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Chris Bailey has passed away

by Mark Gibson April 4, 2013

News has come through this morning that Chris Bailey has lost his battle with cancer and passed away peacefully last night. I first met Chris in the early 1990′s when I had the pleasure of doing a couple of short tours with GANGgajang. Not only was he a brilliant musician but he was regarded as [...]

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Aussie Music Trivia Is Back!

by Mark Gibson March 2, 2013

The Trivia section of this site was one of the most popular by far but after some issues with the software we had to abandon it. Over the past few weeks it has been reconstructed at the Australian Music Database site and it’s back bigger and better. How is it bigger and better? Now that [...]

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Rick Doolan – twenty years passed.

by Mark Gibson February 20, 2013

Editors note: This article was first published in Connections magazine in 1993. As the 20th anniversary of Rick’s death approached I contacted Julius Grafton, the author and publisher of Connections (now CX), and he graciously allowed me to reproduce it again here. Rick was a close friend of mine and I’d like to personally thank [...]

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Australian Singles Chart for 1988

by Mark Gibson February 12, 2013

These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1988. Here is the end of year singles chart based on sales. Top Australian Singles “I Should Be So Lucky” – Kylie Minogue “Age of Reason” – John Farnham “Better Be Home Soon” – Crowded House “Got to Be Certain” – Kylie Minogue “Wanna Be [...]

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Aussie Musicians Passing in 2012

by Mark Gibson December 28, 2012

The Roll Of Honour for 2012 is a distinguished one indeed. It includes many great Australian musicians that had careers that spanned decades. This year we lost musicians who figured in such notable bands as the Divinyls, Sherbet, The Joy Boys, Zoot and Men at Work to name a few. Please let me know in [...]

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The Australian Music Database – My Back Shed

by Mark Gibson December 11, 2012

Have you ever been to a Museum? There are some fantastic Museum’s around the place covering a wide range of subjects. Car Museums, Aviation Museums and of course there are Music related ones as well. I like to think of this site as an online museum but no matter what the subject, they all have [...]

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Australian Singles Chart for 1987

by Mark Gibson December 3, 2012

These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1987. Here is the end of year singles chart based on sales. Top Australian Singles “Locomotion” – Kylie Minogue “Electric Blue” – Icehouse “Suddenly” – Angry Anderson “He’s Gonna Step on You Again” – The Party Boys “Pressure Down” – John Farnham “Crazy” – Icehouse [...]

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Burlesque Review

Burlesque Review

by Mark Gibson November 12, 2012

Burlesque Review was a Sydney based band active around 1975. Information about them is a little hard to come by but fortunately I was recently contacted by their vocalist Stewart MacFarlane who had some information, photo’s and even an audio track. Here’s what he had to say: “The song I am sending is titled ‘Eternity’. [...]

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The Manzil Room – Springfields

by Mark Gibson November 5, 2012

It’s hard to describe The Manzil Room to someone who had never been there. It was almost like a parody of the ultimate rock venue. It was a place that was always jumping, especially in the wee hours of the day. I distinctly remember leaving there on more than one occasion, just in time to [...]

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Australian Singles Chart for 1986

by Mark Gibson October 29, 2012

These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1986. Here is the end of year singles chart based on sales. Top Australian Singles “You’re the Voice” – John Farnham “Stimulation” – Wa Wa Nee “Concrete and Clay” – Martin Plaza Top selling singles in Australia for 1986 *Denotes Australian artist “You’re the Voice” [...]

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