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Australian singles charts for 1977

by Helen Gibson January 21, 2009

These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1977. Here is the end of year singles chart based on sales. Top Australian Singles I just want to be your everything – Andy Gibb I go to Rio – Peter Allen Don’t fall in love – Ferrets Help is on its way – Little [...]

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Moving Pictures – Days of Innocence

by Helen Gibson December 9, 2008

Moving Pictures is one of my all time favourite bands. I remember seeing them, probably in 1981/82 at the Sylvania Hotel and I was just blown away. It was one of the most memorable nights of my young life, I was 19/20. Of course after seeing them live I just had to buy their debut [...]

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Jimmy Barnes – Freight Train Heart

by Helen Gibson November 23, 2008

The first hit single from the Freight Train Heart album was “Too much ain’t enough love”. This was the first no. 1 solo hit single for Jimmy Barnes. The album was first released in Australia by Mushroom Records in 1987 and then later released in the US by Geffen in 1988. I was never a [...]

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Australian Crawl – Boys Light Up

by Helen Gibson November 16, 2008

Hi, my name is Helen and each week from now on I’ll be presenting a brand new category of “Classic Australian Albums”. To start the ball rolling I’d like to present “Boys Light Up”, the debut album for Australian Crawl which was released in 1980 and went on to sell in excess of 280,000 copies. [...]

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