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This is the new album by legendary Australian singer Swanee (John Swan) and this is mainly an duets album which he sings with his brothers Jimmy Barnes and Alan Barnes, his niece Mahalia Barnes, Dave Gleeson from the Screaming Jets and the Angels, Rick Springfield, Russell Morris, Ian Moss, Wendy Matthews and many others which Swanee sings the title track himself. It is an FANTASTIC album with great singing by Swanee who sounds great and he and the acts he sang with sounds great too and also the songs are FANTASTIC too. It was produced by Darren Mullan with some produced by Nick O'Donnell and Kevin Borich, Paul Cecchinelli and John Swan, Mark Lizotte(Diesel), Ben Rogers, Kevin Shirley and jack Jones and it went to number 37 on the Australian charts which it was Swanee's first 40 album since 1982 with This Time It's Different and his first charting album since 1985 with Bushido. Let's hope to see Swanee on the road. This is an must for Swanee fans and Australian music ...

This afternoon I went to the movies at Carindale to see the movie The Naked Gun. Lieutenant Frank Drebin Jr(Liam Neeson) son of Frank Sr (Leslie Nielsen) from Police Squad who was disguised as a girl stops an gang of bank robbers which unknown to him it was a distraction to steal an gadget called the PLOT and Chief Davis (CCH Pounder) reassigns him to another case an car accident after his over the top law enforcement becoming an issues which leads to Police Squad threatened to be closed and investigates the car accident which the victim was Simon Davenport(Jason MacDonald) who was an software engineer which it deemed suicide and Frank Jr meets Beth (Pamela Anderson) who is Simon's sister and she is an writer who thinks Simon was murdered and then Frank Jr then encounters Richard Cane(Danny Houston) who owns Edentech who plots to reverts humans to their barbarian nature and also Frank and Beth are starting to fall in love and it gets interesting. It is Whacky, Excellent, very funn...

This is from the Telegraph August 31st 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 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 Monday to Friday from 4pm until midnight and all day Sunday playing the lastest records that was out at the time as well as predictions, Sure shots and Flashbacks.

This is the new live album by Australian singer Kate Ceberano and throughout this year Kate Ceberano did an Australian tour to celebrate 40 years of her career as well as an tribute to the Australian acts who shaped and inspire her career which she was backed up by Kathleen Halloran and Darren Hart and the songs on the album she performed including her hits in the 80's and 90's including Bedroom Eyes, Pash and Brave as well as songs by acts including INXS, the Models, The Black Sorrows, Cold Chisel, Daddy Cool and the Divinyls . It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT songs which is sang brilliantly by Kate who is still sounding and singing great which besides from her hits she does the other songs by the Australian acts with justice and respect which she is does it so very well. Kate has 4 more shows of the Australia Made tour including Brisbane at the Fortitude Music Hall on September 20th and will be touring with Jimmy Barnes, Icehouse and Ian Moss...

This is the 3rd and last compilation CD of the legendary British rock band the Kinks and which the songs on the album are on from 1977-84 period when they recorded for Arista as it had the hit singles including Sleepwalker, A Rock'N'Roll Fantasy, Better Things and Come Dancing as well as an live recording which it is on the second CD was at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1993 which they performed many of the classics including You Really Got Me, Sunny Afternoon, Dedicated Follower of Fashion and Apeman and also there is an booklet with Phil Alexander doing the liner notes as well as Kinks members Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory commenting on the songs on the album. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs which has stood the test of time and holds up very well today which they still sound great. The Kinks split up in 1997 but the music still lives on which you still hear it on the radio today and Dave still works as he's doing book signings and art ...

This is from the Telegraph August 30th 1963 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with the Atlantics at number 1 with the classic Bombora, Rob EG at number 2 with 55 Days At Peking, Gerry and the Pacemakers at number 3 with the song written by Mitch Murray who had written How Do You Do It I Like It and Elvis Presley at number 4 with Devil In Disguise which was written by Bill Grant, Bernie Baum and Florence Kaye. The new entries in the charts that week were Kai Winding at number 26 with More, Trini Lopez at number 30 with I had A Hammer which had been an hit for American folk trio Peter Paul and Mary the year before and originally done by the Weavers an American folk group in 1950, Al Martino at number 32 with Painted Tainted Rose, The Searchers at number 34 with their version of the Drifters song Sweets For My Sweet, Burt Bacharach at number 36 with Saturday Sunshine and the Beach Boys at number 38 with Surfer Girl and besides from The Atlantics and Rob EG the Australian acts in the ch...

This is from the Telegraph August 29th 1957 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which among their radio personalities was Allen Brandt who had worked at 4KQ and later on with 4IP which is now Radio TAB hosted the show The Coca Cola Bottlers Club which was on Monday to Friday from 4-4.15pm and on Saturday at 10am.

From October 2024 to February 2025 legendary Australian rock band Cold Chisel got back together to do an Australian and New Zealand tour to celebrate 50 years when they were formed which included Brisbane and Melbourne which they performed at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on November 23rd which it was recorded and filmed and it is out on CD and DVD which with the CD as it is an double set they performed many of the classic Chisel hits including My Baby, Forever Now, Khe Sahn, Choir Girl as well as album tracks including Standing On The Outside, Bow River, Breakfast at Sweethearts and Goodbye(Astrid Goodbye) and on the DVD which has the same songs on it and has interview with the members in between some of the songs and also on the extended interviews on the 2nd DVD with the members as well as the back up singers including Eliza Jane Barnes(Jimmy's daughter), Tex Perkins and Sarah McLeod. It is AWESOME, FANTASTIC and SUPERB Which it Rocks with the band really at the top of their f...

This is from the Telegraph August 26th 1958 and now the talk back station as it the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who had been with the station for about a year was on Monday to Friday at 4.05pm in the afternoon doing the Top 40 show which actually 4BC was the first Brisbane radio station to do the Top 40 which they did that was on May 19th 1958.

This is from the Sunday Truth(later Sunday Sun) August 25th 1968 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as being an country music station in the 1980's 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 60's which at the time they were known as the Better Music Station as the music 4KQ was playing at the time was Easy Listening by artists like Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and many others.

On Wednesday August 6th I was at home about to go for a shower when I heard on 4BH news that Australian rock and roll singer Col Joye passed away which I then told my Mum about it and I was sad about it even though I've been aware that he had health issues for some time. Col Joye was born Colin Fredrick Jacobsen April 13th 1936 to George and Minnie Jacobsen as he was one of 4 children with 2 brothers Kevin and Keith and sister Carol and left school at 14 to work an jewellery. Col played in an group called the KJ Quintet which had Kevin and Keith Jacobsen and they became Col Joye and the Joy Boys which they played at the Manly Jazzerama as well as playing at the dances around Bankstown and also were used to warm up the audiences at the screenings of the Tommy Steele Story. Col and the Joy Boys began recording for Festival Records in 1958 which they released an EP called Joyride and in released their 1st single in 1959 with an version of the Lloyd Price song Stagger Lee but it was ...

This is the new album by legendary American singer-songwriter and member of the iconic American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival John Fogerty and the songs on the album are re-recorded versions of Creedence Clearwater Revival songs which among them includes Proud Mary, Who'll Stop the Rain, Lodi, Travellin Band, Green River, Hey Tonight as well as 2 live recording as John on the album is backed up by 2 of his sons Shane and Tyler as well as other musicians including on drums Matt Chamberlain, on bass Bob Glaub and on Sax Rob Stone. It is AWESOME and FANTASTIC and also it ROCKS with great singing by John Fogerty who is still sounding great at 80 which he is sounding better than ever which he does those songs so Brilliantly and does with it respect. Just 2 years ago John got the rights to the Creedence global catalog after the legal battle he went through and similar to Taylor Swift who did remakes of songs from her 4 albums after being unable to get the rights to the original...

This is the autobiography of drummer and member of the legendary British rock group Herman's Hermits Barry Whitwam and in this book he talks about his upbringing in Manchester England, losing his brother in 1959, getting his first drum at age 13, playing in groups the Demons and the Wailers, joining Herman's and the Hermits in 1964 which then became Herman's Hermits, achieving success with hits including I'm Into Something Good, Silhouettes, Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter, I'm Henry The Eighth I Am, No Milk Today, There's A Kind OF Hush and many others, touring the world including America and Australia, encounters with Elvis Presley, The Who, the Animals, The Monkees amongst others, the passing of Lek Leckenby in 1994 and many others. It's FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and AWESOME stories as well as very impressive and very entertaing which it is well worth an read going through Barry's journey from Manchester to achieving s...

On Friday August 22nd I went to QPAC to see legendary Australian singer Russell Morris on his farewell tour which it was my 16th time seeing him live as my very first was nearly 25 years ago at Kedron Wavell on Thursday October 26th 2000 with Jim Keays and Darryl Cotton as Cotton Keays and Morris as it was one of Jim's first show with Darryl and Russell after Ronnie Burns left. I caught bus to South Brisbane from Carindale, went to the Plough Inn, rang Dad, had Steak, Chips and Salad for dinner, drank Pepsi max, went to the NZ Ice Cream Shop where I had a triple Tim Tam Sundae and walk to QPAC. Bought program, went inside and took 2 photos. The show started after 7pm with Russell Morris coming on stage starting off with his 1970 hit Mr America which throughout the 1st performed performed songs from the 60's and 70's as well as tracks from the 2008 album Jumpstart Diary as well as telling stories about being in England and spoke about Brian Cadd who as we all know had a str...

This is from the Telegraph August 23rd 1974 and this was the 4BC Top 30 charts with Abba at number 1 with the song that won them Eurovision Waterloo, the Rubettes at number 2 with Sugar Baby Love, The New Seekers at number 3 with I Get A Little Sentimental Over You and Stevie Wright with the song written and produced by his Easybeats bandmates Harry Vanda and George Young Evie. The new entries in the charts that week were Brisbane band Railroad Gin with Carol Lloyd at number 28 with the double sided Do Ya Love Me/Academy Rock, Dave Loggins at number 29 with Please Come Back To Boston and Paper Lace at number 30 with the song written and produced by Mitch Murray who wrote How Do You Do It and I Like It for Gerry and the pacemakers in the 60's and Peter Callander who wrote The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde for Georgie Fame and Beautiful for English group the Brothers The Night Chicago Died. Besides from Stevie Wright and Railroad Gin the other Australian acts on the charts that week w...

This is from the Telegraph August 22nd 1972 and it's a 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 early 70's which was still a music station which besides from playing the music the station also promoted music events that included the Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds which was held at Festival Hall on Auugst 26th 1972 as it was the Queensland Final that had Brisbane groups including People, Noumena, Blackwater, Preston, Captain Jack and Carisma as well as Brisbane singers including Michael Turner and Marlene Potter with an guest appearance with Paul Murphy which he was backed by a 7 piece group and Brian Cadd was the chairman of Judges.

This is from the Telegraph August 21st 1959 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 late 50's which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with the station since the mid 50's which he would be with the station until the early 70's was on Sundays doing the Super 70's playing the latest records at the time.

This is from the Telegraph August 20th 1962 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the early 60's which besides from being the music station it had the serial shows which was on in the mornings at 11.30am which on Monday was Deadlier Than The Male, Tuesday was The Jury Retires, Wednesday was the Edge Of Darkness and Thursday was Teller Of Tales.

This is from the Telegraph August 19th 1964 and this was the 4BK top 10 charts with the Beatles at number 1 with the title track from their movie A Hard Day's Night, The Four seasons at number 2 with Rag Doll, The Animals who will be in Brisbane in November with original member John Steel was at number 3 with House of The Rising Sun, Cliff Richard who will be in Brisbane in November was at number 4 with Constantly, Dusty Springfield at number 5 with her version of the Dionne Warwick song Wishin and Hopin, Sounds Incoporated who were in Brisbane with the Beatles 2 months before in 1964 was at number 6 with The Spartans, Cilla Black at number 7 with You're My World, The Beatles at number 8 with the double sided Boys with Ringo Starr on lead vocals which was a cover of the Shirelles song that was from the Please Please Me album and Long Tall Sally which was a cover of the Little Richard song with Paul mcCartney on lead vocals, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes who were in Brisbane i...

This afternoon I went to the movies at the Events Cinema in the city where I saw Mr Burton. It's 1942 in Port Talbot Britian Philip Burton(Toby Jones) who is an school teacher who lives with Ma Smith (Lesley Manville) in a boarding house encounters an student named Richie Jenkins(Harry Lawtey) who lives with his sister Cis (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) and her husband Elfed(Aneurin Barnard) and has an job as an Draper's assistnat who also joins YMCA in the Theatre which Phililp puts together which he teaches Richie the ropes about acting and also Richie moves in with Philip who adopts Richie who becomes Richard Burton the iconic movie actor. It is BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC acting by Toby Jones, Lesley Manville, Harry Lawtey, Aimeee-Ffion Edwards and Aneurin Barnard and it is also impressive and an amazing story about the start of Richard Burton's acting career and the person who gave him the start. It is directed by Marc Evans and produced by Ed Talfan, Hannah Thomas, Josh Hyam...

This is from the Telegraph August 16th 1956 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which among their radio personalities were Allen Brandt who had been with 4KQ and later on 4IP was on the Breakfast Show at 6am, Bob Rogers who had been with the station since 1950 and would go on to great success with Sydney Radio did the show Platter Chatter at 12 noon, Russ Callow did 4BH Calling at 3pm and Norman Llewelyn did Rumpus Room at 4.30pm.

This is from the Courier Mail August 15th 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 was John Daley who did the show Think Young on Mondays to Thursdays from 4pm until 7pm and Sundays from Noon until 4pm and there was the mid week races as well for the horse racing fans.

This is from the Sunday Truth August 14th 1966 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations having originally coming from Ipswich at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were John Knox who would go on to work on 4BH, 4LG, 4BK and 4KQ, Roy Saywell who would work with 4BC in the 70's and David Greenwood who works on an country music station KIX COuntry Radio Network hosted the Brisbane music show Countdown on Channel 0(now Channel 10) in the 2nd and final year in 1967.

This afternoon I went to the movies at Events Cinema Carindale to see the movie Freakier Friday which it is the sequel to the 2003 movie Freaky Friday. Tess Coleman(Jamie Lee Curtis) who is now podcaster and daughter Anna(Lindsay Lohan) who is an music producer and an single mother to teenage daughter Harper(Julia Butters) who is squabbling with student Lily (Sophia Hammons) who is from England which leads to a incident in Chemistry class. Anna meets Eric (Manny Jacinto) who is an widower and Lily's father in the principal's office and they are fall in love which they are engaged that leads to Harper and Lily dissatisfied with Harper concerned about her mother moving to London and her staying with Tess while Lily wanted to go back to London and it was during Anna's bachelotette party that both Anna and Tess and Harper and Lily encounter an fortune teller Madame Jen (Vanessa Bayer) about their fractued lives which leads to the 4 of them switching bodies and it gets intere...

This is from the Telegraph August 13th 1970 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 70's which among their disc jockeys was Geoff Atkinson who had been with 4BC from 1957 until 1968 as well as hosting the QTQ 9 Music Show Teen Beat from 1962-64 joined 4BK in 1969 which he would be there for a few years did the Breakfast Show Monday to Friday from 5am until 8am.

This is from the Telegraph August 12th 1969 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 late 60's which they were known at the time as a music station as well as promoting shows which on August 13th 4BC promoted the Pacesetter Disco Show @ the City Hall with Jonne Sands, The Valentines featuring Bon Scott and Vince Lovegrove, The Town Criers, The Sect, Parade, Force V, Hands Down, The Cloud, Light Show and Movies .

This is from the Telegraph August 11th 1954 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which among their radio personalities was George "sassafras" Foster who was at 7.30pm doing the Bonnington's Bunkhouse Show which was an variety show .

This is from the Telegraph August 11th 1954 and long before being the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as being an Country Music Station before that 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which besides from music doing Variety which it had a show called called On The Spot that was on at 7.30pm that had Peter Clarke interviewing Redux Trail winner Jack Murray and at 8.45pm had a broadcast from the Cloudland Ballroom of the Movie Ball that was compered by Andy Stevens.

Yesterday afternoon I went to Kedron Wavell to see the legendary British rock group Herman's Hermits which it was my 15th time seeing them and it is 30 years when I first saw them at Festival Hall as part of the British 60's Concert. I caught the bus to Chermside from the city, walk to Kedron Wavell, went to the Kitchen, rang Dad, Had Crumbed Lamb Cutlets, chips and Coleslaw for lunch, drank Coke with No Sugar, ate Caramel Waffle, went up to the Blue Pacific Room and saw Michael who I have known from the gigs. The show started after 3pm with Herman's Hermits that has the current line up with original member and drummer Barry Whitwam, Jamie Thurston on bass guitar and vocals, John Summerton on guitar on vocals and Tony Young on keyboards, guitar and vocals coming on stage starting off with the song that launched the group on the music I'm Into Something Good which throughout the first set doing the hits as well as other rock songs including I Feel Fine and Listen to th...

This is from Telegraph August 10th 1960 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 their shows for the week were Monday @ 7.30pm with A Song's Coming On, Wednesday at 7.30pm with Club Celebrity, Friday at 9am with A Very Good Morning, Saturday 7.30pm with Sound Ideas, Tuesday and Thursday at 12.45pm with Edith Head Fashion Expert and Stylist to the Stars which she discussed clothes and how to wear them, Monday To Friday from 4.15pm to 5pm with the National Top Forty with the Big Sound and on Sunday from 9.15am to 1pm Bill O'Brien was on with The Big Sound.

This is the new album by legendary American rock band Styx and it was recorded at Blackbird, In The Pocket, Lone Buffalo Song Labs and The Shop which the songs on the album were written by members Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich and Lawrence Gowan as well as Will Evankovich producing the album. It is an FANTASTIC album with FANTASTIC song with great playing and singing by the band which has 2 original members James Young and Chuck Panozzo, Tommy Shaw since 1975, Todd Sucherman since 1995, Lawrence Gowan since 1999, Will Evankovich since 2015 and Terry Gowan since last year and also doing shows in the US and Canada this month and September which I hope they come to Australia in the future. This is an must for Styx 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 legendary American blues musician Buddy Guy and this was recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville Tennessee which most of the songs on the album were written by Tom Hambridge who produced the album with people like Richard Fleming(5) and 2 with Gary Nicholson as well as some covers including an John Lee Hooker song called Hooker Thing and an Earl King song Trick Bag as well as Joe Walsh from the Eagles performing with Buddy on How Blues Is That and Peter Frampton performing with Buddy on It Keeps Me Young. It is an FANTASTIC album with great playing and singing by Buddy Guy who is still sounding great at age 89 and the songs are FANTASTIC which it's well worth listening to. Buddy Guy has 5 shows coming up in the USA this month and among the other musicians playing on the album is Chuck Leavell who plays with the Rolling Stones and Tal Wilkenfeld who played with Jeff Beck. This is an must for blues music fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops...

This is the memoir of British drummer and member of legendary British groups Big In Japan, The Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees Budgie and in the book he talks about the passing of his mother, his upbringing in St Helens, sang in a choir, playing in Leather Dog Furry Dog playing 1 string guitar, getting his first drum at 12, playing in Chuck and the Young Ones, moving to Liverpool where he studied art, played in Spitfire Boys, Big In Japan and the Slits which he was on the album Cut, joining Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1979 which he would be with them until 1996 as well as playing on albums including Kaleidoscope, Juju, A KissIn The Dreamhouse and Tinderbox, forming the Creatures in the early 80's which they recorded 4 albums, his marriage to Siouxsie which last until 2007 after 16 years, encounters with the Clash, Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Marc Almond, David Bowie, John Cale and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with amazing and Brilliant stories...

This is from the Telegraph August 9th 1966 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 Graeme Smith (Bob) who were on Daily from 4pm until Midnight playing the latest records that were out at the time.

This is from the Telegraph August 8th 1958 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 1950'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 around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse which was in the city on North Quay was on Saturday for 2 hours from 1pm doing the show Platter Chatter.

This is from the Telegraph August 7th 1959 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 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 doing appearances at the record hops all around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse in North Quay was also for a time in the late 50's compering Rock and Pop Lunchtime concerts at the City Hall which was had 2 sessions at 12.10pm and 1.10pm which the first act to perform there was Col Joye who has passed away with the Joy Boys on Monday August 10th 1959.

This is from the Telegraph August 6th 1954 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 disc jockeys was Bob Rogers who had been with the station since 1950 which would last until 1957 and would achieve great success on Sydney radio did the show Platter Chatter which had Disc For Debonaires at 6.30pm, King Hits at 9pm and Sentimental Journey at 9.30pm.

This is from the Telegraph August 6th 1954 and long before being known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits Station as well as being an country station before that 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which besides from music the station was doing variety at the time which among their shows was the Children's Show which was conducted by Allen Brandt who went on to work at 4IP which was broadcast at the Fire Brigade Headquarters on Ann Street at 9.30am on Wednesday August 7th with the Firemen in action.

This is from the Sunday Truth August 5th 1962 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 1960's which among their disc jockeys was Gary Raynes who was on Sundays from 2pm until 5.30pm with the show Relax with Raynes playing the music that was out at the time.

This is from the the Sunday Truth(Sunday Sun later on) August 4th 1963 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 was Geoff Atkinson who was on Monday to Friday at 4pm with the Top 40 Go Show which played the latest top 40 music that was around at the time which 4BC 5 years before started playing the top 40 making it the first Brisbane radio station to do that and also Geoff Atkinson was hosting the QTQ 9 music show Teen Beat each week.

This is from the Telegraph August 3rd 1964 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 was Johnny James who had been with the station since the 50's hosted the Top 40 Breakfast show Monday to Friday which with this advert there was an competition to win 2 weeks holiday for 2 people at Happy Bay Long Island.

Today I went to Greazefest at the Cleveland Showgrounds which this was the 25th anniversary when it started and I've been going there every year since Sunday August 3rd 2008 except 2020 and 2021 due to covid which I was supposed to go to the Sunday show in 2021 when the snap lockdown happened but depsite those 2 times I love going there it is has an FANTASTIC and AWESOME atmosphere. Dad took me to the Bus Stop, bought Pepsi Max, drank it, caught Bus to Cleveland and walk to the showgrounds. Rang Dad, saw Jessica and watch Slim Gritty an rockabilly performer backed by an bass player and drummer came on after 11am which he mainly performed mainly original songs as well as cover of an Johnny Horton song which everyone was enjoying themselves and there was an break which I took photos of some of the cars. The Next Band I saw was Stone Age A Go Go who are from Brisbane which it was the first time I have seen them which they dressed in the Stone Age gear which they did an AWESOME set do...

This is from the Sunday Truth August 2nd 1970 and until 1992 when they became 4 TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the early 70's which among their disc Jockeys who were on Sundays were Peter Byrne who was on from 5am until 8am, Grant Goldman who hosted the very 1st Countdown when it started in 1974 was on from 8am until 1pm and from 1pm until 6pm Billy J Smith who would go to great success doing Sports TV shows in Brisbane as well as It's A Knockout and also there was an Simon and Garfunkel Special for an hour at 6pm.

Just 2 weeks ago I was at Chermside looking at my phone when I saw the news about the passing of Bobby Bright from the iconic Australian singing duo in the 60's and 70's Bobby and Laurie which was sad to see that as I was aware that he had health issues in the last few years. He was born in England in Watford February 3rd 1945, emigrated to Australia in the early 50's with his mother, settled in Adelaide, began performing in the late 50's when he won an talent quest which the judge was Johnny O'Keefe which he performed Johnny Be Goode and he played with Doug Ashdown (Winter In America) in an band called the Bowmen as well as performing on the Adelaide TV Music Show Woodies Teen Time, went to Melbourne in the early 60's at the recommendation of Ivan Dayman who was running the dances in Melbourne, began recording for W&G which he released 2 singles Girls Never Notice Me backed by the Strangers and Defeated By His Heart which Laurie Allen who was playing wit...

This is from the Telegraph August 1st 1963 and now the classic hits in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Barry Matheson who was on Monday to Friday from 9pm until 11pm with the World Wide Top 40 show playing the lastest Top 40 records that was out at the time.