Susan is a Perth musician with a great jazzy / Blues voice.
She sings here live with the Hey Hey Band “God Bless The Child”
Broadcast on Hey Hey it’s Saturday 22.06.1991
I have left the segment intact as it was a classic Hey Hey moment.
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Zoot was a four piece pop/rock band formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1965. They played many clubs and discos around Adelaide, gradually gathering a strong following. In 1968, they relocated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and performed in several Australian cities. Two of the more notable members of Zoot were founder Beeb Birtles, who also founded the Little River Band in 1975 and Rick Springfield who, after moving to the United States in 1972, achieved international fame as a solo artist, songwriter and actor.
From Wikipedia.
Zoot with their classic version of The beatles song “Eleanor Rigby”
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Richard Pleasance (ex Boom Crash Opera) has had great success outside of the band. His 1991 album Galleon featured the singles “Sarah (I Miss You)” and “Don’t Cry”. The album featured some of his closest friends in the music industry including Paul Hester and Deborah Conway. Galleon was critically acclaimed and went on to earn five nominations at the ARIA Awards. Pleasance then toured the album, as a support act for Elvis Costello.
Also at this time Richard co-produced and performed on the highly successful debut album for Deborah Conway String Of Pearls. Conway and Pleasance co-wrote a song on the album called “King Of Jordan”. As well as producing and co-writing with Conway, Pleasance has also produced, arranged, played and written with acts such as Archie Roach, Paul Kelly, Suzanne Vega, James Reyne, Jon Stevens, Nick Barker, Seven Stories and Augie March. In 1996 Pleasance teamed up with singer/songwriter Wendy Morrison. They called themselves ‘Felt’ and released a self titled album on Gotham/BMG records.One of his Richard Pleasance’s biggest successes came when he wrote and produced the theme from the popular Australian television series SeaChange. He also started a band, Pleasantville, which included his wife, Michelle, releasing their debut album Hill of Beans in 2004.
(source Wikpedia)
Sara I Miss You Broadcast on HEY HEY it’s Saturday 22-06-91
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Here is the end of year album charts for 1988.
* Denotes Australian Artist
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Hi everyone, here’s something a little bit different. I’m trialling a very short trivia quiz to see how well it works. There are 10 questions, 5 on each page. There are no grand prizes, just the warm feeling you get from being a smarty!
Correct answers are given after completion. Have a go & let me know if you would like to see more of the same in the future.
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Hoodoo Gurus (referred to as the Gurus by fans) are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, harmonica). Their popularity peaked in the mid to late 1980s with albums Mars Needs Guitars!, Blow Your Cool! and Magnum Cum Louder.
Hoodoo GURUS “A Thousand Miles Away” from HEY HEY IT’S SATURDAY broadcast 18.10.1986
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Sydney based band covering the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty.
Tight musicianship, lush harmonies and audience rapport are the hallmarks of Creedence and Beyond which is centered on the extraordinary vocals of Steve Champion, whose authentic echo of Fogerty’s distinctive voice has amazed fans all over the world for more than a decade.
from Sydney Gig Guide
*** Update *** Here is the brand new promo video for Creedence And Beyond featuring “Bad Moon Rising”.
Formed out of The Top Dogs whose core members were all in Mad Gorilla together in the 1980’s
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On this day…
Births
Number 1 Singles
My pick for today is The Mixtures with “In The Summertime”
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Here is the end of year singles chart for 1988.
* Denotes Australian Artist
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Kids in the Kitchen was a band from Melbourne, Australia during the 1980s. The band stood squarely within the New Romantic movement that dominated mid-1980s pop, showing influences of “New-Rom” groups such as Ultravox in its use of synthesisers, its angst-ridden lyrics, and the tendency of frontman Scott Carne to pronounce words such as “too” and “do” as if these had two syllables.
This clip is from “Hey Hey it’s Saturday” Australia Day 1985 “Something That She Said”
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