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This is the 4IP charts from the Queensland Times in Ipswich January 31st 1970(54 years ago today) and at number 1 John(Johnny) Farnham with his version of the BJ Thomas song Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head/Two, at number 2 Brisbane group The Sect with Lonely Road, at number 3 Karen Young with Nobody's Child and at number 4 Australian boxer Lionel Rose with the song written by Johnny Young I Thank You. New entries in the top 40 that week were- Led Zeppelin at number 32 with Whole Lotta Love, Murray Head and the Trinidad Singers with Superstar at number 36, Steam with Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye at number 37, Mark Lindsay(ex Paul Revere and the Raiders) with Arizona at number 39 and at number 40 the Jackson 5 with I Want You Back. the Australian acts on the charts that week were Bobby and Laurie at number 5 with Carroll County Accident which was an cover of the Porter Wagoner song, Ronnie Burns at number 8 with the song written by Johnny Young which was about Normie Rowe Smil...

This is the 4GG charts from the Gold Coast Bulletin January 1st 1981 and at number 1 was Joe Dolce with the classic with Shaddup You Face, at number 2 John Lennon with Just Like Starting Over, at number 3 the Police with Don't Stand So Close To Me and at number 4 Blondie with The Tide Is High. The Australian and New Zealand acts on the charts that week were at number 11 Slim Dusty with Duncan, at number 12 Norman Gunston aka Garry McDonald with Kiss Army, at number 21 AC/DC with You Shook Me All Night Long, at 23 Russell Morris with the Rubes with the re-recorded version of Hush which he did with Somebody's Image in 1968, at number 26 Split Enz with One Step Ahead, at number 28 Flowers before becoming Icehouse with We Can Get Together, number 29 Mondo Rock with State of the Heart written by Eric McCusker and at number 39 Paul Kelly and the Dots with Billy Baxter. Among the other acts on the charts Abba had 2 songs on the charts that week with On & On & On at number 36...

This is from the Sunday Truth January 30th 1966 and 4BH which is now the classic hits station here in Brisbane but back in the 60's was one of Brisbane's very popular radio stations which among their disc jockeys was Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the doing record hops around Brisbane including the O'Connor Boathouse which was on North Quay, John Daley, Ben Beckinsale, Mal Lamont and Grahame Cherry who later worked at 4KQ in the 70's.

This is from the Telegraph January 27th 1965 and in those days radio stations use to broadcast concerts @ the venues the acts performed on the tours which 4BH on January 27th 1965 broadcast the Rolling Stones concert at the City Hall with Roy Orbison, The Newbeats and Ray Columbus and the Invaders and the next night January 28th broadcast the Kinks concert at the Festival Hall with Manfred Mann and the Honeycombs which would be amazing to know if those broadcasts exist in the archives as it would be interesting to listen to.

This is the 4GG charts from the Gold Coast Bulletin January 16th 1969 and at number 1 Neil Sedaka with Starred Crossed Lovers, at number 2 Ronnie Burns with the song written by Terry Britten of the Twilights Age Of Consent, at number 3 Diana Ross and the Supremes with Love Child and at number 4 Canned Heat with Going Up The Country. The other Australian acts that were on the chart that week were Jeff Phillips at number 6 with Baby It's You, at number 10 Brisbane group New World with Try To Remember, the Bee Gees at number 19 with I Started A Joke, Jonne Sands at number 23 with Change Of Mind, QUeensland singer Lynn Rogers with Just Lovin You at number 30 , Johnny (John) Franham at number 34 with the song written by Hans Poulsen Rose Coloured Glasses and the Groove at number 36 with You Are The One I Love and the new entries to the chart that week were Zoot with the song written by Terry Britten of the Twilights One Times Two Times Three Times Four at number 35, BJ Thomas with Hoo...

This is the 2SM Top Forty charts from the Gold Coast Bulletin January 27th 1967 (57 years ago today) and at number 1 Tom Jones with Green Green Grass of Home, at number 2 Normie Rowe with Ooh La La which was recorded in England, at number 3 The Easybeats with the classic Friday On My Mind written by Harry vanda and George Young(first single written by them) and at number 4 Peter and Gordon with Knight In Rusty Armour. Normie Rowe was also at number 5 with It's Not Easy also recorded in England which among the other Australian acts in the chart that week were Johnny Young and Kompany with Kiss Me Now at number 8, The Cherokees at number 13, The Loved Ones are on the top 40 3 times with the EP Blueberry Hill at number 15, the classic The Loved One at number 34 and Sad Dark Eyes at number 40, Johnny Young also in the top 40 2nd time with Let It Be Me at number 16, the Bee Gees at number 17 with Spicks and Specks, the Easybeats at number 18 with Sorry written by Stevie Wright and Geor...

This is the new compilation album by legendary American country siner Willie Nelson and on this CD it has the classics including On The Road Again, Always On My MInd, Blue Eyes crying In the Rain, Georgia On My Mind, To All The Girls I Loved Before with Julio Iglesias, Crazy, Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys, Ride Me Back Home and many others. It is FANTASTIC and BRILLIANT with FANTASTIC songs which holds up very well to this day and the songs still sounds great today as it did back then which these are songs that you can never get tired of. It went to number 34 in the USA country charts and last year was inducted into the rock and Roll Hall Of Fame as well as will be touring the USA in February with Karley Scott Collins on some dates and Amos Lee on other dates as well as shows with Asleep At The Wheel an legendary country group in April and 2 shows with Robert Earl Keen in May which it is amazing that Willie is still going strong at age 90 91 on April 29th. Thi...