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This is from the Telegraph September 29th 1965(60 Years ago) and this was the 4BK Top 10 with We Five at number 1 with their version of the Ian and Sylvia song You Were On My Mind, The Righteous Brothers at number 2 with their version of the Todd Duncan song Unchained Melody which it be reissued 25 years later in 1990 for the movie Ghost as it would be a hit again, Sonny and Cher at number 3 with I Got You Babe, Horst Jankowski at number 4 with A Walk In The Black Forest, The Fortunes at number 5 with the song written bt Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway You've Got Your Trouble, the boy from Moorooka Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs at number 6 with their version of the Platters song Twilight Time, Brendan Bowyer at number 7 with I Ran All The Way Home, Billy Joe Royal at number 8 with Down In The Boomdocks, The Animals at number 9 with the song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil We've Gotta Get Out of This Place and Manfred Mann at number 10 with their version of the Bob Dylan...

This is from the Telegraph September 28th 1965 (60 Years ago today) and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Grahame Cherry who later worked for 4BK (now B105) and 4KQ, Dal Myles who managed Brisbane music group the Five who had the hit single I'll Be There and Bill Gates who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing Record Hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse in the city on North Quay.

Thsi afternoon I went to the Cineplex Cinema South Bank to see the movie The Roses. Theo Rose (Benedict Cumberbatch) who is an architect and wife Ivy (Olivia Colman) who is a chef having met in London years ago moved to Mendocino California which they have twins an son and daughter as they raised them differently with Ivy spoiling them with Cakes and fun activities while Theo proitizes their health. Ivy has her own restuarant We Got Crabs which was bought by Theo on the real estate and Theo loses his Naval History Museum in a storm while Ivy starts getting people coming into the restuarant seeking shelter which her business is getting successful and Theo loses his job which he becomes a stay at home parent which he becomes of her success while Ivy feels shut out of her children's lives which there is a rift between them and it gets really interesting. It is excellent, witty, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Allison J...

This is from the Telegraph September 27th 1960 and now the classic hits station here 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 Neil Rudd who did the Breakfast Show which the advert from the Telegraph got the listeners to choose their own Top 40 by choosing the song they want which if their choice got played the listener would win 5 pounds(10 dollars to today's standards)and the programs that were on during Monday to Friday were Choose Your Top 40 from 5am until 8am, Choice of the People from 8am until 9.30am, Ring A Request at 12.40pm until 4pm, New Rumpus Room from 4pm until 5.30pm, Record Review from 5.30pm until 5.50pm and Sweet Beat from 10.10pm until 11.30pm, on Saturdays Choose Your Top 40 from 5am until 8am, Music For Moderns from 8am until 12.30pm, Platter Chatter from 12.30pm until 3pm and Hixco's Home Harmonies from 3pm until 6pm and Sundays with Breakfast With A Beat from 6a...

This is from the Telgraph September 25th 1958 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's which among their shows was the Bottlers Club which it was a talent quest that was connected with Coca Cola was on Saturday mornings at 10.30am and the Grand Final was on September 26th 1958 that was held at the 4BH Auditorium on Adelaide Street in the city which was at 7.30pm.

This is from the Telegraph September 24th 1964 and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of top music radio stations in Brisbane at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Geoff Atkinson, Tony MacArthur and Bob Wills who was on 4pm to midnight Monday to Friday and Sundays all day playing the latest records that was out at the time and Geoff was also hosting the QTQ 9 Music show Teen Beat.

This is from the Telegraph September 22nd 1968 and now the 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 among their disc jockeys was Mike Baker who was on Monday to Friday afternoons from 2pm until 4pm and on Sunday mornings from 5am until 7am which the station was known at the time as the Big City Sound.

On Sunday afternoon I went to Kedron Wavell to see the Elvis Presley tribute show Elvis An American Trilogy which it was my 3rd time seeing the show as the show this year had Louis Brown who was there last year, Arron Walker and Steve Michaels. I caught the Bus to the Gabba, caught bus to Chermside, went to Kedron Wavell, went to the Kitchen Restaurant where I had Chicken Inasale for lunch, drank Coke with No Sugar, ate Chocolate Banana Sundae, went up to the Blue Pacfic Room which I use my mobile. The show started after 2.10pm showing clips of Elvis from the 50's as well as before the show starting showing photos of Elvis over the years with Louis Brown coming on stage doing the 50's Elvis up to the Early 60's as well as doing the Robbie Williams song Angels with Mike an audience member as well Louis changed jackets a few times and then after Louis' set Aron Walker came on stage doing the songs from the Movie Period of Elvis which they showed clips from the movies and...

This is from the Telegraph September 21st 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 which among their disc jockeys was Johnny James who had been with the station since the 50's which would last until the early 70's did the Breakfast Show playing the Top 40 as well as weather reports and the news daily.

This is the new album by legendary American singer Belinda Carlisle and this was recorded at Deaver Studios in Los Angeles which the songs on the album are covers of classic songs from the 60's and 70's including Anyone Who Had A Heart originally done by Dionne Warwick then covered by Cilla Black, One by Three Dog Night which was covered by our own John(then Johnny) Farnham, The Air That I Breath which was the hit for the Hollies, If You Could Read My Mind the Gordon Lightfoot song and others. It is an FANTASTIC album with FANTASTIC songs with great singing by Belinda who is still sounding great at age 67 sounding better than ever and does those songs her way which she does it so very well. It went to number 45 in Australia, number 57 in the UK and number 88 in Switzerland and was produced by Gabe Lopez who also plays on it as well as backing vocals. Belinda has just toured Europe and is touring the UK next year with Take That and The Script and she said that she'll be to...

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema at Carindale where I saw the movie Kangaroo. Chris Masterman (Ryan Corr) is an weatherman on TV wants to host his own Show but is told to take leave after a mishap involving a dolphin which he is offered a job in Broome but while he is on his way there gets stranded in Alice Springs when his car crashes and encounters an 12 year ago girl named Charlie (Lily Whiteley) who lives with her mother Rosie(Deborah Mailman) and she avoids going to school as she has lost her father as well as hiding joeys in her bedroom and also both her and Chris starts caring for the joeys which it gets interesting. It is Fantastic, Impressive and very entertaining with great acting by Ryan Corr, Deborah Mailman, Lily Whiteley, Ernie Dingo, Brooke Satchwell, Rachel House, Wayne Blair, Roy Billing and Geneieve Lemon. It is directed by Katie Woods and produced by David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin, Angela Littlejohn, Rachel Clements and Trisha Morton Thomas. It is an feelgood ...

This is from the Telegraph September 20th 1968 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with the 1910 Fruitgum Company at number 1 with 1 2 3 Red Light, Tom Jones at number 2 with the song written by Carlo Donida and Jack Fishman Help Yourself, The Equals at number 3 with Baby Come Back and the Beach Boys at number 4 with the song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love which it would be on the 20/20 album Do It Again. The Australian acts that were in the charts that week were The Easybeats at number 7 with Land of Make Believe with Harry Vanda on lead vocals/Good Times, The Bee Gees at number 15 with Kitty Can/I've Gotta Get A Mesage To You, Johnny (John) Farnham at number 17 with I Don't Want To Love You(a cover of The Everly Brothers song)/Jamie written by Hans Poulsen and Normie Rowe at number 37 with Born To Be Your Side and among the other acts that were in the charts that week were Booker and the MG's at number 6 with Soul Limbo, The Rascals at number 9 with People Got To B...

In 1973 Australian singer Renee Geyer who had been with the band Sun who had 1 album released the year before with Sun 1972 released her debut solo album which the self titled album in September 1973 but it did not chart and she was backed up by the band Mother Earth which including Harry Brus on bass and Russell Dunlop on drums which it was recorded at ATA Studios Sydney that was owned by Australian music legend Col Joye and among the tracks were versions of Do Right Woman Do Right Man, Moondance, Just Like A Woman and Lean On Me and it is now out on CD finally through Aztec Records. Besides from the original album tracks it has bonus tracks which there is 6 that was from the ABC Music Show GTK from 1973-74 and it was versions of songs including Respect and Ain't No Sunshine. It is an FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT album with FANTASTIC songs which sounds so great and it holds up very well as the sound quality is just FANTASTIC as Aztec Records have done an FANTASTIC job putting it toget...

This is the new CD by Status Quo member Francis Rossi and this has demo recordings of 17 songs which most of them went on to Status Quo albums Heavy Traffic (2002), The Party Ain't Over(2005), XS All Areas(2004) and In Search of the Fourth Chord(2007) and Francis' 2010 solo album One Step At A Time as well as 5 tracks that has never been released as Francis has dug into his personal archives to put it together. It is FANTASTIC with great songs and it is great to hear demo versions of songs that would go on to albums as well as those not released as it is interesting to hear them. Francis is currently doing an British solo tour called An Evening of Francis Rossi's Songs From the Status Quo Songbook and More as well as shows coming in Ireland, Germany, Holland, Denmark and Norway in 2026 which I hope he brings to Australia in the future. This is an must for Status Quo 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...

This is from the Telegraph September 19th 1967 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were John Daley, Grahame Cherry and Ken Guy who went on to 4BC, 4QR, 4QG and LBC London was on Monday to Friday at 4pm and all day Saturday and Sunday doing Swing Into Modern Sounds of Music show.

This is from the Telegraph September 18th 1964 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations back in the 60's which on Sundays from 5am they had Music Day with disc jockeys Ben Beckinsale, 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 on North Quay, Brian Henderson who was hosting the iconic music show Bandstand as well as doing the news in Sydney, John Laws who was already a big name on Sydney radio and Barry Matheson.

This is from the Telegraph September 16th 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 in the early 70's which they were still doing the music at the time which they also promoted events which on the weekend of September 19th and September 20th 1970 they had an Pop Weekend at Festival Hall which on the 19th with Mike Ahern had Russell Morris, Jigsaw and Autumn, Jeff Phillips, Johnny Chester, Geoff Crozier's Magic Works, John Williamson, Michael Turner and Stop Press and on the 20th with Ronnie Sparks had Frijd Pink, McKenna Mendelson, Mainline, Zoot, The Mixtures, Jug Band and Leroy.

This is from the Telegraph September 15th 1966 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which their shows were the Brighter Breakfast Show with John Esdaile from 5am until 9am, Dr Joyce Brothers at 8.55am, Ron Burton at 9am with the Morning Show which included Let's Face It, Roslyn Dunbar from the Great Waltz being interviewed, Paint It Yourself @ 9.30am and Graham Kerr at 11.05am, the Bill O'Brien Show @ 1pm with the Tailwaggers Club at 3.30pm, Young Queenslanders Show @ 4.30pm and Winter Sports Magazine with Jim McSweeney who had worked on 4BH was on at 6pm including Tom Foley's Turf Tips at 6.15pm and On The Tee with Joan Fletcher at 7.15pm.

Last Night I went to the Brisbane Convention Centre to see the legendary Australian duo Air Supply which it was my second time seeing them live as my first was at QPAC Thursday April 25th 2019 (Anzac Day) and this is the 50th anniversary tour when they first started. Dad took me to the bus stop, caught bus to South Bank, rang Dad, went to the Plough Inn, had BBQ Beef Ribs, Chips and Coleslaw for dinner, Drank Pepsi Max, went to New Zealand Natural where I had a Movie Bowl Sundae and walk to the Brisbane Convention Centre. Bought Air Supply Bag and Magnet, Bought Pepsi max and Chips, ate chips, drank Pepsi Max and went inside. The show started at 8pm with Air Supply (Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock)coming on stage and for nearly 2 hours they performed their songs from the 70's and 80's as well as 1 from the 90's and 1 from the 2000's as well as one from an new album as well as Graham and Russell telling some stories including their first meeting as well as Graham ...

This is from the Telegraph September 14th 1966 and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with The Beatles at number 1 with the double sided Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby, BJ Thomas at number 2 with Mama, Petula Clark at number 3 with the song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent I Couldn't Live Without Your Love and The Sandpipers at number 4 with Guantanamera. The new entries in the charts that week were Bobby Hebb at number 31 with Sunny, Brisbane singer Mike Furber and the Bowery Boys at number 34 with You, Ray Stevens at number 37 with Freddie Feelgood and The Throb at number 38 with Black and besides from Mike Furber and the Bowery Boys and the Throb the other Australian acts in the charts were The Easybeats at number 5 with the EP Easyfever, Johnny Young and Kompany at number 10 with the song written by Stevie Wright and George Young from the Easybeats Step Back, Brisbane group the Purple Hearts which had Mick Hadley, Lobby Loyde and Tony Cahill at number 15 with Early In The Mo...

In 1975 American rock band Chicago released their first greatest Hits album Chicago IX which had the hits songs they had at the time between 1969-74 including 25 or 6 to 4, Make Me Smile, Just You'N' Me and Saturday In The Park and the album went to number 1 in the USA and number 16 in Australia. It's been released again as it is 50 years since it came out which it is expanded and besides from the original tracks that was out at the time the additions on the album including If You Leave Me Now, Baby What A Big Surprise, Alive Again, Questions 67 and 68, Beginnings and many others which it expands to 1980. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs which has stood the test of time as it still sounds great today which it holds up very well. The band with 3 of the original members James Pankow, Lee Loughnane and Robert Lamm are still touring around as they are performing at The Hollywood Bowl as well as shows in October and November so let's hope for Australian t...

This is the boxed 5 CD set by American singer Elvis Presley which has recording sessions and rehearsals that was held at RCA Sunset Boulevard studios in Los Angeles California in the period between 1970-75 which on the 1st CD has the hit singles between 1972-75 including Burning Love, Always On My Mind, Separate Ways, Fool and T-R-O-U-B-L-E, the second CD has outakes of the songs that was on the First CD and the last 3 CD's has concert rehearsals between on July 24th 1970 and August 16th 1974. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs as well as hearing the outtakes and rehearsals are just FANTASTIC too and the sound quality is FANTASTIC also. Matt Ross-Spang an Grammy Award winning producer did the mixing and Jerry Schilling who worked for Elvis Presley as well as an music manager for Jerry Lee Lewis and the Beach Boys did the liner notes as well as Colin Escott and Rick Ruggieri who was an audio engineer. It's been 48 years since the passing of Elvis Presley but ...

This is from the Telegraph September 13th 1963 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with Allan Sherman at number 1 with Hello Muddah Hello Fadduh, The Atlantics at number 2 with Bombora, Wayne Newton at number 3 with Danke Schoen and Cliff Richard at number 4 with his version of the Ruth Brown song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Lucky Lips. The new entries in the charts that week were The Ran-Delles at number 23 with Martian Hop, Sandra Gould at number 28 with Hello Melvin(This Is Mother), The Town and Country Brothers at number 30 with Sandy Sandy and Randy and the Rainbows at number 36 with Denise which Blondie did a version of it in the late 70's and besides from the Atlantics the other Australian acts in the charts that week were Rob EG at number 5 with 55 Days at Peking, The Denvermen at number 6 with Avalon Stomp, Frank Ifield at number 32 with I'm Confessin and Johnny O'Keefe at number 38 with Move Baby Move. Among the shows in Brisbane that day were the Del...

This is the 2nd of the 4 part autobiography of legendary Australian rock music legend Lonnie Lee and in the book it is between 1959 up to 1971 Lonnie talks about going back to Sydney to recommence his music career, forming the group Laurie Rix and The Beatnix before becoming Laurie Lee and the Leemen and eventually the name we know today as Lonnie Lee, began recording for Leedon which he would achieve success with classics including Ain't It So, Starlight Starbright, I Found A New Love and Yes Indeed I Do, doing Bandstand and 6 O'Clock Rock, touring Australia, promoting acts including Donna Gaye and John Rowles(JR), going to Europe and England, performing in Fiji, working with Ivan Dayman, Johnny O'Keefe, Judith Durham, Bobby Rydell and Max Merritt and the Meteors amongst others, recording for HMV and Sunshine, his spiritual awakening and many others. It is AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with AMAZING and FANTASTIC stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining ...

This is from the Telegraph September 11th 1963 and this was the 4BK Top 10 with the Atlantics at number 1 with Bombora, The Surfaris at number 2 with Wipe Out, Al Casey at number 3 with Surfin Hootenanny, Rob EG at number 4 with 55 Days At Peking, the Denvermen at number 5 with Avalon Stomp, Jan and Dean at number 6 with the song written by Brian Wilson and Jan Berry from the duo Surf City, The Essex at number 7 with Easier Than Done, Allan Herman at number 8 with Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, Cliff Richard at number 9 with his version of the Ruth Brown 1957 hit Lucky Lips and Bobby Rydell at number 10 with the song written and produced by Tony Hatch as well as recorded at Pye Studios in London Forget Him.

This is from the Telegraph September 10th 1971 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which is now Radio TAB 4IP who was originally based in Ipswich was one of Brisbane's top music stations at the time in the early 70's which besides from being the music station 4IP promoted events which on October 1st and October 2nd 1971 the station promoted 2 shows at the Glen Hotel which on October 1st iconic Australian rock band Daddy Cool along with Leroy and Season of the Witch performed and on the 2nd Brisbane group New World with the Tiongco Brothers, Brian Morley and the Statesmen performed there.

This is from the Telegraph September 9th 1954 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits Station as well for a time an country music station in the 80's 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which they were a music station even then as on this day in 1954 they had a special program called Meet Johnny Ray at 8.30pm which the latest recordings of the American singer who was about to tour Australia that month promoted by Lee Gordon.

This is from the Sunday Truth September 8th 1963 and now the talk back station which 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 which their disc jockeys were Johnny James were on from 5.30am until 9am, Mike Baker was on from 9am until 12 midday, Bert "Birdbrain" Robertson from noon until 12.30pm, Geoff Atkinson from 4pm until 7pm, Bob Wills from 8pm until midnight and Ray Rumble from midnight until 5.30am as they were promoting 6 Transistor Radios that was to be won at the time.

This is from the Northern Suburbs Express September 7th 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 was out at the time.

This month (September) legendary Australian rock group Gang Gajang will be performing shows in Queensland on the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Brisbane as they are celebrating 40 years when they made first album which was the self titled album as well as performing their classic hits including Sounds Of Then(This Is Australia), House Of Cards, Gimme Some Loving and many others and it has 3 of the original members Graham Bidstrup, Mark Callaghan and Geoffrey Stapleton, Robbie James since 1985 and Peter Willersdorf since 2014. If you would like to see them please do yourselves an favour and SEE THEM which you will be impressed and amazed as well as entertained by a legendary Australian group who has been around since the 80's as well as bring back memories for those who grow up in the 80's as well as those who are discovering the music for the first time. Norton Music Factory Sunshine Coast September 26th Currumbin Soundlounge Currumbin Gold Coast September 27th Lefty...

This is the memoir of legendary Australian musician, songwriter and manager and member of legendary Australian rock bands The Angels and Gang Gajang Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup and in this book he talks about his upbringing in Adelaide, starting to learn to play drums at 11, learnt to play guitar and piano, played in bands Fahernheit 451,Bandiana, Pegasus, Razzmatazz and Taxi, went to England, joined the Angels in 1976 which he would be there for 5 years as he played on the albums The Angels, No Exit, Face To Face and Dark Room as well as the hit singles including Shadow Boxer, Comin Down and No Secrets, formed the Party Boys in 1982, formed Gang Gajang in 1984 which they had 4 albums and the hits including Sounds Of Then(This is Australia), Gimme Some Loving and House Of Cards, managed legendary Australian singer Jimmy Little and Nathan Cavaleri, encounters with Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Brian Jones(The Rolling Stones), The Kinks, David Bowie, Bon Scott, Jimmy Barnes and ...

This is from the Sunday Mail September 6th 1964 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 60's which among their disc jockeys were Peter McIntyre who was on from 7am until 8am and from 1.30pm-2pm doing Teenage Mail Bag, Bill O'Brien was on from 8am until 1.30pm doing 4BK Sunday Juke Box, Ron Burton was on from 2pm until 3pm with Top Billing and from 7.30pm until 8pm with My Kind Of Folks and Nevil Gray was on 3pm until 4.30pm with Stars Of The Charts.

This is from the Telegraph September 4th 1970 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top radio stations at the time in the early 70's which originally having been based in Ipswich which besides from being an music station they used to promote events which on Sunday September 6th 1970 4IP did the Sunday Funday at Woolworths Family Centre in Booval with the Brisbane acts The Light, Burke and Wills featuring Jamie Dunn, Michael Turner Session and Jasmine Harvest.

This is from the Sunday Mail 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 on Sundays between 6.30pm until 8pm that were Queensland Hit Parade at 6.30pm, Queensland Radio News at 7pm, Crohamhurst Weather Forecast at 7.12pm, Your Stars For Tonight with Trevor Henderson, The Minstrel show @ 7.30pm and at 8pm Mystery Theatre presents The Giant and Vernon Manners.

This is from the Telegraph September 2nd 1954 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 radio personalities was Ron McNally who was on Monday to Friday at 4.30pm doing the Rumpus Room which was an show that was aimed at teenagers and on Saturday mornings at 8am with the show Saturday Morning Sing Song.

This is from the Telegraph September 1st 1959 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 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 the record hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse on North Quay in the city as well as the doing the Lunch Time Record Hops at City Hall which it was on from 12pm until 2pm.