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This is from the Telegraph March 31st 1975 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with Barry Manilow at number 1 with Mandy, Bob Hudson at number 2 with the Newcastle Song, Carol Douglas at number 3 with Doctor's Orders and Olivia Newton John at number 4 with the song written by John Rostill from the Shadows and produced by John Farrar If You Love Me(Let me Know). The new entries in the charts that week were Donny and Marie Osmond at number 35 with Morning Side of The Mountain, Cal Smith at number 37 with Country Bumpkin and Terry Sylvester who was with the iconic British group The Hollies at the time was at number 40 with End Of The Line and besides from Bob Hudson and Olivia Newton John the other Australian acts in the charts were Ray Gibson at number 9 with Was I Blind, Skyhooks at number 14 with Horror Movie, Daryl Braithwaute at number 15 with his version of the Cilla Black song You're My World, William Shakespeare at number 18 with the song written and produced by Harry Vand...

This is from the Courier Mail March 30th 1962 and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with Dion at number 1 with the The Wanderer, Gene McDaniels at number 2 with Chip Chip written by Jeff Barry, Cliff Crofford and Arthur Rensick, Bobby Darin at number 3 with Multiplication and Brenda Lee at number 4 with So Deep. The new entries in the charts that week were Burl Ives at number 14 with the song written by Hank Cochran Little Bitty Tear, Carmen McRae at number 31 with the vocal version of Take Five, Lucky Starr at number 32 with the song written by Geoff Mack I've Been Everywhere, Chubby Checker at number 39 with La Paloma Twist and the Shadows at number 40 with Wonderful Land and besides from Lucky Starr the other Australian acts in the charts that week were Judy Stone at number 10 with I'll Step Down, Johnny O'Keefe at number 12 with Sing, Tony Brady at number 27 and Lonnie Lee at number 38 with When The Bells Stop Ringing

This is the memoir of Scottish singer Lulu and in the book she talks about her upbringing in Glasgow, started singing at age 9, performed with the Bellrocks and The Gleneagles, began recording for Decca which she had her first with Shout in 1964 as well as Leave A Little Love and Try To Understand, doing the movie To Sir With Love which she recorded the theme song as she was recording for EMI as well as having more hits including The Boat That I Row, Boom Bang a Bang and Oh Me Oh My, doing her TV shows including Happening to Lulu, her 2 marriages to Maurice Gibb and John Frieda, working with Mickie Most, The Hollies, Jimi Hendrix, Sidney Poiter, Jerry Wexler, Ronan Keating and many others. It is FANTASTIC and AMAZING with FANTASTIC stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it's well worth a read. Lulu has UK shows coming up in May, June and July and this is a must for 60's music fans as well as fans of Lulu and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops ...

This is the memoir of American actress Christina Applegate and in the book talking about her upbringing in Laurel Canyon California, her parents seperated, did her first acting role on the US Daytime soap Days Of Our Lives, doing guest roles on shows including Charles In Charge and 21 Jump Street, acheiving great success with Married With Children playing Kelly Bundy, doing other movies including Don't Tell Mom The Babysitters Dead, The Sweetest Thing and Anchorman, her 2 marriages, encounters with Ed O'Neil, Katey Seagal, Brad Pitt and Johnny Deep, doing other TV shows including Dead To Me, getting diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2021 and many others. It is FANTASTIC with great stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining and it is well worth a read. Christina does a podcast called MeSsy with Jamie Lynn Sigler and this is a must for Christina Applegate fans which I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves a favour and BUY IT which you wi...

This is from the Telegraph March 29th 1968 and this was the 4BH Top 40 charts with Eric Burdon and the Animals at number 1 with Sky Pilot, Paul Mauriat at number 2 with Love Is Blue, The Groove at number 3 with their version of the Sam and Dave song Soothe Me and Engelbert Humperdinck at number 4 with Am I That Easy To Forget. Besides from the Groove the other Australian and New Zealand acts in the charts that week were Maria Dallas at number 24 with You DOn't Treat me Right/It's Such A Pretty World Today, The Bee Gees from Redcliffe at number 25 with Words, Brisbane boy Jon Blanchfield, The Masters Apprentices at number 27 with the song written by Brian Cadd who was with the Groop at the time Elevator Driver which was originally called Silver People, John (Johnny ) Farnham in the twice first with Sadie at number 29 and Underneath the Arches/Friday Kind of Monday at number 29, Ronnie Burns at number 30 with the song also written by Brian Cadd When I Was 6 Years Old, Bev Harrel...

This is the autobiography of British actress Natalie Cassidy known for her role as Sonia Fowler in the British soap opera Eastenders and in the book she talks being on Eastenders which she was on it one and off for 32 years until last year, the passing of her parents, motherhood, her struggles with her body language, working with people June Brown, Wendy Richard and many others including receipes which it's in the book. It is FANTASTIC as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Natalie left Eastenders last year and she does a podcast called Life with Nat. This is a must for fans of Eastenders and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so please do yourselves a favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is the autobiography of Australian actor, playwright, Director, Screenwriter and composer Barry Creyton and in the book talks about his upbringing in Brisbane, going to Brisbane State High School, joined the Brisbane Arts Theatre and Twelfth Night Theatre, worked on ABC radio and 4BH, mentored by Babette stephens, worked in Sydney and Melbourne in the Theatre, achieving great success on TV with the Mavis Bramston show from 1964-66 as well as having his own TV show the Barry Creyton show, working in England working tn the Theatre, coming back to Australia where he did theatre work as well as doing Blankety Blanks, working in American where he still lives, working with Noeline Brown, Carole Raye, Gordon Chater, Graham Kennedy, Stuart Wagstaff and many others. It is AWESOME, FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC and AMAZING stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Barry Creyton is based in America now which he has been since t...

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema in Coorparoo where I saw the movie The Magic Faraway Tree. Tim(Andrew Garfield) and Holly(Claire Foy) Thompson along with their 3 children Beth(Delilah Bennett-Cardy), Fran(Billie Gadson) and Joe (Phoenix Laroche) moved to the countryside where Fran discover a magical tree where she meets Silky(Nicola Coughlan), Moonface (Nonso Anozie), The Saucepan Man(Dustin Dermi Burns), Mr Watzisname (oliver Chris) and Dame Washalot(Jessica Gunning) and Beth and Joe join Fran to the Magical Tree where they transported to Spectacular and Fantastical Lands while Tim and Holly build a tomato shed to sell tomatoes and it gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Nonso Anozie, Jennifer Saunders, Jessica Gunning and also cames by Michael Palin, Lenny Henry and Judi Dench. It is directed by Ben Gregor and produced by Pippa Harris, Nicholas Brown, Danny Perkins and Jane...

This is from the Telegraph March 28th 1970 and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 70's which besides from being an music station it also promoted shows which on this night it promoted a show at the Glen Hotel in Eight Miles Plains which was called the 4IP Pacesetter Spectacular which had New Zealand singer Maria Dallas along with Doug Parkinson, the Valentines which had Bon Scott and Vince Lovegrove and Cloud.

This is the new album by Australian country singer Beccy Cole and this was recorded at the Rabbit Hole Recording Studio in NSW on the Central Coast which the songs on the album are all written by Beccy as well as among the musicians playing including country musician as well as father of Australian country singer Kasey Chambers Bill Chambers playing Lap Steel and Dobro as well as there is a bonus track Poster Girl 20 Years. It is an FANTASTIC album with great songs as well as great singing by Beccy who is sounding great on the album and it was produced by the Dingo Music Productions and The Sisters of Twang. It has gone to number 26 on the Australian Top 50 charts and number 2 on the Australian country charts and has some special shows coming up to launch the album so let's hope she comes to Queensland to do shows. This is a must for Australian country music fans and I am giving this 4 stars which it's in the shops so please do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will b...

This is from the Telegraph March 27th 1963 and this was the 4BK Top 10 charts with Paul and Paula at number 1 with Hey Paula, Ned Miller at number 2 with From A Jack To A King, The Four Seasons at number 3 with Walk Like A Man, Eydie Gorme at number 4 with Blame It On The Bossa Nova, The Exciters at number 5 with the song written by Bert Berns and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Tell Him, The Delltones at number 6 with their version of the Willy and Ruth song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller as well as the first single for lead singer Col Loughnan from the Crescents who replaced the original lead singer Noel Widerberg who was killed in a Car crash July 7th 1962 Come A Little Bit Closer, Dion at number 7 with his version of the Drifters song Ruby Baby, Teresa Brewer at number 8 with Ballad of Lover's Hill, The Shadows at number 9 with Dance On written 2 members of the English group the Avons Valerie and Elaine Murtagh and Ray Adams and Del Shannon at number 10 wit...

This is from the Telegraph March 25th 1969 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 late 60's which besides from being a music station it promoted events including Sunday Funday at Bundaleer in Brookfield with the 4BC Radio personalities including Johnny James, Mike Ahern and Graeme Smith and the acts on the bill were Johnny O'Keefe, The Groop, Jonne Sands, Jeff Phillips, The Iguana, Bev Harrell, Jon Blanchfield, Chris Kite, The Hands Down, The Escorts and Ron Rico as well as other entertainment including Fashion Parade and and Miss 11-20 Quest.

This is from the Northern Subrurbs Express March 23rd 1966(60 Years ago today) and now the talk back station as it is the only commercial one here in Brisbane 4BC was one of the top music radio stations in Brisbane in the 60's which among their disc jockeys was Bob(Graeme) Smith who had been with 4IP joined 4BC replacing Bob Wilks who had gone to join 4BK and he was on from 10.30pm until 11.30pm doing the Malboro Show Monday to Friday playing the latest records.

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo where I saw the movie I Swear which it is based on a true story. It's Scotland 1983 with John Davidson (Scott Ellis Watson) who goes to a secondary school as well as playing soccer is experiencing tics as well as saying swear words but not on purpose but is getting in trouble and attempts suicide and 13 years later John who is now 25(Robert Aramayo) is still living with his mother Heather(Shirley Henderson) which he has tourettes and takes medication which he then meets up with old school friend Murray (Francesco Piacentini Smith) and meets Murray's mother Dorothy (Maxine Peake) who is an medical health nurse which John moves in with Murray's family and with Dorothy's help he gets a job at the local community centre with Tommy(Peter Mullan) but still experiencing his tics and then gets interesting which he starts talking about his experiences with Tourettes. It is saw, Amazing, Brilliant and Superb with FANTASTIC a...

This is from the Telegraph March 22nd 1961 (65 Years ago today) and long before being known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as being for a time in the 80's an country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations which among their disc jockeys was Graham Webb who would became an very well known on radio and TV including Sounds Unlimited as well as working in England in the 60's including the Radio Caroline the pirate radio station was on Monday to Thursday from 4.30pm until 6.30pm, Friday from 4.30pm until 6pm and Sunday from 3pm until 5pm with the show Spinning Tops.

This is the memoir of legendary American actress,dancer and singer Liza Minnelli and in this book talks about her parents Judy Garland and Vincent Minnelli, upbringing in Los Angeles, moving to New York, starting with the off Broadway show Best Foot Forward as well as the Carnival, doing recordings for Capitol, performing in cabaret rooms and Hotel theatres, winning an Tony for Flora, doing movies including Charlie Bubbles, The Sterile Cuckoo, Tell Me You Love Me Junie Moon, Arthur and Stepping Out, the loss of her mother Judy Garland in 1969, her 4 marriages including to Peter Allen, winning the Oscar for her role as Sally Bowles in Cabaret in 1972, her issues with alcohol and drugs, working with Albert Finney, Dudley Moore, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Martin Scorsese, the Pet Shop Boys and many others. It is AWESOME, FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with AMAZING and FANTASTIC stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Liza was supposed to do an...

This is from the Telegraph March 21st 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 disc jockeys was Bill Gates who had just joined the station at the time was also the one who gave the Bee Gees their name and also doing the record hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse in the city was on that Friday night(March 21st) with Disc For Debonaires at 6.30pm and Rock A Bye Road at 10.30pm and Saturday (March 22nd) with Colour Harmony at 1pm, Relaxing at the Country Club at 1.15pm, Sil Silhouettes at 1.30pm, Featuring Festival at 1.45pm, Glamour Hits at 2pm, Ladies of Song at 2.15pm,Blind Date at 2.30pm and Platter Portraits at 2.45pm

This is from the Telegraph March 19th 1958 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's which among their disc jockeys was Malcolm Searle who would go on to host the quiz show Coles 3000 pounds Question did the shows in the afternoons with Four at Four Monday to Friday from 4pm until 4.15pm, Teenage Time on Monday to Thursday from 4.15pm until 4.45pm, Teenage Hit Parade from 4.15pm until 4.45pm on Friday, Teenage Choice from 4.45pm until 5pm on Friday, Children's Hit Parade on Fridays from 5.15pm until 5.45pm and on Saturday Mornings from 9.30am until 10.30am with Sunday Mail Comics Club.

This is from the Telegraph March 18th 1957 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as being 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 among their disc jockeys was Hal Grocey who was an American who was also the first to play rock and roll on 4KQ as it was also the first Brisbane radio station to play rock and roll as well as Hal got a mention by BBQ Bob Gallagher on the special about 4KQ called the 4KQ Journey A 75 Year Brisbane icon on Sunday June 26th 2022 and it was repeated on the final night 4KQ ended Thursday June 30th 2022.

This is from the Telegraph March 17th 1976 (50 Years ago today) and until 1992 when it became 4TAB which it is now Radio TAB 4IP was one of Brisbane's top music radio stations at the time in the 70's which besides from being an music station also did shows which they did the Rock Group of the Year shows as it was the final at Festival Hall that had 8 Brisbane rock groups competing who were Cannon, Moonlight, Friends, Borgus, Valhalla, Foxx, Quartermass and Boot Lace for the following prizes $2.250 00 in prizes, an recording contract and an $500.00 of new equipment from Soundstage and it started at 5pm with special guest John Paul Young and the All Star Band.

This is from the Telegraph March 3rd 1964 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 was Jim McSweeney who worked at 4AM, 4BK, 4GR and 4AK was on Monday to Friday from 8am until 8.30am with the Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music playing country music.

This is from the Sunday Mail March 15th 1964 and until 1990 when ti 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 did Sunday Swingalong from 7am until 7.45am, then the Queensland Radio News at 7.45pm, Bill O'Brien did the Sunday Juke Box from 7.50am until 1.30pm which he also did the Queensland Hit Parade from 1pm until 1.30pm and from 1.30pm until 5pm Ron Burton did the Sunday Surfalong which it had Beatles records to be won and also those 3 Sunday shows had Beatles tickets contest to be won as it was the time it was annouced of the Brisbane shows on June 29th and 30th 1964.

This afternoon I went to the Cineplex Cinema at South Bank to see the movie Reminders Of Him. Kenna Rowan (Maika Monroe) is released from jail after serving 7 years for being in car crash that killed her boyfriend Scotty(Rudy Pankow) she is trying to get her life together which she is looking for work but is been turned down but eventually gets a job at the supermarket at GG and encounters Ledger(Tryiq Withers) who was the best friend of Scotty's as well as an owner of the local bar which Kenna starts to have a liking for him but he knows who she is and won't let her see her daughter Diem who has been living with her parents Patrick (Bradley Whitford) and Grace (Lauren Graham) and then things starts to get interesting. It is FANTASTIC, very impressive and very entertaining with excellent acting by Maika Monroe, Rudy Pankow, Tryiq Withers,Bradley Whitford and Lauren Graham and it is directed by Vanessa Caswill and produced by Colleen Hoover, Lauren Levine(both also did the scr...

This is from the Telegraph March 14th 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 on the breakfast show that was on between 5am until 8am there was a segment called Battle of the Ages which had disc jockey Russ Callow and well known Australian singers who were around at the time which the next day (March 15th) iconic Australian rock singer Col Joye was on the Battle of the Ages segment and also on the same day appeared at the Record Hop at City Hall between 12pm til 2pm.

This is the memoir of Australian music executive Amanda Pelman and in this book talks about her upbringing in Melbourne, getting into music early, working for Polygram, went to London where she worked for Jaegar, went back to Australia where she worked for Mushroom Records, worked for Melodian Records, working for Michael Chugg, her 4 marriages including Brian Cadd, working with Kylie Minogue, Dire Straits, Billy Thorpe, Indecent Obession and many others. It's FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with amazing stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read and Michael Chugg who is the music promoter did the Foreword for the book. Amanda is now in Paris where she's been there since 2021 and this is a must for Australian music fans which I give it 5 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 Telegraph March 11th 1982 and this was the 4BK top 40 charts with Soft Cell at number 1 with their version of the Gloria Jones song Soft Cell, Moving Pictures at number 2 with What About Me, Lindsey Buckingham at number 3 with Trouble which was from the Law and Order album and Pete Shelley at number 4 with Homosapien. The new entries in the charts that week were Hall and Oates at number 31 with I Can't Go For That (He Can Do), Mike Post at number 32 with Theme From Hill Street Blues which was from the iconic American TV show of the same name and AC/DC at number 40 with Let's Get It Up and besides from Moving Pictures and AC/DC the other Australian acts in the charts were Olivia Newton John twice with Make A Move On Me at number 14 and Physical at number 37, Men At Work at number 23 with Down Under, Cold chisel at number 25 with You Got Nothing I Want and Colleen Hewett at number 36 with Gigolo.

This is from the Telegraph March 10th 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 1954 was doing the Top 40 Breakfast Show which was on daily and also there was a cash competition called Who Said That which it the listener knew they would 1 Pounds (2 dollars) or more.

This is from the Telegraph March 9th 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 their shows that was broadcast on this day in 1957 which it was on Saturday were at 6.3pm Memories of Mo, at 7pm the Hardy Family, at 7.30pm the Rola Show, at 8pm Bob Dyer's Pick A Box which had been on radio since 1948 but the TV series had just started the week before, The Singer Show which was hosted by Jack Davey was on at 8.30pm and at 9pm the Rock n Roll Show.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema Garden City where I saw the documentary about the legendary Australia band Mental As Anything and in it has interviews with members Martin Plaza, David Twohill, Reg Mombassa and Pete O'Doherty, archival interviews with Greedy Smith, Neil Finn, Greedy's brother Stewart Smith, Colin Hay(Men At Work), Jane Gazzo (Australian music writer), Dave Graney and others as well as talking about their formation in the 70's, playing around the Sydney music scene, began recording for Regular which achieve great success with hit singles including The Nips Are Getting Bigger, Come Around, If You Leave Me Can I Come Too, Bersek Warriors, Live It Up and many others as well as albums including Get Wet, Expresso Bongo, Cats and Dogs and Fundamental As Amnything, going to America as well as Europe, outside projects and many others. It is AWESOME, AMAZING, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with amazing stories and it is well worth seeing. It's been 6 and an bit y...

This is from the Telegraph March 7th 1974 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK having started in 1930 was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 70's which among their radio personalities was Phil Hunt who worked on 4NA in Nambour and 4CA in Cairns and also was with World Vision was on in the afternoons from 1pm until 4pm .

In July and August 2026 legendary British rock group Herman's Hermits will be touring Australia which they will be performing in NSW, Victoria, ACT, Queensland and Western Australia and the group with original member Barry Whitwam on drums, Jamie Thurston on bass guitar and vocals, John Summerton on guitar and vocals and Tony Young on Keyboards and vocals will perform the classic hits that they made famous in the 60's including I'm Into Something Good, Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter, I'm Henry The Eighth I Am, A Must To Avoid, No Milk Today, There's A Kind Of Hush, My Sentimental Friend and many others as well as other rock songs as well as Barry tells stories about the group's history. If you have not seen them Please Do Youselves an favour and SEE THEM which you will be impressed and amazed as well as being entertained by an iconic music group who have been around since the 60's which I'm sure it will be back memories for those who grew up...

This is from the Redcliffe Herald March 6th 1968 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as for a time in the 80's an country music station 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 60's which they were known as the Better Music station as they were playing Easy Listening music by acts like Herb Alpert at the time.

This is from the Courier Mail March 5th 1957 and long before known as the Good Times and Great Classic Hits station as well as the country music station in the 80's 4KQ was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the 50's which besides from being an music station it also use to talent quests as they would that for years and on this day it had the Talent Quest Zone Final which was held at the 4kq Auditorium on Elizabeth Street in the city at 8pm.

This is from the Courier Mail March 4th 1961 (65 Years ago today) 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 Jim Sweeney who was on Saturday between 8am until 12.15pm presented Music For Moderns which the first show was Music For Moderns at 8am, Tonic Tunes was at 9am, Royaltie Show at 9.15am, Cadbury's Hit Parade at 9.30am, Coca Cola Bottlers Club with Allan Brandt at 10am, American Hit Parade at 10.30am, Parade For Swingersters at 11am and Music While You Drive at 11.30am.

This is from the Courier Mail March 3rd 1966(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 Graeme Smith (Bob) who had just joined the station at the time due to Bob Wills leaving 4BC and going to 4BK which they were on daily from 4pm until midnight playing the latest records that was out at the time.

This is from the Courier Mail March 2nd 1959 and now the classic hits station in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's which besides from being an music station 4BH was also doing other shows which among them was Gunshot Gamble that was on at 7pm during the week.

This is from the COurier Mail March 2nd 1959 and until 1990 when it became B105 4BK was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the late 50's which besides from being a music station 4BK use to do shows too which in the Breakfast Show was Tangle Tunes which the listener would win 10 pounds cash prize and on Monday to Thursday at 1.45pm was the Search For Karen Hastings.

This is from the Telegraph March 1st 1967 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 was Bill Gates who had joined the station that year afer being with 4BH for 9 years who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops around Brisbane at the time including the O'Connor Boathouse which was in the city on North Quay did the Breakfast Show Monday to Saturday at 5.30am.

This afternoon I went to the Events Cinema in the city to see the movie Solo Mio. Matt Taylor(Kevin James) who is an art teacher proposes to Heather(Julie Ann Emery) and are about to have their wedding in Italy but on the day Heather doesn't turn up which Matt finds the note which he is devastated and he tries to contact and find her but is unable which he goes on a tour for married couples where he meet Julian (Kim Coates) and his wife Meghan (Alyson Hannigan) and Neil (Jonathan Ruhme) and his wife Donna(Julee Cerda) who is a therapist and both couples are having issues. While dining at the local cafe Matt meets Gia(Nicole Grimaudo) who owns the cafe and shows him around the city which they form a connection and it gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Kevin James who was also one of the writers, Alyson Hannigan, Kim Coates, Jonathann Ruhme, Julee Cerda, Nicole Grimaudo and Andrea Bocelli and also Ed Sheeran does an apperan...

This is the joint autobiography of American singers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson of the duo Nelson and in the book they talk about their upbringing in Los Angeles, getting instruments when they were 6, their parents Ricky nelson and Kristin Harmon's divorce in the early 80's, playing in the Strange Agents, the loss of their father in a plane crash December 31st 1985, forming the band Nelson who would achieve great success with the singles (Can't Live Without Your Love) Love and Affection, After The Rain and More Than Ever, their relations the Nelsons and the Harmons including actor Mark Harmon, launching the Stone Canyon Records label, encounters with George Harrison, Colonel Tom Parker, David Crosby, John Boylan, Timothy B Schmidt and many others. It is AWESOME, AMAZING and SUPERB with BRILLIANT and FANTASTIC stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining and also enjoyable which it is well worth a read. Matthew and Gunnar are still performing around the USA doing ...

This is the joint autobiography of 2 of the founding members of the legendary Scottish rock band Simple Minds Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill and in the book they talk about their upbringings in Scotland, first meeting in 1967, Jim getting his first guitar as well as playing in Biba Rom, both seeing live music, playing in Johnny and the Self Abusers which they had 1 single, forming Simple Minds in 1977 who would achieve great success with hit albums including Life In A Day, New Gold Dream(81 82 83 84) and Once Upon A Time as well as having hit singles including Glittering Prize, Up On The Catwalk, Don't You(Forget About Me) and Belfast Child , Jim's marriages to Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders and actress Patty Kensit both ended in divorce, encounters with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, David Bowie and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with AMAZING stories as well as very impressive and very entertaining which it is well worth a read. Jim and Charlie are still in Simple Mi...