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Showing posts with label 60s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 60s. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Shake Baby Shake (Australian Pop Of The 60s Vol 4) - various artists compilation

 


1-1 Johnny O'Keefe– Shake Baby Shake

1-2 The Twilights – Needle In A Haystack

1-3 Cam-Pact– Something Easy

1-4 The Master's Apprentices– Undecided

1-5 Dinah Lee– Do The Blue Beat

1-6 Jeff Phillips – Everything I Touch Turns To Tears

1-7 The Atlantics– Bombora

1-8 Bev Harrell– What Am I Doing Here With You

1-9 M.P.D. Limited– Absence Makes The Heart Go Fonder

1-10 Ray Brown – The Same Old Song

1-11 Tony Worsley And The Blue Jays*– I Sure Know A Lot About Love

1-12 The Executives – Windy Day

1-13 The Easybeats– I'll Make You Happy

1-14 The In-Sect – I Can See My Love

1-15 The Seekers– On The Other Side

1-16 Ronnie Burns– When I Was Six Years Old

1-17 Judy Stone– 4,003,221 Tears From Now

11-8 Jon Blanchfield– Lavender Girl

1-19 The Loved Ones – Sad Dark Eyes

1-20 The Purple Hearts– Long Legged Baby


2-1 Johnny Young & Kompany– Caralyn

2-2 Jimmy Hannan– You Make Me Happy

2-3 John Farnham– One

2-4 Grandma's Tonic– Hi Hi Hazel

2-5 Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs– Hallelujah I Love Her So

2-6 King Fox– Unforgotten Dreams

2-7 Marty Rhone– She's Coming Home

2-8 Merv Benton– I Got Burned

2-9 The Groop – Sorry

2-10 Normie Rowe And The Playboys*– Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be

2-11 Jeff St. John And The Id– You Got Me Hummin'

2-12 The Valentines – Getting Better

2-13 Little Pattie– I'll Eat My Hat

2-14 Bobby And Laurie– Someone

2-15 Maria Dallas– Tumblin' Down

2-16 Russell Morris– Part Three Into Paper Walls

2-17 Rev Black And The Rockin' Vicars– Down To The Last 500

2-18 The Groove – Simon Says

2-19 Marcie & The Cookies*– You On My Mind

2-20 Marty Kristian– It Comes And Goes


Shake Baby Shake 


Monday, October 27, 2025

The Real Thing (Australian Pop Of The 60s Vol 3) - various artists compilation

 


1-1 Russell Morris– The Real thing 6:22

1-2 The Purple Hearts– Of Hopes And Dream And Tombstones 2:27

1-3 The Delltones– Hangin' Five 2:20

1-4 Lynne Randell– Heart 2:42

1-5 The Twilights – What Wrong With The Way I Live? 1:58

1-6 The Executives – It's A Happening World 2:28

1-7 Mike Furber & The Bowery Boys– Just A Poor Boy 2:29

1-8 The Love Machine*– Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands 4:08

1-9 Dinah Lee– Do You Know Yokomo 2:52

1-10 Marty Rhone– Village Tapestry 2:36

1-11 Axiom (14)– Arkansas Grass 3:07

1-12 Marty Kristian– I'll Give You Love 3:01

1-13 The Seekers– A World Of Our Own 2:44

1-14 The Easybeats– Wedding Ring 2:04

1-15 Tony Worsley And The Blue Jays*– Missing You 1:58

1-16 Johnny Young– Craise Finton Kirk 2:31

1-17 The Cherokees – A Woman With Soul 2:14

1-18 Ronnie Burns– Coalman 2:53

1-19 Maria Dallas– Ambush 2:18

1-20 The Groop – The Best In Africa 2:39


2-1 The Groove – Soothe Me 2:28

2-2 Peter Doyle– Stupidity 1:53

2-3 Pastoral Symphony– Love Machine 3:06

2-4 Jon Blanchfield– Baby, Get In The Groove 1:44

2-5 Master's Apprentices*– Living In A Childs Dream 2:41

2-6 Bobby & Laurie*– High Noon 3:32

2-7 Flying Circus*– Run, Run, Run 2:10

2-8 Johnny O'Keefe– She Wears My Ring 2:18

2-9 Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs*– My Girl Josephine 2:20

2-10 Ray Brown & The Whispers– 20 Miles 2:17

2-11 MPD Ltd*– (Remember) Walkin' InThe Sand 2:38

2-12 The Loved Ones – Everlovin' Man 2:11

2-13 John Farnham– Friday Kind Of Monday 2:45

2-14 Python Lee Jackson– Um, Um , Um, Um 3:01

2-15 Steve & The Board*– Giggle Eyed Goo 2:20

2-16 Tony Barber – Someday 2:10

2-17 The Valentines – Kick Knack Paddy Whack 2:24

2-18 Normie Rowe– It's Not Easy 3:08

2-19 The Questions – Sally Go 'Round The Roses 3:14

2-20 Digger Revell & The Denvermen– My Little Rocker's Turned Surfie 2:24


Saturday, September 27, 2025

Move Baby Move (Australian Pop Of The 60's Vol.2) - 40 original hits/original artists

 


1-1 Johnny O'Keefe– Move Baby Move 2:27

1-2 The Iguana– California My Way 2:40

1-3 The Master's Apprentices– 5.10 Man 2:37

1-4 Ray Columbus & The Invaders– She's A Mod 2:11

1-5 Marty Rhone– Ruby With The Red Hair 5:28

1-6 Lynne Randell– Going Out Of My Head 2:15

1-7 John Farnham– Rose Coloured Glasses 2:50

1-8 Bobbie And Laurie – I Belong With You 2:12

1-9 The Easybeats– Women (Make You Feel Alright) 2:37

1-10 Five*– I'll Be There 2:07

1-11 Doug Parkinson– Dear Prudence 4:31

1-12 The Seekers– Someday, One Day 2:34

1-13 Jon Blanchfield– Son Of A Simple Man 3:24

1-14 The Twilights – Cathy Come Home 2:01

1-15 Johnny Young & Kompany– Kiss Me Now 1:34

1-16 Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs– Over The Rainbow 4:34

1-17 The Groop – Such A Lovely Way 3:26

1-18 Ray Brown & The Whispers– Pride 2:15

1-19 The Flies – Doin' The Mod 2:49

1-20 Heart 'N' Soul– Lazy Life 3:31


2-1 Normie Rowe & The Playboys– It Ain't Necessarily So 3:20

2-2 Bev Harrell– Come On Over To Our Place 1:51

2-3 The Town Criers – Everlasting Love 2:49

2-4 The Cherokees – Oh Monah 2:14

2-5 The Groove – You Are The One I Love 2:36

2-6 The Executives – Sit Down, I Think I Love You 2:28

2-7 Tony Worsley & The Blue Jays– If I 2:35

2-8 The Flying Circus– Hayride 2:10

2-9 Digger Revell– Twilight Time 3:16

2-10 Mike Furber & The Bowery Boys– You Stole My Love 2:44

2-11 Somebody's Image– Hush 2:28

2-12 Ross D. Wyllie– Funny Man 3:03

2-13 Zoot – Monty & Me 2:35

2-14 Merv Benton– Cincinnati Fireball 2:51

2-15 The Dave Miller Set– Mr Guy Fawkes 4:18

2-16 Jonne Sands– Mothers & Fathers 2:49

2-17 M.P.D. Ltd. – Lonely Boy 2:21

2-18 Ronnie Burns– Exit Stage Right 2:29

2-19 The Cicadas– That's What I Want 2:41

2-20 The Cam-Pact – I'm Your Puppet 2:52


Move Baby Move


Thursday, August 21, 2025

Shakin' All Over (Australian Pop Of The 60's) - various artists

 


1-1 Normie Rowe– Shakin' All Over

1-2 The Allusions– The Dancer

1-3 The Executives – My Aim Is To Please You

1-4 The Cherokees – Minnie The Moocher

1-5 The Groove – Relax Me

1-6 Ray Brown & The Whispers– Fool Fool Fool

1-7 Digger Revell– My Prayer

1-8 Lynne Randell– Ciao Baby

1-9 Flying Circus – La La

1-10 The Throb – The Fortune Teller

1-11 Marty Rhone– No No No No

1-12 The Seekers– Georgy Girl

1-13 Russell Morris– The Girl That I Love

1-14 The Henchmen – Rockin Robin

1-15 Bev Harrell– One In A Million

1-16 Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs– Sick And Tired

1-17 Jon Blanchfield– Somebody To Love

1-18 Doug Parkinson– Without You

1-19 Ross D. Wyllie– The Star

1-20 The Valentines – My Old Man's A Groovy Old Man


2-1 The Easybeats– Sorry

2-2 Tony Worsley And The Fabulous Blue Jays– Velvet Waters

2-3 Max Merritt And The Meteors– Western Union Man

2-4 Johnny Young Kompany*– Step Back

2-5 Jeff Phillips – Baby It's You

2-6 Marcie & The Cookies – I Would If I Would

2-7 The Twilights – Young Girl

2-8 The Groop – Woman You're Breaking Me

2-9 MPD Ltd – Little Boy Sad

2-10 Bryan Davies– Alberta

2-11 Bee Gees– Spicks And Specks

2-12 Masters Apprentices – Elevator Driver

2-13 Johnny Farnham – I Don't Want To Love You

2-14 Bobby And Laurie– Hitch Hiker

2-15 The Loved Ones – The Loved Ones

2-16 The Zoot – 1x2x3x4

2-17 Town Criers – Love Me Again

2-18 The Strangers – Happy Without You

2-19 Little Pattie– Pushing A Good Thing Too Far

2-20 The Id/Jeff St. John – Big Time Operator


Shakin' All Over (Australian Pop Of The 60's)

Sunday, January 19, 2020

So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star - various Australian artists...the last and first post

The Aussie Music Blog is winding down and I won't be posting any more. Thank you to all the visitors and readers who have stopped by over the years and left supportive comments, I do appreciate them. 

For this last post I am sharing again the very first post from this blog (originally posted in December 2012), the compilation album "So You Wanna be A Rock'n'Roll Star", one of the most popular posts from the blog. This now very rare 82 track compilation presents some of the more popular and obscure music from the 1960's and is the perfect anthology for fans of classic Australian music. This version is in FLAC with all artwork. The MP3 version can be found on the original post HERE.






 


Wednesday, December 25, 2019

100 Greatest Australian Singles of the '60's....by various artists


The 100 Greatest Australian Singles of the '60's as selected by David N.Pepperell and Colin Talbot for the book publication of the same title.

Featuring The Easybeats, The Seekers, Normie Rowe, The Bee Gees, Johnny Farnham, Russell Morris, Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs, Jimmy Little, Betty McQuade, Zoot, Lynne Randell, Bobby and Laurie, Johnny O'Keefe, The Twilights, The Masters Apprentices, The Loved Ones and more.










Thursday, April 25, 2019

Wide Open Road..a road trip through Australia's musical landscape...various artists


An excellent 31 track compilation featuring a cross section of Australian artists from the 60's to the 90's...

Tracklist
1-1 –The Triffids Wide Open Road
1-2 –Hunters & Collectors 42 Wheels
1-3 –The Saints (I'm) Stranded
1-4 –The Cruel Sea This Is Not The Way Home
1-5 –Dave Graney & Clare Moore I Was A Country Boy
1-6 –Darren Hanlon Manilla, NSW
1-7 –No Fixed Address We Have Survived
1-8 –Midnight Oil The Dead Heart
1-9 –The Reels World's End
1-10 –Hilltop Hoods City Of Light
1-11 –TISM Morningtown Ride
1-12 –Cold Chisel Khe Sanh
1-13 –Skyhooks Balwyn Calling
1-14 –Hard-Ons Wog Food
1-15 –TZU City
1-16 –Weddings, Parties, Anything Under The Clocks
1-17 –You Am I Soldiers

2-1 –The Birthday Party Cry
2-2 –Laughing Clowns Holy Joe
2-3 –The Scientists Murderess In A Purple Dress
2-4 –The Celibate Rifles Kent's Theme
2-5 –Spiderbait Sam Gribbles (Live)
2-6 –Custard Music Is Crap
2-7 –The Grates Inside Outside (Live)
2-8 –The Atlantics Bombora
2-9 –James Reyne The Boys Light Up (Acoustic)
2-10 –Taman Shud What's Come Over You
2-11 –The John Butler Trio Home Is Where The Heart Is
2-12 –The Waifs Highway One
2-13 –The Pigram Brothers  Saltwater Cowboy
2-14 –Warumpi Band My Island Home





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Saturday, November 17, 2018

Normie Rowe....Frenzy! The 50th Anniversary Collection...30 track compilation


Norman John Rowe AM (born 1 February 1947) is an Australian singer and songwriter of pop music and an actor of theatre and soap opera for which he remains best known as Douglas Fletcher in 1980s serial Sons and Daughters. As a singer he was credited for his bright and edgy tenor voice and dynamic stage presence. Many of Rowe's most successful recordings were produced by Nat Kipner and later by Pat Aulton, house producers for the Sunshine Records label. Backed by his band, The Playboys, Rowe released a string of Australian pop hits on the label that kept him at the top of the Australian charts and made him the most popular solo performer of the mid-1960s. Rowe's double-sided hit the A-side, a reworking of the Doris Day hit "Que Sera Sera" /with b-side "Shakin' All Over" was one of the most successful Australian singles of the 1960s.

Between 1965 and 1967 Rowe was Australia's most popular male star but his career was cut short when he was drafted for compulsory military service (called National Service in Australia) in late 1967. His subsequent tour of duty in Vietnam effectively ended his pop career and having never been able to recapture the success in music he enjoyed at his peak in the 1960s, instead carving out a career in theatre and television.




more on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normie_Rowe



Saturday, September 15, 2018

Zoot Locker..The Best of The Zoot 1968-1971..featuring Rick Springfield, Darryl Cotton and Beeb Birtles


Zoot were a pop-rock band formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1965 as Down the Line. They changed their name to Zoot in 1967 and by 1968 had relocated to Melbourne. They had a top five hit on the Go-Set national singles chart with a heavy rock cover of The Beatles' ballad "Eleanor Rigby" released in 1970; but they disbanded in May 1971.

Mainstay bass guitarist, Beeb Birtles, was later a founder of Little River Band in 1975 and guitarist singer-songwriter, Rick Springfield, who moved to the United States in 1972, achieved international fame as a solo artist, songwriter and actor.

Although Zoot were a popular band during the late 1960's, critics labeled them as teenybopper or light bubblegum due primarily to the Think Pink – Think Zoot publicity campaign devised by their management. After relocating to Melbourne in mid-1968, Zoot signed with Columbia Records/EMI Australia and were managed by Wayne de Gruchy. They recorded their first single, "You'd Better Get Goin' Now", a Jackie Lomax cover with David Mackay producing.



Zoot's second single, "1 × 2 × 3 × 4" was released in December and charted on the Go-Set National Top 40 Singles Chart. By early 1970, band members had tired of the garish pink outfits and associated harassment and physical abuse, hence, to rid themselves of the bubblegum/teen idol image, they burnt their outfits on TV music show, Happening '70. Zoot then promoted their fifth single "Hey Pinky", released in April, with an advertisement in Go-Set which featured a nude picture of their bums. "Hey Pinky" was a hard charging guitar oriented song but it failed to chart.

They released a hard rock cover of The Beatles' song, "Eleanor Rigby" which became their most popular single when it peaked at No. 4 in March 1971. It remained in the Top 40 for twenty weeks and reached No. 12 on the Top Records for the Year of 1971. Their next single, "The Freak" / "Evil Child", another hard rock song, was released in April and peaked into the top 30.




Friday, December 16, 2016

Russell Morris picks up second ARIA for best Blues and Roots album



Legendary Australian singer-songwriter/musician, Russell Morris, recently picked up his second ARIA award for Best Blues and Roots Album, "Red Dirt, Red Heart".

Red Dirt, Red Heart is the third in a trilogy of blues-roots albums by Russell that have an Australian historical aspect in the songs. Russell calls them his labour of love and they have all been well received both critically and by his long-time fans and new admirers alike.

See the full article here: http://www.noise11.com/news/russell-morris-wins-aria-award-for-best-blues-and-roots-album-20161123


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Monday, January 25, 2016

Australian Legends...40 track collection by various artists...special Australia Day post



This 40 track collection brings together the cream of Aussie music from the 60's to the 90's from the Bee Gees' "Spicks and Specks", The Masters Apprentices' "Turn Up Your Radio" and Rusell Morrris' "The Real Thing" to LRB, The Angels, Men At Work, Farnsey and Barnesy, INXS, Crowded House, Kasey Chambers, Silverchair and everything else in between. Just perfect for that Australia Day barbecue!

So crank it up, and HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!







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