and in this book he talks about his upbringing in New York, moving to Los Angeles in 1963 where he studied at LA City College, worked for KPFK, KLACX and KLOS, meeting John and Yoko in the early 70's which would last until John's passing in 1980 and Yoko to this day and going through the experiences with them including the birth of Sean as well as private Challenges as well as interactions with the other former Beatles, encounters with Sal Mineo and Jayne Mansfield and many others. It is Amazing, Brilliant and Superb as well as very impressive and very entertaining and it is well worth an read. This is an must for Beatles and John Lennon fans and I give it 4 and an half stars which 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 North Coast Comet January 10th 1963 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's very popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Jim Sweeney, Ben Beckinsale, Bill Gates who gave the Bee Gees their name and John Taylor as they were on Saturday playing music from 5am.

This is from the Telegraph January 9th 1964 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits as well as being an country station 4KQ was playing rock and roll back then as it was the first Brisbane radio station to have played rock and roll which among their disc jockeys was Byron Bush who hosted City Beat on Monday-Friday from 4pm until 7pm .

This is from the Telegraph January 7th 1968 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 late 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who had been with the station since 1958 was on Monday to Saturday from 9am until noon.

This is from the Courier Mail January 6th 1956 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which among their shows was Sunday Sing Song which was on Sundays from 3pm-4pm in the 4BK auditorium which was compered by Howard Brown as it featured Brisbane artists.

This is the memoir of the member of the Australian children's group The Wiggles as well as an member of the Australian group the Cockroaches Anthony Field and in this book he talsk abour his upbringing in Sydney, forming the Cockroaches who would achieve great success with hits including Wait Up, She's The One, Some Kind Of Girl and others, serving in the army, studying early childhood education, formed the children's group The Wiggles in 1991 who have gone on to great success in Australia as well as America and the rest of the world with albums including It's A Wiggly World, the line up changes, his issues with depression and many others. It is FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with Amazing and FANTASTIC stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read. Anthony is still with the Wiggles as he is the remaining founding member in the current line up which includes his daughter Lucia and will be playing in Tamworth on January 21st as...

This is from the Sunday Truth January 5th 1964 and this was the 4BH top 40 charts with Kathy Kirby at number 1 with her version of the Doris Day song Secret Love, The Singing Nun at number 2 with Dominique, The Beatles at number 3 with I Saw Her Standing There which was from the Please Please Me album and Gerry and the Pacemakers at number 4 with their version of the song that was from the musical Carousel You'll Never Walk Alone. The Australian and New Zealand acts who were in the charts that week were The Atlantics at number 7 with the Crusher, Peter Posa at number 14 with the White Rabbit, Dig Richards at number 16 with Comin Down, Johnny Devlin at number 22 with Stomp the Tumbarumba with the Bee Gees on backing vocals, Little Pattie at number 24 with the song that launched her career as being written by Jay Justin and Joe Halford He's My Blonde Headed Stompie Real Gone Surfer Boy, Brisbane group The Pacifics at number 28 with Barracuda, The Delltones at number 36 with the ...

Last night I went to the Cleveland Sands Hotel where I saw the Doors tribute act Unlocking The Doors as it was my first time seeing it. Dad took me to the bus stop, caught bus to Cleveland and walk to the Cleveland Sands Hotel. Went to the bistro, Rang Dad, Had Chicken Parmigiana, chips and salad for dinner, drank Coke with No Sugar, had for desert Warm Choclate Fudge Cake with Ice Cream, paid for my meal and went to the room. Use my mobile and had an Coke with No Sugar to drink. The show started after 8.30pm with the band Unlocking the Doors coming on stage which they have an female keyboard player which in the first set did the classic Doors including Love Me Two Times, Riders On The Storm, Hello I Love You as well as some of the Doors album tracks including the End and there was an interval which some of the members of the band said hello to some of the audience members as well as having Pork Carckle and Coke With No Sugar. The Band came back on statrting off with When The Music...

This is from the Sunday Truth January 4th 1970 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 and among their disc jockeys who were on that time were Johnny James, Bert "Birdbrain" Robertson and Graeme Smith.

This is from the Sunday Truth January 4th 1970 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time which among their disc jockeys was John Kerr who was on Sundays at 8am and Monday to Friday from 4pm until 7pm playing Big Hits and Super Old-dees.

This is from the Telegraph January 3rd 1963 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time back in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Peter McIntyre whho was on Sundays from 7am until 7.45am doing Sunday Swing Along playing Big Bands, popular singer and pick of the albums, Bill O'Brien was on from 8am until 1pm doing The Sounds of 63 and Ron Burton was on from 1pm until 4.30pm doing Melody On The Move.

This is from the Telegraph January 2nd 1973 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was known as the Beautiful Music station playing music by Johnny Mathis, The New Seekers, Frank Sinatra, James Last and others which the Programme Manager of 4BH was Ben Beckinsale who had been their disc jockey back in the 60's.

Last night I went to Carina Leagues Club for New Years Eve where I saw Boombox 80's doing songs of the 80's which it was my first time seeing them. Dad took me to the club, went to the Dine Restaurant where I had steak, chips and Salad for dinner, drank Coke With No Sugar, read Anthony Field book and use mobile. The show started after 8pm with Boombox 80's coming on stage doing the classic hits from the 80's by the B-52's, Belinda Carlisle, Madonna, Starship, Whitney Houston, Duran Duran,Guns N Roses, Van Halen and many others which in the 3 sets the band members which wearing the gear people wore in the 80's and during the first interval the fireworks went off at 9pm and then at midnight to celebrate the new year which the show ended before midnight. After the countdown bought myself an Coke With Ni Sugar, drank it, Dad picked me up and came home. It was an FANTASTIC show and the band were FANTASTIC doing the songs from the 80's which they did it so wel...

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo to see the movie The Room Next Door. Ingrid (Julianne Moore) who is an Novelist is informed by her friend Stella(Sarah Demeestere) that Martha (Tilda Swinton) has cancer during an book signing and Ingrid meets up with Martha in Hospital as they have not seen each other for years which they talk about their lives as Martha was an journalist as well as being estranged from her daughter Michelle and Martha's cancer is terminal which she wants to end her life as Ingrid supports her and they go to an country house which gets interesting. It is excellent and amazong with Fantatsic acting by Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro and Sarah Demeestere. It is directed by Pedro Almodovar who also wrote it and it was produced by Esther Garcia and Agustin Almodovar. This is one of Julianne Moore's finest perforamnces she has given and does it so very well as Tilda Swinton who does the role so well. I am giving this 4 stars and...

This is from the Courier Mail January 1st 1965 (60 Years ago today) and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with The Beatles at number 1 with the double sided I Feel Fine/She's A Woman, Julie Rogers at number 2 with the Wedding, Cliff Richard at number 3 with the song he wrote with Bruce Welch and Hank Marvin of the Shadows which was also from the movie Wonderful Life On The Beach and The Kinks at number 4 with All Day and All Of The Night. The New entries in the charts that week were Petula Clark at number 21 with the song written by Tony Hatch Downtown and the Drifters at number 35 with the song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil with Bert Berns producing it Saturday Night At The Movies and the Australian and New Zealand acts in the charts that week were The Blue Jays who backed up Tony Worsley at number 12 with Pathfinder, Moorooka boy Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs at number 16 with their version of the Fats Domino song Sick and Tired, Jay Justin at number 19 with Reminiscing, Lu...