Skyhooks were the first beneficiaries of the advent of colour TV (and Countdown specifically). Gone in a flash was the double denim greasy hair of the Sunbury blue-rock years. In came pancake make-up, feather boas, and the sheen of satin flares and white suits.
FLOWERS I Can’t Help Myself Flowers’ classic single I Can’t Help Myself is almost thirty years old. The band became Icehouse and Iva Davies is now famous around
GEORGE YOUNG Vale George Young. The passing of the genius behind The Easybeats and a key member of the Young dynasty has generated new interest
Classic Songs – The Real Thing Before Countdown in Australia, there was Go-Set magazine in the 1960s, where Australian music, fashion and media exploded and
CLASSIC COUNTDOWN! MUSIC MAP An interactive Australian music map, inspired by the old Classic Countdown map, is an ongoing story at AMMP where we add
Australian music video clips are curated all the time by professional musicians guest-hosting on Rage, the country’s ABC-TV long-standing weekend institution. Access to 1970s and 1980s
Collecting Australian Music Thanks to AC/DC but also obscure Australian artists like Leong Lau (his 1977 album is currently selling for $1574) the backstage passes,
Australian Music Plaque Walks Australian music plaques are few and far between. Yet, Lygon Street in Melbourne would the place for a plaque for Shirley Strachan, who
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