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About Mad Gorilla
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Sydney based Theatrical Rock band of the 1980’s. Well known for their “Graveyard Show”.
History
1978-1985.
The core of the band still play together as Creedence and Beyond.
Update:Here is a live video of Mad Gorilla playing at the Manly Hotel in 1983. Thanks to Roger Garrod for making the video available and for his [...]
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These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1975. Here is the end of year singles chart based on sales.
*Denotes Australian artist
Top selling singles in Australia for 1975
Fox On The Run - The Sweet
January - Pilot
Mama Mia - Abba
Summer Love - Sherbet*
Horror Movie/Carlton - Skyhooks*
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These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1974. Here is the end of year singles chart based on sales.
*Denotes Australian artist
Top selling singles in Australia for 1974
My Coo Ca Choo - Alvin Stardust
Billy Don’t Be A Hero - Paper Lace
Evie (Part 1) - Stevie Wright*
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Seasons [...]
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These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1973. Here is the end of year singles chart based on sales.
*Denotes Australian artist
Top selling singles in Australia for 1973
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn
Never Never Never - Shirley Bassey
You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
Heaven Is My [...]
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Melbourne based band from 1978-1986. Australian Crawl was an Australian rock band formed by James Reyne and Simon Binks in 1978
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The first Narara Music Festival was held over the Australia Day long weekend in 1983 on the Central Coast of NSW at Somersby.
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The Angels at Narara
The concert featured an all-Australian all-star lineup as follows
Friday
Zoo
Choirboys
Jon [...]
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These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1970. Here is the end of year singles based on sales.
*Denotes Australian artist
Top selling singles in Australia for 1970
Let It Be - The Beatles
(They Long To Be) Close To you - The Carpenters
In The Summertime - The Mixtures*
Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Bridge [...]
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About Heaven
HEAVEN was a boogie -based heavy rock band with similarities to the likes of The Angels and AC/DC, the link to AC/DC continued with Michael Browning, previous manager of AC/DC who helped HEAVEN to make an impact internationally courtesy of a worldwide deal with RCA Records . The band concentrated on Hard Driving yet [...]
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About The Radiators
Australia’s Hardest Working ROCK Band
Few survive the Rock ‘n Roll road to stardom but THE RADIATORS are Rock’s greatest survivors! They are approaching 30 years of outstanding music, exciting and sometimes controversial lyrics, more than 4,000 electrifying live performances and platinum and gold album sales.
THE RADIATORS debuted late 1978. Their first album “Feel [...]
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About the Ted Mulry Gang
When the Ted Mulry gang formed in 1972, Mulry was already a well-known pop balladeer. After getting tired of being backed by different backing bands, in 1972 he switched from acoustic guitar to bass and formed his own band, “Ted Mulry Gang”, with guitarist Les Hall & drummer Herman Kovacs. The [...]
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