APRA BEST SONGS

Friday On My Mind (Vanda/Young) – Easybeats 1966 The Easybeats had blitzed the local charts throughout 1965-66 with no…

ARIA WINNER FLASHBACK

Straight Lines (D.Johns/J.Hamilton) – Silverchair 2007 In 2002 Johns had taken himself off anti-depressant medication and his…

The Easybeats two-part biopic “Friday on My Mind” has just re-screened again on the ABC and it…

GOT YOU COVERED Cover versions of original songs are regarded by some as a valid re-interpretation, or sincere rendering of…

Baz Luhrmann is famous for such movies as Romeo and Juliet, Australia, and Moulin Rouge, but didn’t he also have…

Boys In Town (C Amphlett/M McEntee) – Divinyls 1981 The Divinyls formed in 1980 after Chrissy Amphlett met Mark McEntee,…

Where the Wild Roses Grow (N Cave) – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue 1995 Nick…

I Am Woman (Burton/Reddy) – Helen Reddy 1972 Helen Reddy had left Melbourne to pursue success in the US market…

HALL OF FAME HEROES The long-awaited Helen Reddy biopic is now in production, “I am Woman” explores the fascinating life…

What was the link between John Farrar and Olivia Newton-John, I recall that he played for the Melbourne group…