Australian Music History

December 1

Mark Gibson — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:01:13 +0000

On this day…

Australian musicians born on the 1st of December

1950 - Ross Hannaford - Daddy Cool.

Number 1 Singles in Australia on December 1st

1970 - Lookin’ Out My Back Door - Credence Clearwater Revival
1971 - Maggie May - Rod Stewart
1972 - Popcorn - Hot Butter
1973 - Angie - Rolling Stones
1974 - I Love You, I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
1975 - Mamma Mia - ABBA
1976 - Money, Money, Money - ABBA
1977 - I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
1978 - Three Times A Lady - The Commodores
1979 - Computer Games - Mi-Sex

Today’s pick is Ross Hannaford from Daddy Cool with “Eagle Rock”. Happy birthday Ross!
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November 29

Mark Gibson — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:01:16 +0000

On this day…

Australian musicians born on the 29th of November

1946 - Brian Cadd - The Groop, Axiom and many others - Born Brian George Cadd in Perth, Western Australia
1951 - Don Walker - Cold Chisel - Born Donald Hugh Walker in Ayr, Nth Qld.

Number 1 Singles in Australia on November 29

1970 - Lookin’ Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
1971 - Maggie May - Rod Stewart
1972 - Popcorn - Hot Butter
1973 - Angie - The Rolling Stones
1974 - I Love You, I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
1975 - Mamma Mia - ABBA
1976 - Money, Money, Money - ABBA
1977 - I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
1978 - Three Times A Lady - The Commodores
1979 - Mi-Sex - Computer Games

Today’s pick is Brian Cadd with “Ginger Man”
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Jimmy Barnes - Freight Train Heart

Helen Gibson — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:00:30 +0000

The first hit single from the Freight Train Heart album was “Too much ain’t enough love”. This was the first no. 1 solo hit single for Jimmy Barnes. The album was first released in Australia by Mushroom Records in 1987 and then later released in the US by Geffen in 1988.

I was never a huge a fan of Jimmy Barnes as I was with Cold Chisel. However I have to say that the single from this album “Too much ain’t enough love” was my favourite. Let me know what you think.
Don’t forget you can get your own copy of Freight Train Heart right now from our online store

Tracks

“Driving Wheels” (Barnes/Cain/Roberts)
“Seven Days” (Dylan)
“Too Much Ain’t Enough Love” (Barnes/Cain/Schon/Jackson/Brock)
“Do or Die” (Barnes/Cain)
“Waitin’ for the Heartache” (Barnes/Child)
“Last Frontier” (Barnes/Cain)
“I Wanna Get Started with You” (Barnes/Cain/Schon)
“I’m Still on Your Side” (Barnes/Vallance/Cain)
“Lessons in Love” (Barnes/Vallance/Neall/Cain)
“Walk On” (Child/Turner)

General Information

Released : 1987
Recorded : Power Station Studios, New York City & Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney
Genre : Hard rock
Language : English
Label : Mushroom Records
Producer : Jonathan Cain, Mike Stone, Desmond Child

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“Too Much Ain’t Enough Love”

Australian Internet Radio Station

Mark Gibson — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:21:30 +0000

It’s been a little while since I mentioned my internet radio station, www.AllAustralianMusic.com but I’m putting together a new show and I need your help. All Australian Music plays original Aussie music to the world 24/7. Most of what we play on the station is quite recent and I’d love to put togeher a show highlighting some of the older original bands that feature on this site. I’ve got hold of a few old songs already but I need more to put a proper show together.

So here’s the challenge… if you’ve got some old recordings of your original music that’s in reasonably decent condition, contact me and I’ll organise to get it off you and onto the radio station. Come on folks, dig out those old viynl records and get them copied into mp3’s today. The world needs to hear your classic Aussie tunes again!

Obviously it needs to be music that you own the copyright to, but if you’ve got a copy of an old self-released album I’d like to hear it. Likewise, if you have a friend who was in a band that recorded their own stuff then give them a nudge and tell them to get in touch with me. An all-Aussie history show would be awesome and besides, the world needs to hear your music again, doesn’t it?

November 18

Mark Gibson — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:01:09 +0000

On this day…

Australian musicians born on the 18th of November

1947 - Ross Wilson - Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock and many others. Born Ross Andrew Wilson in Melbourne, Victoria.

Number 1 Singles in Australia on November 18

1970 - Lookin’ Out My Backdoor - Creedence Clearwater Revival
1971 - Banks Of The Ohio - Olivia Newton-John
1972 - Popcorn - Hot Butter
1973 - He Did With Me - Vicki Lawrence
1974 - I Love You, I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
1975 - Mamma Mia - ABBA
1976 - Money, Money, Money - ABBA
1977 - I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
1978 - Three Times A Lady - The Commodores
1979 - I Don’t Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats

Today’s pick is Ross Wilson with “Bed of Nails”
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Australian Crawl - Boys Light Up

Helen Gibson — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:20:17 +0000

Hi, my name is Helen and each week from now on I’ll be presenting a brand new category of “Classic Australian Albums”. To start the ball rolling I’d like to present “Boys Light Up”, the debut album for Australian Crawl which was released in 1980 and went on to sell in excess of 280,000 copies. It reached a peak of No. 4 and was in the charts for a total of 101 weeks. In 1992 the album was re-released in CD format although I still have my vinyl copy in the garage!

My favourite song from this album was “Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama”, I’d love to hear your memories of this album in the comments below.

Tracks

“My Coffee’s Gone Cold” (Simon Binks) - 3:29
“Man Crazy” (James Reyne) - 3:39
“Way I’ve Been” (Brad Robinson, James Robinson) - 2:17
“Chinese Eyes” (James Reyne, Simon Binks) - 3:01
“Downhearted” (Sean Higgins, Guy McDonough, William ‘Bill’ McDonough) - 3:09
“Beautiful People” (James Reyne, Mark Hudson) - 2:56
“Indisposed” (Brad Robinson, James Robinson, James Reyne, William ‘Bill’ McDonough) - 4:04
“Walk My Way” (James Reyne, Brad Robinson)- 2:44
“The Boys Light Up” (James Reyne) - 4:41
“Boot Hill” (James Reyne, Simon Binks) - 2:36
“Red Guitar” (Simon Binks) - 3:19
“Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama” (James Reyne, David Briggs) - 2:30

General Information

Released April, 1980
Recorded August, 1979 - February, 1980
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 38:25
Label EMI
Producer David Briggs

We are getting a makeover

Mark Gibson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:53:49 +0000

Forgive the strange look around here over the next few hours but I’m installing a brand new theme for the site and it still needs a little tweaking.

Thanks for your patience. I hope you like the nice new look.

Jimmy Barnes

Roger Garrod — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:00:06 +0000

About Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes is a popular Australian rock singer. He was born James Dixon Swan on April 28, 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. His career as both a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel has made him one of the most popular and best-selling Australian music artists of all time. The combination of 14 Australian Top 40 albums for Cold Chisel and 12 charting solo albums gives Barnes the highest number of hit albums of any Australian artist. Source Wikipedia

Jimmy Barnes “Thankful for the Rain” Sadly this was Hey Hey it’s Saturday’s
Final show 20th November 1999

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Jimmy was the last Aussie band to perform on Hey Hey it’s Saturday

A Brief History Of Jimmy Barnes

Around 1973 Jimmy Barnes briefly sang in the band Fraternity, replacing Bon Scott, before joining the Adelaide based band “Orange”. Soon after Orange changed their name to Cold Chisel Around 1977 after moving firstly to Melbourne, then to Sydney, Cold Chisel were picked up by Warner Music Group and released their self titled debut album in 1978.

Jimmy Barnes was the bands singer from 1973 through to the breakup of Cold Chisel in 1984.

Since 1984 he has enjoyed an extensive and successful solo career.

Jimmy Barnes Solo Recordings

Bodyswerve - 1984
For The Working Class Man - 1985
Freight Train Heart - 1987
Barnestorming - 1988
Two Fires - 1990
Soul Deep - 1991
Heat - 1993
Flesh And Wood 1993
Psyclone - 1995
Hits Anthology 1996
Love And Fear 1999
Soul Deeper - 2000
Raw - 2001
Double Jeopardy - 2002
Live (Unplugged) At The Chapel - 2002
Soul Deeper (Live) - 2003
Double Happiness - 2005
In The Heat Of The Night - 2006
50 -2007
Max Sessions - 2007
Out In The Blue - 2007

Other Resources

November 6

Mark Gibson — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:01:41 +0000

On this day…

Australian musicians born on the 6th of November

1947 - George Young of The Easybeats, Vanda and Young, Flash and the Pan and many others was born George Redburn Young in Glasgow, Scotland.

Videos

John Stevens, Doug Parkinson, Daryl Braithwaite, Joe Camilleri, Ross Wilson and more “Good Times” Broadcast 06.11.1999 Hey Hey it’s Saturday final show. (Video thanks to Roger Garrod)

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Number 1 Singles in Australia on November 6

1970 - (They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters
1971 - Banks Of The Ohio - Olivia Newton John
1972 - Popcorn - Hot Butter
1973 - Can The Can - Suzi Quatro
1974 - The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
1975 - Mamma Mia - ABBA
1976 - Let’s Stick Together - Bryan Ferry
1977 - I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
1978 - Three Time A Lady - The Commodores
1979 - Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez

Aussie Rock Trivia Quiz 002

Mark Gibson — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:01:53 +0000

After the success of the last Trivia Quiz I couldn’t help but add another. Here it is folks, trivia quiz 2. Enjoy!