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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
Show 134Idea
for a place to start: at the beginning.
The
Wild One - Johnny O'Keefe, The release date of this single, July 5,
1958, has been called the birthdate of Australian rock and roll.
Although the song topped out on the charts at No. 11, it's become
Johnny O'Keefe's best-known song, aided by Iggy Pop's cover of the
song on his 1986 album Blah-Blah-Blah.
Ain't
It So - Lonnie Lee, a 1959 single. According to Lonnie Lee's website,
in May 1956 he entered a talent contest in Sydney and sang the Elvis
hit Heartbreak Hotel, "and as far as we know it was the first
time an Elvis song was sung on Australian radio". It's also
claimed Lonnie had "the first pro rockabilly band in Australia".
Oh
Yeah Uh Huh - Col Joye and the Joy Boys with their 1959 single, which
topped the charts, making them the first Australian pop artists to
have a national No.1 record.
Comin'
Down - Dig (Digby) Richards, with a 1963 single, written by Bobby
Darin. In 1959 Dig Richards and his band the R'Jays were reportedly
the third Australian rock'n'roll act to be signed to a recording
contract; the previous two were Johnny O'Keefe, and Col Joye.
Hangin'
Five - the Delltones, a 1963 single and a natural hit for surfing-mad
Australians.
Here
come the Easybeats - and everyone noticed
She’s
So Fine -
the Easybeats, their
second single,
released in 1965. Their
first, For My Woman, stalled in the charts at No. 33 but She's So
Fine made it to No. 3
and launched the Easybeats into the mainstream.
Bad
Boy - the Twilights, from 1966. The Twilights featured singer Glenn
Shorrock, who later was one of the founders of the Little River Band,
and Terry Britten on guitar, who became a popular songwriter for the
likes of Tina Turner and Michael Jackson.
Time
Will Come - the Tol Puddle Martyrs, a 1967 single.
Mr
Guy Fawkes - The Dave Miller Set, a 1969 single.
The
influence of Britain on Australian groups
The
original Tolpuddle Martyrs were six English farm worker from the
village of Tolpuddle who were arrested and tried in 1834 for joining
what was in effect a union, for which they were transported as
convicts to Australia.
The
name Guy Fawkes is synonymous with an event known as the "Gunpowder
Plot" of 1605, a conspiracy to assassinate the King and members
of the Houses of Parliament.
It's
the 1970s, far out
Sunday
In The City -
Carson,
1972, from their album
Blown.
The
band featured
Broderick Smith on vocals and harmonica.
Uncloudy
Day - Renee Geyer, from a 1973 Australian television broadcast. The
song was originally by American soul singer Jackie Moore, who
released it 1972.
Living
In the 1970s - the title track of the 1974 debut LP by the band
Skyhooks.
Frantic
Romantic - Kim Salmon and his band the Scientists, a 1979 single.
Race
to the finish
Face
With No Name -
the Passengers, a
1980 single
featuring Angie Pepper
singing.
Leilani
- Hoodoo
Gurus, the first single
from their
debut LP, Stoneage
Romeos. The album came
out in March 1984 but
the single was released in October 1982.
Eternal
Return - landing in June 2025, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard,
from their recent album Phantom Island.
Frank
Moylan does our start and finish and in between musical bits.
