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MILESTONES AND MEMORIES
Thirty-five years ago this week, The Fauves played their first gig, at the Mt Eliza Football Club. Singer Andrew Cox later said: “There was no rider, we were underpaid and no one got laid. It was a microcosm of an entire career.”
Australia’s Frank Ifield hit number one in the UK with I Remember You this week in 1962, his first of four UK chart-toppers.
Sixty years ago this week, Johnny O’Keefe’s Move Baby Move hit number one.
Ned Kelly, starring Mick Jagger, premiered in Glenrowan this week in 1970.
Country Radio’s Gypsy Queen entered the charts this week in 1972.
AC/DC released Back In Black – their first album after Bon Scott’s death – this week in 1980.
Air Supply’s The One That You Love hit number one in the US this week in 1981. It was one of seven consecutive Top 5 hits in the US for the duo.
Hunters & Collectors released their self-titled debut album this week in 1982.
Yothu Yindi’s Treaty entered the charts this week in 1991.
Thirty years ago this week, The Cruel Sea’s The Honeymoon Is Over entered ARIA’s singles chart.
Twenty years ago this week, Australian Idol started on TV.
Ten years ago this week, Perth band Karnivool scored their first number one album when Assymetry topped the charts. It came four months after singer Ian Kenny’s other band, Birds of Tokyo, had a number one album. He was the first singer to have two number one albums in the same calendar year with two different bands.
Happy Birthday to The Seekers’ Bruce Woodley who is 81 on July 25. And Ron S. Peno is 68, and Mark Seymour is 67, on July 26.
And we remember Darryl Cotton, who died of liver cancer, aged 62, this week in 2012.
CHART WATCH
Troye Sivan’s new single rushes to number 12.
Rush TROYE SIVAN (number 12, debut)
Riptide VANCE JOY (33)
Tina Arena arrives at number two. It’s her eighth Top 10 album.
Love Saves TINA ARENA (number two, debut)
The Feeling of Falling Upwards (Live From The Royal Albert Hall) 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER (34, debut)
Fearless In Love VOYAGER (35, debut)
HOWZAT! PLAYLIST
Letting Go ANGIE McMAHON
Dear Seventeen GRETTA RAY
Last Night In Redfern Park PERRY KEYES
Ringing In My Ears DAN SULTAN
Rivers Run Dry IAN MOSS
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