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This is from the Telegraph June 30th 1965(60 Years ago today ) and this was the 4BK top 10 with The Seekers at number 1 with the song written by Tom Springfield A World Of Our Own which was originally called Downhearted Blues, Melbourne rock group the Henchmen at number 2 with their version of the Bobby Day song Rockin Robin, Ray Brown and the Whispers at number 3 with their version of the Brent Edwards song Pride, Dave Clark Five who played at Festival Hall in Brisbane on June 3rd 1965 at number 4 with their version of the Chuck Berry song Reelin and Rockin, PJ Proby at number 6 with his version of the 1960 hit for Donnie Brooks Mission Bell, The Byrds at number 6 with their version of the Bob Dylan song Mr Tambourine Man which Roger McGuinn was the only member of the Byrds playing guitar on it along with singing with Gene Clark and David Crosby on it, Them including Van Morrison at number 7 with Here Comes The Night, Hermans Hermits at number 8 with their version of the Tom Courte...

Last night I went to Coorparoo RSL and Community Centre to see the tribute show Elvis and the Legends Show that has Andy B which it was my second time seeing him as I only saw him back on Friday September 13th 2024 at Mt Gravatt Bowls Club which he did the Elvis tribute and Roy Orbsion tribute with Rick Hudson who also did Elvis and an Ricky Nelson tribute show and it was my second time seeing an show at Coorparoo which the last time was Saturday October 26th 2013 when I saw local rock and roll group On The Move. I caught the bus to Coorparoo from Carindale, walk to the club, went inside, met Judith, Charles, Jackie and Carol, had Lamb Shanks and veges for dinner, saw Graham and Faye(my friend Matthew's Uncle and Aunty) and drank Pepsi Max. The show started before 7.15pm which Andy's wife said an few words about being an trip to America recently as well as Andy having been sick and then Andy came out which in the 1st set he performed songs by Tom Jones, Frankie Valli, Cliff R...

This is from the Telegraph June 29th 1966 and this was the 4BK Top 10 with Crispian St Peters at number 1 with his version of the Ian and Sylvia song which had been an hit for American group We Five the year before You Were On My Mind, The Easybeats at number 2 with Come and See Her, Bobby and Laurie at number 3 with their version of the Roger Miller song Hitch Hiker which the 2 musicians playing on it went on to form the Australian band Daddy Cool Gary Young on drums and Wayne Duncan on bass as they were playing with the Rondells who backed up Bobby and Laurie, Bob Lind at number 4 with Elusive Butterfly, Nancy Sinatra at number 5 with How Does That Grab You Darlin, Manfred Mann at number 6 with Pretty Flamingo which Jack Bruce who went to form Cream played bass on it, The Rolling Stones at numbrt 7 with Paint It Black which was recorded in Hollywood at RCA with Brian Jones playing sitar, The Who at number 8 with Substitiute, Roy Orbison at number with Twinkle Toes and The Mamas and...

This is the memior of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and in this book she talks about her upbringing in Murupara and Morrinsville in the North Island in New Zealand, joining the Labour Party, worked with Helen Clarke who was NZ Prime Minister as an researcher, lived in London where she worked at the Cabinet Office and International Union of Socialist Youth as Vice President and President, becoming an MP in 2009, becoming Prime Minister of New Zealand in 2017 making her the youngest in more than 150 years at age 37 which would last 6 years, giving birth to a daughter as she was the 2nd head of government to do,dealing with events that happened her run as Prime Minister including 2019 Christchurch Mosque attacks which would lead to swift gun control reforms, Covid 19, a volcanic eruption in the Bay of Plenty reducing Child Poverty, encounters with Donald Trump, Scott Morrison, Prince William, Joe Biden and many others. It is AMAZING and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC and B...

This is the memoir of American musician and member of the iconic American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and in this book he talks about his upbringing in Jacksonville Florida, his parents splitting up, getting his first guitar at age 16, playing in an band called Dead Or Alive, joined an band called Mudcrutch which had Tom Petty, becoming Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1976 which would last for 41 years with hit singles including American Girl, Breakdown, Don't Come Around Her No More, Learning to Fly, Free Fallin and many others, working with people like Don Henley, Stevie Nicks, Bob Dylan,Roger McGuinn, KISS, Johnny Cash and many others, joining Fleetwood Mac in 2018 and many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and AMAZING stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining and it is well worth an read learning about Mike's journey. Mike with his band The Dirty Knobs are doing shows in the USA in July and August wit...

This is from the Sunday Truth June 27th 1965 and now the talk back station as it is 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 the air all day on Sundays playing the latest Top 40 records that were out at the time and the person on the advert was Bert "Birdbrain" Robertson.

This is from the Telegraph June 26th 1961 and long before known as the Good Times And Great Classic Hits Station as well as for a time in the 1980's an country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which besides from the music the station was known at the time for doing the Talent Quests which the next night the Suburban and Country Talent Quest Grand Final was held at Willard House on Ann Street in the city which whoever won the prize was an return trip to New Dehli by Air India International plus 100 pounds spending money with Denys Beard being the compere.

This is from the Telegraph June 25th 1957 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as an country music station in the 80's 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950's which among their shows was Buy In Bonus Show which was on Mondays and Wednesdays at 2.30pm.

This is from the Telegraph June 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 in the early 60's which besides from playing music they did variety, sports, news, drama, Human Interest and Community Affairs. Among the shows around Brisbane on this day in 1961 were the Maori Troubadours at the Lands Office in the city, Australian musician and singer ROB EG was at the Story Bridge Hotel and the Brisbane rock group the Corvettes at the Woolloongabba Police Citizens Youth Club on Ipswich Road Woolloongabba.

This is from the Telegraph June 23rd 1972 and this was the 4BC Top 40 charts with Badfinger at number 1 with the song produced by Todd Rundgren Baby Blue, Dr Hook Medicine Band at number 2 with Sylvia's Mother, Gallery at number 3 with Nice To be With You and G Wayne Thomas at number 4 with Open Up Your Heart which was from the Australian surf music movie Morning Of The Earth. the new entries in the charts that week were Brisbane group New World at number 36 with the song written by Mike Chapman an fellow Queenslander and Nicky Chinn Sister Jane, Sammy Davis Jr at number 37 with Candy Man and Jimmy Castor Bunch at number 38 with Troglodyte and besides from G Wayne Thomas the other Australian and New Zealand acts in the charts were Robn Jolley at number 9 with the song written by Brian Cadd Marshall's Portable Music Machine, La De Das at number 27 with Morning Good Morning and Brisbane group Shepherd at number 40 with Birmingham Station which was produced by Ron Saywell who wa...

This is from the Telegraph June 22nd 1966 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 they promoted the local Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds which was held at Festival Hall at July 2nd 1966 at 1 pm with 16 groups competing in it and the comperes were Geoff Atkinson, Tony MacArthur and Graeme Smith(Bob) which whoever from Brisbane won it would be in the grand final in Melbourne as the main prize was the trip to London.

This is the new album by legendary Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and this is the first album of original songs in 3 years as the last albums were covers which all the songs on the album were written by Van himself which among the musicians playing on the album including Eamon Ferris from the Waterboys, English Violinist Seth Lakeman, Dave Keary on guitar and Colin Griffin on drums. It is an FANTASTIC album with great songs with Van still singing great at age 79 80 on August 31st which he is sounding better than ever on the album and it has gone to number 11 in the UK and number 81 in Ireland. He has 3 shows in Ireland this month, an show in the Netherlands and London with Neil Young in July and 3 more Irish shows in August and September. This is an must for Van Morrison fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

On June 5th 1990 American boyband New Kids On the Block released their 4th album Step By Step which went to number 1 in the USA and the UK and number 4 in Australia and it had 3 hit singles the title track Step By Step, Tonight and Let's Try Again which most the tracks were written by Maurice Starr as well as the ones he co-written. The album is now out on CD which it is celebrating 35 years when it came out and on the CD which besides from the original tracks the bonus tracks includes 2 unreleased songs as well as 2 12' single remixes of the hits. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs which has stood the test of time as it still sounds great today as it did as great music gets appreicated after all these years. New Kids On the Block are doing shows in Las Vegas this month, July and November this year and February 2026 and let's hope they come back to Australia again in the future. This is an must for fans of New Kids On the Block and I give it 4 stars as it...

This is from the Telegraph June 20th 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 Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name who was also doing the record hops which was playing records around Brisbane including the City Hall which he did lunchtimes from 12 noon until 2pm during the week as well as through the 60's the O'Connor Boathouse in the city on North Quay.

This is from the Telegraph June 19th 1970 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in thw 70's which they used to host which among them was the Queensland Pop Festival which the next night (June 20th) was held at Festival Hall as it was the second semi final and the Brisbane bands that played that night were The Trinity House, The Vision, The Golden Apple, Bentham G, The Light, The Wake, The Apple, Burke & Wills including Jamie Dunn and Movement with special guests Normie Rowe, Robbie Snowden and the Flamingoes (Brisbane group with Johnny Gray and Bob Blight).

This is from the Telegraph June 18th 1968 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 Geoff Bradley who was on at Breakfast from Monday-Saturday, Grahame Roberts who was on Monday to Friday from 2pm until 6pm and was on Sunday morning and John Kerr who was on from 6pm until 9pm Monday to Friday and was on Saturday and Sunday afternoons playing the lastest hits that was out at the time as well as hits from yesteryear and Big Hits from Modern Music albums.

This is from the Telegraph June 17th 1964 and this was the 4BK top 10 with local performer from Moorooka Billy Thorpe with the Aztecs at number 1 with their version of the Coasters 1959 hit Poison Ivy, Mary Wells at number 2 with the song written by Smokey Robinson My Guy, Bill Haley and His Comets at number 3 with Rock Around the Clock which had been the hit 10 years ago but it was reissued on the Festival label, the Beatles at number 4 with Can't Buy Me Love, Millie at number 5 with My Boy Lollipop which was an cover of the Barbie Gaye song, Elvis Presley at number 6 with the title track from the movie he did with Ann Margaret Viva Las Vegas, Peter Paul and Mary who was in Brisbane 2 weeks before in that month of 1964 at number 7 with Go Tell It On The Mountain, Peter and Gordon at number 8 with the song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney A World Without Love, The Searchers at number 9 with their version of the Orlons song Don't Throw Your Love Away and Terry Staffor...

This is from the Telegraph June 16th 1972 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits Stationsas well as the Country Music Station in the early 80's 4KQ was knwon at the time in the early 70's as the Better Music and More News station as they were playing Easy Listening Music and also besides from the music 4KQ did an exclusive service daily from the Boat Patrol 690 on Conditions in Moreton Bay, Brisbane River and the Waterways of Queensland with Noel Stanaway who would be come the weather man on Channel 7 News in Brisbane was skipper in the interest of Boating Safety.

Last night I went to Wynnum RSL Club to see the Elvis tribute act Tristan James which it was my first time to see an actual show of his as well as the first in 2 years since I went to a show there where I saw an 80's tribute show.I caught the bus to Wynnum from Cannon Hill despite an issue with the boomgate as the bus was not far so it had to change direction, went to Wynnum RSL, rang Dad, had T-Bone Steak, ships and Salad for dinner, drank Coke with No Sugar, ate bread roll, went upstairs, bought an CD and did writing. The show started at 8pm with Tristan James wearing the white gear came on the stage which Elvis wore in the 70's came out which in the first set performed the Elvis classics from the 50's, 60's and 70's including That's Alright Mama, Love Me Tender, Wonder of You and Kentucky Rain as well as the Del Shannon hit Runaway and there was an interval which I bought an Coke With No Sugar, drank it and use mobile. In the second had the Aloha from Hawa...

This is from the Telegraph June 13th 1958 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular music radio stations at the time in the 50's which on Sundays they did the Super 70 show playing the 70 tunes from 8.15am and on Mondays to Fridays from 5.30am was the top 40 as 4BC was the first Brisbane radio station to do the Top 40 as they did it May 19th 1958 which Sydney with 2UE had done it March 2nd 1958.

This is the 1st of an 4 Part Autobiography by legendary Australian rock music legend Lonnie Lee and in this book talks about his upbringing in Northern NSW, his parents' divorce, performed in the Pied Piper aged 4, Going to Trinty Grammar School where he was taught piano, starting listening to music, sang in a choir, bought an ukulele, got an guitar at age 15, did the 2UW Talent contest in 1956 , worked @ 2GB, performed at the Trocadero in Sydney for the Australia's Elvis Presley Love Me Tender Promo, formed an rockabilly band, played shows and had an car accident in 1957 and and many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read learning his journey from 1940 up to 1958 as the first book talks about his early life to returning to Sydney. Lonnie Lee is still performing which he has shows in NSW in the coming months and he is the Last Man Standing from the earl...

This is from the Northern Suburbs Express June 12th 1963 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 60's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who was on from 4pm until 7pm Monday to Friday with the Go Show as well as doing the music TV show Teen Beat on Channel 9 at the time.

This is from the Telegraph June 11th 1956 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 personalities was Norman Llewelyn who had a show during the week called Music Masters which was on from 11am until 12 noon.

This is the new album by legendary American rock band the Doobie Brothers and this album was recorded at Multiview Studios in Los Angeles California. It is the line up of original members Patrick Simmons and Tom Johnston, John McFee since 1979 and Michael McDonald who joined in 1975 until 1982 as well as 1987, 1992, 1995-96 and since 2019. The songs on the album are written by 3 of the Doobie Brothers Tom, Patrick and Michael with John Shanks who played on the album as well as producing it and also the among the other musicians playing including Mick Fleetwood from Fleetwood Mac and Pino Palladino on bass as well as Mavis Staples from the Staple Singers sing on the first track. It is an FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT album with FANTASTIC songs with great singing and playing by the band which they are sounding great better than ever. They are going to tour the UK and Ireland in July and America and Canada in August and September and let's hope they tour Australia. This is an must for fan...

This is the new album by legendary Australian singer Jimmy Barnes and this was recorded in Sydney at the Cave and Freight Train Studio and in Nashville at Ocean Way Studios and Historic RCA Studio A. The songs on the album are mainly co written by Jimmy one with Don Walker, 2 with Michael Paynter, the title track with Michael Paynter and Benjamin Rodgers and 1 with Guy Davies and also 2 by Jimmy himself and among the musicians playing on including Greg Morrow, Jimmy's son Jackie, Anton Fig and Jason Bonham on drums, Jonathan Cain from the American band Journey on piano, Randy Flowers on guitar and Danny Spencer from the Rouge Traders also on guitar. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs which it ROCKS and great singing by Jimmy who is sounding better than ever. Jimmy is currently on tour at the moment and he will be in Brisbane next Friday and Saturday at the Fortitude Music Hall which it is great to see Jimmy back out again after the health scares he's b...

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Carindale to see the movie The Great Lillian Hall. Lillian Hall(Jessica Lange) is an Broadway actress who has never missed an performance is preparing for an upcoming play but is having issues with her memory as well as confusion who has an assistant Edith(Kathy) and an daughter Margaret (Lily Rabe) and is diagnosed with Dementia but is determined to make it to opening night considering the challenges she is going through which gets interesting. It is Touching, Brilliant and Superb with Top and Brilliant acting by Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Lily Rabe, Jesse Williams who plays the director David and Pierce Brosnan who plays Tai Maynard. It is directed by Michael Cristofer and produced by Bruce Cohen, Steven Rogers, Scott Thigpen, Marie Halliday and George Scarles as well as among the executive producers were Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates and also this has to be one of Jessica Lange's finest performances she has ever given which I can p...

This is from the Sunday Sun June 10th 1973 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the 70's which among their disc jockeys were Jimmy Deane, Grant Goldman (who would host the very first episode of Countdown) and Keith Williams, Billy J Smith and Ross Lawson did the footy at Lang Park (now Suncorp Stadium) which that day Norths vs Easts at 3pm and the next day Monday Brothers vs Redcliffe and the Don McLean show at Festival Hall was broadcast that same night as Part one.

On Easter Monday April 21st I saw on Facebook that BAY FM 100.3 radio personality Kay Howick passed away which was annouced by her daughter Nellie and I was shocked to see that as I wasn't excepting that. I first met Kay Howick on the BAY FM Office in Thornlands on Tuesday March 7th 2006 as I was with the disability group Crossroads which I was in the ICAN Group as we visited the station which she showed us what they do and she was impressed with my knowledge about rock and roll which led to me getting the guest stint on Kay's show on Saturday Good Timez Rock n Roll on Saturday April 8th 2006 and would do 3 more visits to the station on Saturday May 13th, Sunday June 24th and July 15th which I spoke some up of the time about the shows I've seen at the time and towards the end of my time there I even got to read what songs were played which was an great experience. Kay asked me to get a Johnny Preston CD for her as he was playing at Wintersun that time at Twin Towns which...

This is from the Telegraph June 9th 1964 and now the classic hits station 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1960'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 records hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse playing records was on the air Monday to Friday from 4pm until 6pm and on Sundays from 8am until 1pm.

On Thursday June 5th I went to the movies at Coolangatta to see the movie Karate Kid Legends. Mr Han(Jackie Chan) is teaching Kung Fu in Beijing which among his students is Li (Ben Wang) who is his great nephew and Li's mother (Ming-Na Wen) and he moves to New York as she has been offred an job in the hospital as an doctor which he promised his mother not to do martial arts as his brother was stabbed to death. Li gets friendly with an girl named Mia (Sadie stanley) who works in an Pizza Shop which it owned by her father Victor(Joshua Jackson) who was an boxer and Mia and Li go out together which they confronted by Mia's ex boyfriend Conor Day(Aramis Knight) who was an local karate champion which attacks Li and Li has an tutor named Alan (wyatt Oleff). Li confronts an gang who attacked Victor who decides to go back into boxing which Li trains him and Victor is in the boxing match but gets knocked out which he goes to hospital. Mr Han goes to New York to deal with Li who enc...

On Saturday night June 7th I went to the Elvis Marquee to see the Abba tribute act SOS The Australian Abba Tribute Show which it was my first time seeing the act. The show started at 7.45pm and for the next 2 hours the performed the Abba classic songs from the 70's and 80's which they did 2 sets including Waterloo, Ring Ring, Fernando, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Dancing Queen and many others as well as the members wore white in the first set and in the second set wore purple and Blue as well as towards the end of the 2nd set the ladies walk through the audience doing Dancing Queen getting the crowd to sing along. the show finished at 9.45pm, went to Woolworths, bought chocolate and Coke with No Sugar and walk back to the Twin Towns Sebel. It was an FANTASTIC show which everyone had an great time including myself and the group were FANTASTIC singing great and sounding great as well as very entertaining giving the audience an great time as well as entertainment and also doing the Abba s...

On Saturday Afternoon June 7th I went to the Elvis Marquee to see the Australian Dusty Springfield Show that has Australian singer and actress Wendy Stapleton and it was my second time seeing Wendy live as the first one was at the Countdown Spectacular Concert at the Brisbane Entertainment Center on Saturday September 16th 2006 as well as watching her on Neighbours as Trixie Tucker (mother of Nina played by Delta Goodrem as well as the ex-wife of Lou Carpenter played by Tom Oliver). The show started before 12.40pm with Wendy coming on stage wearing white with her back up band including her husband Australian singer Paul Norton known for the 1989 hit Stuck On You and her daughter) and in that first set telling stories about Dusty Springfield and doing her hits including 2 with the Springfields as well as Covers of Motown songs and there was an interval which I had a look at 2 books I bought. The show started with Wendy dressing up in Black telling more stories about Dusty includin...

On Friday night June 6th I went to the Elvis Marquee to see the tribute band to the Rolling Stones the Australian Rolling Stones Show which it was my first time seeing them. I went to the Aztec Restaurant where I had Nachos for dinner, went to Baskin and Robbins where I had Royale Chocolate Rainbow Sundae for desert, walk to the Elvis Marquee, went inside and use mobile. The show started at 8.30pm and for the next 1 hour and 40 minutes the band performed many of the Stones classics including Jumpin Jack Flash, It's Only Rock 'n'Roll, Get Off My Cloud, It's All Over Now, Satisfaction as well as some album tracks with the male lead vocals doing Mick Jagger doing most of the lead with the backing female singer doing lead on some of the others and the male lead singer walking through the audience as well as the movements. The show finished at 10.10pm, rang Mum and walk back to Twin Towns Sebel. It was an FANTASTIC show which the band were FANTASTIC with great playing an...

On Friday June 6th in the afternoon I went to the Queen Elizabeth Park Stage to see the Australian Buddy Holly show with Kris Knight and the last time I saw them live was nearly 3 years ago at Wynnum Bowls Club. The show started at 12.45pm and for the next 1 hour and 15 minutes Kris and the band did the Buddy Holly classics including Peggy Sue, Raining In My Heart, Heart Beat, That'll Be The Day and Oh Boy as well as doing other songs by Paul Anka (Diana), Jerry Lee Lewis and Eddie Cochran and everyone was enjoying themselves and having an great time and also Kris also mentioned on stage towards the end of the show that he will be finishing up doing the Buddy Holly Show this year. The show finished at 2pm, stopped at Woolworths where I bought crackers and Coke with No Sugar and walk back to the Twin Towns Sebel. It was an FANTATSIC show with Kris Knight doing an FANTASTIC job as always doing the Buddy Holly songs as well as the great rock songs as well as very entertaining giving...

On Thursday June 5th I went to see Australian singer Issi Dye who I last saw an year at Coolangatta and I walk to the venue from Twin Towns where I had dinner with Mum which I saw Les and Tyler who i had not seen for nearly a year. The show started at 7pm with Issi and Glenn Douglas coming out which they did 2 set of classic rock and roll songs by Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Bobby Darin, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and many others which in the first set also did Olivia Newton John, Glen Campbell and John Paul Young and there was an interval which I drank water. In the second set an Elvis tribute performer named Terry Leonard joined Issi and Glenn on stage doing 2 Elvis songs as well Issi and Glenn doing songs by Johnny O'Keefe, Col Joye and Neil Diamond. The show finished at 9pm, got photos with Issi and Glenn, walk back to Twin Towns to see Mum and we went back to the Twin Towns sebel. It was an FANTASTIC show with Issi and Glenn singing and sounding great as well as very e...

On Wendesday night June 4th I went to the Elvis Precinct to see the Elvis tribute show Hearts Of the King which had Che Oreton from New Zealand who I have seen before, Toki Toyokazu from Japan and Ted Torres Martin from the USA (last 2 which was the first time I've seen them live). The show started at 7.30pm with Elvis tribute performer Dean Vegas coming as the MC introducing the acts which the first act to come out was Che Oreton doing an few Elvis songs including Are You Lonesome Tonight, then Toki Toykazu came out wearing the light blue gear that Elvis wore in the 70's came out which he performed 4 songs including Can't Help Falling In Love and Ted Torres Martin came out which he did 4 songs including It's Now Or Never and Such A Night and there was an interval where I bought Coke with No Sugar, drank it and use mobile. The Show started with Che coming out doing 4 songs, Toki came out doing 4 songs including Love and Ted came out 4 songs including Don't which ...

This is from the Telegraph June 4th 1963 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 John Taylor who did the show Ring A Request on Monday to Friday from 8am until 9am and from 12 noon until 4pm including Lady Luck and also was on Saturdays from 6.15pm until Midnight.

Back in April I saw on Lonnie Lee's facebook that Australian musician John Charter who played with Johnny Rebb and the Rebels and before that Alan Dale and the Houserockers had been farewelled which I learned that he had passed away which I was sad to see that and it is sad loss to Australian music and to his family including his wife singer Lynn Fletcher who came from Brisbane. He was born April 4th 1939 in Kingsford Sydney, started playing piano at age 8, playing in Australia's first rock and roll group Alan Dale and the Houserockers as well as playing in his own trio, formed Johnny Rebb and the Rebels in 1958 who would achieved success with hits including Hey Sheriff, Come On Let's Go and Pathway To Paradise that would last until 1960 as well as touring the Lee Gordon shows with Frankie Avalon, The Platters and Tommy Sands(March 1959), The Everly Brothers (May-June 1959), The big Beat with Lloyd Price, Linda Laurie, The Kalin Twins and Conway Twitty(July 1959), Johnny ...

In March-July 1974 British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens was doing an world tour which including Australia and Japan in June as the show in Japan was recorded at the Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo on June 22nd 1974 and it was released in Japan at the time due to contactual reasons between A&M and Island Records as the reason it was never released for the rest of the world as the proceeds from the album went to UNICEF and also it now released world wide. On the live album it has the songs that he had out at the time including the hits he had at that time Another Saturday Night, Oh Very Young, Peace Train and Father and Son as well as album tracks and there is liner notes by his bass player Bruce Lynch, road manager Carl Miller and Hallam Kite. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs with great sound quality as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is great listening to Cat Stevens as his peak at the time in the 70's and Cat Stevens now Yusuf Islam is sti...

On May 17th 1985 British rock band Dire Straits released their 5th album Brothers In Arms which was recorded at Air Studios in Montserrat in the West Indies and Power Station in New York where it was mixed and it went to number 1 in the UK, number 1 in the USA and number 1 in Australia. It was produced by Mark Knopfler and Neil Dorfsman which from the album had the singles So Far Away, Money For Nothing, Brothers In Arms, Walk Of Life and Your Latest Trick and it was also the first album in history to sell over 1 million copies in the CD format. It is now out on CD again as an 3CD set to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the album being released and on the 1st Cd it has the original tracks on the album and the 2 remaining CD's has an live performance they did in San Antonio Texas at the Muncipal Auditorium August 16th 1985 during the Brothers In Arms tour which they performed songs from the album as well as the hits they had at the time. It's AWESOME and BRILLIANT with FANTA...

This is from the Telegraph June 3rd 1976 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB as it is now known as Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the 1970's which among their disc jockeys were Paul J Turner who was on from 3pm until 6pm, Kevin Hiller from 6pm until 9pm and Ray McGregor from 9pm until 12am Midnight Monday to Friday

In 1996 legendary Australian country singer Slim Dusty performed with his wife Joy McKean, children Anne and David Kirkpatrick and sister in law Heather McKean performed 2 special shows at the Tamworth Country Festival which was recorded by Andrew Rodd who was one of the road crew for Slim Dusty for 8 years and it is now on CD. Among the songs that were performed were an Patsy Cline Medley, an Johnny Cash song Orange Blossom Special and Slim's classic songs including Duncan, Pub With No Beer, When The Rain Tumbles Down In July, The Biggest Disappointment and many others. It is FANTASTIC with great songs and the sound quality is FANTASTIC and it holds up very well which it is well worth listening too hearing Australian country music legends. It's nearly 22 years on September 19th since Slim Dusty passed away, 2 years since Joy mcKean passed away and last year Heather McKean passed away but the great music they made lives on forever and this is an must for Slim Dusty fans as ...

This is the new book written by Canadian guitarist and singer and member of Canadian rock group Triumph Rik Emmett and in this book he talks about the influences, the roots, the creative process with writing and recording as well as composing with the Telecaster guitar and the history of the guitar as well as the digital technology and many others. It is FANTASTIC and Excellent as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth an read and this is Rik Emmett's second book as he wrote his memoir Lay It On The Line about 2 years ago. I am giving this 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 Sunday Truth June 2nd 1968 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the late 60's which it was originally based in Ipswich until it was based in Brisbane which among 4IP promoted was the Queensland Pop Festival as it was held at the Festival Hall as many of the local groups performed there as the station was looking for the top group and the prizes were over $5,000.

This is from the Telegraph June 1st 1964 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 as the station with other Brisbane radio stations promoting the Beatles tour at the time as they would come to Brisbane June 29th and 30th which they were asking the listeners to win 2 Free tickets to see the Beatles by joining the 4BC Beatles Club.

This is the autobiography of American businesswoman and Fashion Designer Tina Knowles and in this book she talks about her upbringing in Galveston Texas, sang in an group called the Veltones, moved to California where she worked for the Shiseido cosmetics, meeting Matthew Knowles who would be her husband for 31 years as well as having 2 daughters Beyonce and Solange who are successful singers with Beyonce being in the girl group Destiny's Child, had her own business Headliners in Houston Texas which was an hair salon, started an magazine called Hair International as an side project, becoming an costume designer for Destiny's Child, launched House of Dereon an clothing line with Beyonce, her 2nd marriage to Richard Lawson, enounters with Kelly Rowland, Tina Turner, Bono from U2, Aaliyah and many others. It is FANTASTIC and excellent as well as very impressive and very entertaining with Amazing stories which it is well worth an read. Tina will be in London on Wednesday June 4t...