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This is the book about the iconic Australian music shows from the 60's and 70's Uptight and Happening 70/71/72 and in the book written by TV archivists Milton Hammon and Brett Leslie it talks about the shows history as well as the acts who appeared on it as well the episode guides of the shows which there is some that has no info on certain episodes as well as memories of the shows hosts Ross D Wyllie and Jeff Phillips as well as memories of the acts who appeared on the shows including Peter Robinson from the Strangers, Lily Brett who worked for Go Set the music magazine at the time, Bill Duff who worked for Festival Records and the company Lewis Young Productions and there is plenty of pictures of the acts of the time who appeared on the shows. It's AWESOME, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with AWESOME stuff as well as FANTASTIC info and it is well worth an read. Brett and Milton who have the books about other Australian music shows the Go Show and Kommotion and Countdown as well as...

This is from the Telegraph September 21st 1966 and this was the 4BK Top 40 charts with the Beatles at number 1 with the double sided Yellow Submarine with Ringo Starr on lead vocals and Eleanor Rigby with Paul McCartney on lead vocals which were from the Revolver album, the Easybeats at number 2 with the EP Easyfever, Ray Conniff at number 3 with Somewhere My Love and the Hollies at number 4 with the song written by future 10CC member Graham Gouldman as well as the first recording with bass player Bernie Calvert who replaced original bass player Eric Haydock Bus Stop. The New entries in the charts that week were the Lovin Spoonful at number 30 with Summer In The City, Donovan at number 32 with Sunshine Superman and The Kinks at number 33 with Sunny Afternoon and besides from the Easybeats the other Australian acts in the charts that week were Johnny Young and Kompany at number 11 with Step Back written by Stevie Wright and George Young from the Easybeats, Brisbane group the Purple Hea...

This afternoon I went to the Dendy Cinema Coorparoo to see the movie Coyote vs Acme. Wile E Coyote who has been trying to get the Roadrunner but fails goes to an law firm called Avery Jones and Maltese in Albuquerque where he meets one of the lawyers Kevin Avery( Will Forte) and wants to sue the company Acme for various defective devices used to getting the Road Runner and Kevin's niece as well as intern Paige(Lana Condor) wants to take the case to court but Kevin perfers to settles while Acme which it's led by Buddy Crane(John Cena) wants to settle the case with an settlement but Wile refuses which leads to trail and the firm wants the Roadrunner to testify but evades while Acme with CEO Foghorn Leghorn warning Buddy to prevent secrets coming out for the trail and Kevin starts getting a tip off which leads him to meet of the Acme employers Daffy Duck and it gets interesting. It is excellent, very funny and very entertaining with excellent acting by Will Forte, Lana Condor,Jo...

This is from the Telegraph September 19th 1961 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio stations at the time in the early 60's which among their disc jockeys were Norman Llewelyn and Bill Gates who was the one who gave the Bee Gees their name as well as doing the record hops around Brisbane including O'Connor Boathouse which was in the city on North Quay at the time were doing an show on Monday to Friday from 4pm until 6pm called Music While You Drive Home which was especially an program for Motorists.

This is the autobiography of Musician and member of the legendary American band Earth Wind and Fire and in the book he talks about his upbringing in Los Angeles, getting his first snare drum at age 8, played in the Teen Turbans, The Mob and The Master's Children, joined Earth Wind and Fire in 1971 which he is still with them to this day as well as having great success wih hits including September, Sing A Song, Can't Hide Love, Boogie Wonderland and many others, working with acts including Chicago and Gladys Knight and the Pips and others. It is FANTASTIC, very impressive and very entertaining and it is well worth a read. Earth Wind and Fire are currently doing shows in America including some with Lionel Richie and let's hope for an Australian tour. This is a must for Earth Wind and Fire fans and I give it 4 stars as it's in the shops now so please do yourselves an favour and BUY IT which you will be impressed and amazed.

This is from the Telegraph September 18th 1962 and now the classic hits station here in Brisbane in 2026 4BH was one of Brisbane's popular radio station at the time in the early 60's which on Sundays they did Music Day from 5am with disc jockeys Jim Sweeney, 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 , Brian Henderson who hosted the iconic Australian music show Bandstand at the time and Ben Beckinsale.

This is from the Telegraph September 17th 1963 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 John Esdaile who did the 4BK Breakfast Show Monday To Saturday from 5am until 8am, Bill O'Brien who did the The Greater Top 40 show Monday to Friday from 2pm until 5.15pm and Sunday DJ Parade on Sundaysfrom 8am until 1.30pm and Peter McIntyre who did the Greater Top 40 Show with Bill O'Brien Monday to Friday from 2pm until 5.15pm as the Top 40 was an big thing in the music business at the time.