The 1970’s would see a flowering of Australian popular music, and a whole new outpouring of something which, while it…
HITS OF THE DECADE 1950’s AND 1960’s
Number 1. Friday On My Mind (H Vanda/G Young) – Easybeats 1966 Stevie Wright, Harry Vanda (Johannes van der Berg),…
HITS OF THE DECADE 1950’s AND 1960’s
Number 2 The Loved One (I Clyne/G Humphrys/R Lovett) – The Loved Ones 1966 Gerry Humphrys (above) had emigrated from…
HITS OF THE DECADE 1950’S AND 1960’S
Number 3. Real Thing (J Young) – Russell Morris 1969 The Real Thing was Australia’s first psychedelic pop epic, but…
HITS OF THE DECADE 1950’s AND 1960’S
Number 4. To Love Somebody – (B &R Gibb) – Bee Gees 1967 Ex-pat Aussie drummer Colin Petersen and former…
HITS OF THE DECADE – 1950’s AND 1960’S
Number 5. A Pub with No Beer (Gordon Parsons) – Slim Dusty 1958 This is a famous Australian song about…
HITS OF THE DECADES – 1950’S AND 1960’S PART 2
The 1950’s and 1960’s – Part 2 The arrival of the Beatles in Australia in 1964 triggered a seismic change…
HITS OF THE DECADE – 1950’S AND 1960’S
Number 6 Spicks and Specks (B Gibb) – The Bee Gees 1966 Hugh and Barbara Gibb were respectively a dance…
HITS OF THE DECADE – 1950’s AND 1960’s
Number 7. The Wild One (A Withers/D Owen/J Greenan/J O’Keefe) – Johnny O’Keefe and the Dee Jays 1958 John Michael…
HITS OF THE DECADE – 1950’S AND 1960’S
Number 8. Bombora – (Hood/Skiathitis) – The Atlantics 1963 The Atlantics were the most prominent group of the surf rock…
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