Australian Musicians born in July

• 3 July 1943 – Judith Durham, OAM – The Seekers. Born Judith Mavis Cock in Essendon, Victoria.
• 4th July 1958 – Kirk Pengilly – INXS. Born in Kew, Victoria
• 8th July 1953 – Wendy Anne-Marie Stapleton – Wendy and the Rocketts, Solo. Born in Melbourne, Victoria.
• 9th July 1946 – Bon Scott – AC/DC, Fraternity, The Valentines. Born Ronald Belford Scott in Kirriemuir, Scotland. Died Feb 19, 1980
• 12th July 1982 – Mahalia Barnes. Born in Sydney, Australia
• 16th July 1961 – Mark McEntee – The Divinyls. Born in Perth, Western Australia
• 20th July 1976 – Andrew James Stockdale – Wolfmother.
• 21st July 1953 – Jeffrey Wayne “Jeff” Fatt AM – The Cockroaches, The Wiggles. Born in Casino, New South Wales.
• 22nd July 1960 – John David Prior. Matt Finish. Born in Sydney, New South Wales.
• 22nd July 1973 – Daniel Jones – Savage Garden. Born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England.
• 27th July 1960 – Conway Savage – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.

Australian Musicians passing away in July

• 17th July 1998 – Marc Hunter – Dragon (Yeah, I know he was a Kiwi but he needs to be honoured here for his contribution to the Australian music industry)

Number One Singles in Australia in July

• 1970 – The Beach Boys “Cotton Fields”, Creedence Clearwater Revival “Up Around the Bend” / “Run Through the Jungle”
• 1971 – Daddy Cool “Eagle Rock”
• 1972 – Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show “Sylvia’s Mother”, Donny Osmond “Puppy Love”
• 1973 – Jud Strunk “Daisy a Day”, Maureen McGovern “The Morning After”, Col Joye “Heaven is My Woman’s Love”
• 1974 – Paper Lace “Billy Don’t Be a Hero”
• 1975 – Pilot “January”
• 1976 – Sherbet “Howzat”
• 1977 – Dr. Hook “Walk Right In”
• 1978 – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John “You’re the One That I Want”, Boney M. “Rivers of Babylon”
• 1979 – Donna Summer “Hot Stuff”, M “Pop Muzik”
• 1980 – The Village People “Can’t Stop the Music”
• 1981 – Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes”, Stars on 45 “Stars on 45 Medley”
• 1982 – Charlene “I’ve Never Been to Me”
• 1983 – Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, Irene Cara “Flashdance… What a Feeling”
• 1984 – The Twelfth Man “It’s Just Not Cricket”, Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
• 1985 – Madonna “Angel” / “Into the Groove”, Madonna “Crazy for You”
• 1986 – Samantha Fox “Touch Me (I Want Your Body)”, Whitney Houston “Greatest Love of All”
• 1987 – Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”, Mel and Kim “Respectable”, The Party Boys “He’s Gonna Step on You Again”
• 1988 – Kylie Minogue “Got to Be Certain”
• 1989 – Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings”, Roxette “The Look”

Videos

Savage Garden “To The Moon And Back”

Wendy & The Rocketts “Reputation”

AC/DC “It’s a Long Way To The Top”

Divinyls “Boys I Town”

The Cockroaches “She’s The One”

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Australian Musicians born in June

• 2nd Jun 1968 – Merril Bainbridge. Born in Melbourne, Victoria
• 4th Jun 1976 – Kasey Chambers
• 10th Jun 1949 – Martin Armiger – The Sports. Born John Martin Armiger in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
• 13th Jun 1949 – Red Symons – Skyhooks. Born Redmond Symons in Brighton, England.
• 15th Jun 1949 – Russell Charles Hitchcock – Air Supply
• 21st Jun 1950 – John Paul Young. Born in Glasgow, Scotland
• 22nd Jun 1957 – Garry Gary Beers – INXS. Born Gary Williams Beers in Manly, Australia.
• 29th Jun 1953 – Colin James Hay – Men At Work. Born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland
• 29th Jun 1957 – Robert Forster – The Go Betweens

Albums released in June

• 2nd June 1980 – East, Cold Chisel – Elektra Records

Number One Singles in Australia in June

• 1970 – Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky”, Ray Stevens “Everything is Beautiful”
• 1971 – Lally Stott “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”, The Hollies “Too Young to Be Married”, Daddy Cool “Eagle Rock”
• 1972 – Royal Scots Dragoon Guards “Amazing Grace”, Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
• 1973 – Tony Orlando and Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”
• 1974 – Suzi Quatro “Devil Gate Drive”, Paper Lace “Billy Don’t Be a Hero”
• 1975 – Pilot “January”
• 1976 – ABBA “Fernando”
• 1977 – Julie Covington “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”, Little River Band “Help Is on Its Way”
• 1978 – Kate Bush “Wuthering Heights”, Eruption “I Can’t Stand The Rain”, Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street”, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John “You’re the One That I Want”
• 1979 – Racey “Lay Your Love on Me”
• 1980 – Rocky Burnette “Tired of Toein’ the Line”, The Vapors “Turning Japanese”
• 1981 – Roxy Music “Jealous Guy”, Shakin’ Stevens “This Ole House”, Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes”
• 1982 – Toni Basil “Mickey”, Charlene “I’ve Never Been to Me”
• 1983 – Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
• 1984 – Lionel Richie “Hello”, The Twelfth Man “It’s Just Not Cricket”
• 1985 – USA for Africa “We Are the World”, Eurythmics “Would I Lie to You?”, Madonna “Angel” / “Into the Groove”
• 1986 – Cliff Richard and The Young Ones “Living Doll”, Robert Palmer “Addicted to Love”
• 1987 – Dave Dobbyn with Herbs “Slice of Heaven”, Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
• 1988 – Cheap Trick “The Flame”, Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World”
• 1989 – Julian Lennon “Now You’re in Heaven”, The Bangles “Eternal Flame”, Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings”

Videos

The Sports “Wedding Ring”

Skyhooks “Horror Movie”


John Paul Young “Yesterdays Hero”

INXS “Original Sin”

Men At Work “Overkill”

The Go Betweens “Streets Of Your Town”

Merril Bainbridge “Mouth”

Kasey Chambers “Pony”

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Australian Musicians born in May

• 3rd May 1961 – Paul Field, The Cockroaches
• 18th May 1956 – Jim Moginie – Midnight Oil. Born in Sydney, NSW as James Moginie
• 14th May 1959 – David Reyne – Australian Crawl, The Chantoozies. Born David Nicholas Reyne in Nigeria
• 15th May 1947 – Graeham Goble – Little River Band. Born Graeham George Goble in Adelaide
• 19th May 1954 – Phil Rudd – AC/DC. Born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis in Melbourne.
• 19th May 1957 – James Reyne. Australian Crawl, Solo. Born James Michael Nugent Reyne in Lagos, Nigeria
• 31st May 1955 – Tommy Emmanuel. Born in Muswellbrook, NSW
• 31st May 1966 – Johnny Diesel. Born Mark Denis Lizotte in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States

Australian Musicians passing away in May

• 6th May 1980 – Andy Durant. Stars

Number One Singles in Australia in May

• 1970 – The Beatles “Let it Be”, Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky”
• 1971 – Janis Joplin “Me and Bobby McGee”, Tom Jones “She’s a Lady”, Paul McCartney “Another Day”
• 1972 – Nilsson “Without You”, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards “Amazing Grace”
• 1973 – The Carpenters “Top of the World”, Tony Orlando and Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”
• 1974 – Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun”, Suzi Quatro “Devil Gate Drive”
• 1975 – Bob Hudson “The Newcastle Song”, Sherbet “Summer Love”, Pilot “January”
• 1976 – ABBA “Fernando”
• 1977 – David Soul “Don’t Give Up on Us”, Julie Covington “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”
• 1978 – Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”, Kate Bush “Wuthering Heights”
• 1979 – Racey “Lay Your Love on Me”
• 1980 – Split Enz “I Got You”
• 1981 – Sheena Easton “9 to 5 (Morning Train)”, Roxy Music “Jealous Guy”
• 1982 – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll”
• 1983 – Michael Jackson “Billie Jean”, Redgum “I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)”, Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
• 1984 – “Weird Al” Yankovic “Eat It”, Kenny Loggins “Footloose”
• 1985 – USA for Africa “We Are the World”
• 1986 – Diana Ross “Chain Reaction”, Cliff Richard and The Young Ones “Living Doll”
• 1987 – Paul Lekakis “Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room)”, Dave Dobbyn with Herbs “Slice of Heaven”
• 1988 – Billy Ocean “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”
• 1989 – Fine Young Cannibals “She Drives Me Crazy”, Mike + The Mechanics “The Living Years”, Madonna “Like a Prayer”

Videos

The Cockroaches “She’s the one”

Midnight Oil “Bus to Bondi”


The Chantoozies “Wanna be up”

Little River Band “Night Owls”

Australian Crawl “Things don’t seem”

Tommy Emmanuel “Classical Gas”

Johnny Diesel and The Injectors “Soul Revival”

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Australian Musicians born in April

• 1st Apr 1975 – John Butler – John Butler Trio, The Waifs. Born in Torrance, California, United States
• 16th Apr 1953 – Peter Robert Garrett- Midnight Oil. Born in Sydney, NSW
• 17th Apr 1977 – Phil Jamieson – Grinspoon
• 27th Apr 1971 – John Collins – Bass player with Powderfinger
• 28th Apr 1956 – Jimmy Barnes – Cold Chisel, Solo. Born James Dixon Swan in Glasgow, Scotland

Albums released in April

• April 24 1978 Cold Chisel by Cold Chisel through Elektra Records

Number One Singles in Australia in April

• 1970 -The Beatles “Let it Be”
• 1971 – Lynn Anderson “Rose Garden”
• 1972 – Don McLean “American Pie”, Nilsson “Without You”
• 1973 – Carly Simon “You’re So Vain”, Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly With His Song”, The Carpenters “Top of the World”
• 1974 – Alvin Stardust “My Coo Ca Choo”, Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun”
• 1975 – Skyhooks “Horror Movie”, Bob Hudson “The Newcastle Song”
• 1976 – ABBA “Fernando”
• 1977 – Mary MacGregor “Torn Between Two Lovers”, David Soul “Don’t Give Up on Us”
• 1978 – Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”
• 1979 – Blondie “Heart of Glass”
• 1980 – Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, Split Enz “I Got You”
• 1981 – Adam and the Ants “Antmusic”, Sheena Easton “9 to 5 (Morning Train)”
• 1982 – Moving Pictures “What About Me”
• 1983 – Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes “Up Where We Belong”, Michael Jackson “Billie Jean”
• 1984 – Nena “99 Luftballons”
• 1985 – Jim Diamond “I Should Have Known Better”, USA for Africa “We Are the World”
• 1986 – Billy Ocean “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going”
• 1987 – George Michael and Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”, Paul Lekakis “Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room)”
• 1988 – Kylie Minogue “I Should Be So Lucky”, Billy Ocean “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”
• 1989 – Fine Young Cannibals “She Drives Me Crazy”, Madonna “Like a Prayer”

Videos

Skyhooks “Horror Movie”


Bob Hudson “Newcastle Song”

Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”

Moving Pictures “What About Me”

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Australian Musicians born in March

• 15th Mar 1970 – Christine Anu – Born in Cairns, Qld.
• 20th Mar 1955 – Ian Moss – Cold Chisel, Solo. Born in Alice Springs, NT.
• 22nd Mar 1946 – Harry Vanda – The Easybeats, Vanda and Young – Born Johannes Hendricus Jacob Vandenberg in The Hague, Netherlands.
• 29th Mar 1959 – Andrew Farriss – INXS – Born Andrew Charles Farriss in Perth, Western Australia.
• 31st Mar 1955 – Angus Young – AC/DC – Born Angus McKinnon Young in Glasgow, Scotland.

Australian Musicians passing away in March

• 26th Mar 2005 – Paul Hester – Split Enz, Crowded House aged 46 (Born January 8, 1959)

Number One Singles in Australia in March

• 1970 – Johnny Farnham “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”, Shocking Blue “Venus” and Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love”
• 1971 – George Harrison “My Sweet Lord”, The Mixtures “The Pushbike Song” and Dawn “Knock Three Times”
• 1972 – Don McLean “American Pie”
• 1973 – Carly Simon “You’re So Vain”
• 1974 – Grahame Bond “Farewell Aunty Jack” and Alvin Stardust “My Coo Ca Choo”
• 1975 – The Carpenters “Please Mr. Postman”
• 1976 – CW McCall “Convoy” and Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody”
• 1977 – Pussyfoot “The Way You Do It” and Mary MacGregor “Torn Between Two Lovers”
• 1978 – Bonnie Tyler “It’s a Heartache” and The Babys “Isn’t it Time”
• 1979 – Chic “Le Freak”
• 1980 – Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
• 1981 – The Swingers “Counting the Beat” and Adam and the Ants “Antmusic”
• 1982 – Soft Cell “Tainted Love”, The J. Geils Band “Centerfold” and Moving Pictures “What About Me”
• 1983 – Laura Branigan “Gloria” and Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes “Up Where We Belong”
• 1984 – Pat Benatar “Love Is a Battlefield” and Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
• 1985 – Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is”, Murray Head “One Night in Bangkok” and Tears for Fears “Shout”
• 1986 – Dionne Warwick with Gladys Knight, Elton John & Stevie Wonder “That’s What Friends Are For” and Billy Ocean “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going”
• 1987 – Kim Wilde “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”, Boris Gardiner “I Want to Wake Up with You” and George Michael & Aretha Franklin “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”
• 1988 – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” and Kylie Minogue “I Should Be So Lucky”
• 1989 – The Proclaimers “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”, Ian Moss “Tucker’s Daughter” and Fine Young Cannibals “She Drives Me Crazy”

Videos

The Swingers with “Counting The Beat”

Moving Pictures with “What About Me”

Kylie Minogue with “I Should Be So Lucky”

Ian Moss with “Tuckers Daughter”

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Australian Musicians born in February

• 4th Feb 1975 — Natalie Imbruglia

Australian Musicians passing away in February

• 14th Feb 2007 – Smoky Dawson – Country music legend whose career lasted more than six decades. He was almost 95.
• 18th Feb 2010 – Ruby Hunter – Born in 1955, she was 55 years old
• 19th Feb 1980 – Bon Scott – AC/DC, Fratenity, The Valentines. Aged 33
• 28th Feb 2007 – Billy Thorpe – Aged 60

Number One Singles in Australia in February

• 1970 – Johnny Farnham “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”
• 1971 – George Harrison “My Sweet Lord”
• 1972 – David Cassidy “Cherish”, Benny Hill “Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)” and Melanie “Brand New Key”
• 1973 – Lobo “I’d Love You to Want Me” and Carly Simon “You’re So Vain”
• 1974 – David Bowie “Sorrow” and Grahame Bond “Farewell Aunty Jack”
• 1975 – William Shakespeare “My Little Angel” and The Carpenters “Please Mr. Postman”
• 1976 – Ted Mulry Gang “Jump in My Car”
• 1977 – Pussyfoot “The Way You Do It”
• 1978 – Wings “Mull of Kintyre” and Bonnie Tyler “It’s a Heartache”
• 1979 – Rod Stewart “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?”, The Mojo Singers “C’mon Aussie C’mon” and Chic “Le Freak”"
• 1980 – Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough”, KC and the Sunshine Band “Please Don’t Go” and Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
• 1981 – John Lennon “(Just Like) Starting Over” and Slim Dusty “Duncan”
• 1982 – Lindsey Buckingham “Trouble” and Soft Cell “Tainted Love”
• 1983 – Laura Branigan “Gloria”
• 1984 – INXS “Original Sin” and Pat Benatar “Love Is a Battlefield”
• 1985 – Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is”
• 1986 – Whitney Houston “Saving All My Love for You” and Feargal Sharkey “A Good Heart”
• 1987 – The Bangles “Walk Like an Egyptian” Kim Wilde “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
• 1988 – Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”
• 1989 – The Beach Boys “Kokomo”, Womack & Womack “Teardrops” and The Proclaimers “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”

Videos

Billy Thorpe with “Most people I know”


Bon Scott leading AC/DC with “If you want blood you got it”

INXS with “Original Sin” Live at Narara 1984

Grahame Bond with “Farewell Aunty Jack”

Slim Dusty with “Duncan”

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Australian Musicians born in January

• 4th Jan 1947 – Bernard “Doc” Neeson – The Angels. Born in Belfast, Ireland
• 6th Jan 1953 – Malcolm Young – AC/DC. The seventh of eight children, born to William and Margaret Young in Glasgow, Scotland.
• 8th Jan 1959 – Paul Hester – Split Enz, Crowded House – Born Paul Newell Hester in Melbourne, Victoria
• 11th Jan 1949 – Daryl Braithwaite in Melbourne, Australia
• 18th Jan 1976 – Damien Leith
• 19th Jan 1935 – Johnny O’Keefe – Bondi Junction, NSW
• 22nd Jan 1960 – Michael Hutchence – INXS – Sydney Australia – Born Michael Kelland John Hutchence

Concerts and Events in January

• 28th – 31st Jan 1983 – Narara ’83 Concert
• 27th – 30th Jan 1984 – Narara ’84 Concert

Number One Singles in Australia in January

• 1970 – Elvis Presly “Suspicious Minds” and Johnny Farnham (as he was known then) “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”
• 1971 – The Partridge Family “I Think I Love You” and George Harrison “My Sweet Lord”
• 1972 – John Lennon “Imagine”
• 1973 – Michael Jackson “Ben”
• 1974 – Had 3 number 1′s: Helen Reddy “Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)”, Suzi Quatro “48 Crash” and Ringo Starr “Photograph”
• 1975 – Daryl Braithwaite “You’re My World” and Billy Swan “I Can Help”
• 1976 – also had 3 number 1′s: ABBA “Mamma Mia”, ABBA “SOS” and Ted Mulry Gang “Jump in My Car”
• 1977 – Chicago “If You Leave Me Now”
• 1978 – Wings “Mull of Kintyre”
• 1979 – Village People “Y.M.C.A.”
• 1980 – The Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star” and Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough”
• 1981 – Joe Dolce Music Theatre “Shaddap You Face” and John Lennon “(Just Like) Starting Over”
• 1982 – Men at Work “Down Under”
• 1983 – Culture Club “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”
• 1984 – Lionel Richie “All Night Long (All Night)”
• 1985 – Madonna “Like a Virgin” nad Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
• 1986 – Midnight Oil “Species Deceases”(EP) and Starship “We Built This City”
• 1987 – Pseudo Echo “Funkytown”
• 1988 – was another year with 3 number 1′s: Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” , George Michael “Faith” and George Harrison “Got My Mind Set on You”
• 1989 – The Beach Boys “Kokomo”

Videos

Johnny Farnham with “Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head”

Daryl Braithwaite with “You’re my world”

Ted Mulry Gang with “Jump in my car”

Men At Work with “Down under”

Psuedo Echo with “Funky Town”

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