In 1977 I was in my last year of high school and music was becoming an important part of my life, along with the beach! If you lived in Sydney like me you were listening to Ian MacRae on 2SM. You probably even went to the Rocktober Concert.

We still had Malcolm Fraser as PM back then, and it was also the year Don Chipp formed The Democrats.

In January of 1977 we were all stunned by the Granville Train Crash which saw so many lives lost. It was also the year that Griffith anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay went missing.

St George Dragons were Premiers in 1977 & North Melbourne won the VFL. Alan Moffatt & Colin Bond had their historic side-by-side win of that years Bathurst race.

Famous Aussies born in 1977 include Darren Lockyer, Cadel Evans, Garth Tander, Jason Ackermanis and Brad Haddin.

Australian Music was huge with bands like Sherbet, Little River Band, Richard Clapton, Midnight Oil, The Angels and many more quality acts.

Here’s some images from Australian Music in 1977

And here’s what we were watching and listening to in 1977

I’ve included some classic ads in this list because of how they pinpoint the lifestyle & feelings of the time.

Some of the Gigs Australians were going to in 1977

Date	Artist	City	Venue
02/01/77	Hush	Hush in Sydney	The Haymarket
22/01/77	Little River Band	Little River Band in Sydney	The Haymarket
28/01/77	Rose Tattoo	Rose Tattoo in Parramatta (NSW)	Parramatta Park
13/02/77	Sherbet	Sherbet in Sydney	Victoria Park
	2SM Concert with Sherbet, Dragon & Air Supply
13/02/77	Dragon	Dragon in Sydney	Victoria Park
	2SM Concert with Sherbet, Dragon & Air Supply
13/02/77	Air Supply	Air Supply in Sydney	Victoria Park
	2SM Concert with Sherbet, Dragon & Air Supply
24/02/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Sydney	Stagecoach Tavern
	as The Strays
25/02/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Sydney	Stagecoach Tavern
	as The Strays
26/02/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Sydney	Stagecoach Tavern
	as The Strays
15/04/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Darlinghurst	Oxford Funhouse
16/04/77	Ol’ 55	Ol’ 55 in Hurstville	Hurstville Civic Centre
23/04/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Darlinghurst	Oxford Funhouse
01/05/77	Little River Band	Little River Band in Camden	Camden Showground
05/05/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Sydney	Chequers
	* as Johnny Dole and The Strays
10/05/77	Jon English	Jon English in Moore Park	Hordern Pavillion
11/05/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Sydney	Refectory – Sydney University
	supporting The Saints
28/05/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Darlinghurst	Oxford Funhouse
01/06/77	Dragon	Dragon in Sydney	Regent Theatre
25/06/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Sydney	Stagedoor Tavern
31/07/77	Sherbet	Sherbet in Moore Park	Hordern Pavillion
27/08/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Manly Vale	Manly Vale Hotel
	+ The Leftovers
12/09/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Darlinghurst	Oxford Funhouse
16/09/77	Peter Allen	Peter Allen in Sydney	Regent Theatre
16/09/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
17/09/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
23/09/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
24/09/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
29/09/77	Split Enz	Split Enz in Newtown	Elizabethan Theatre
30/09/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
01/10/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
08/10/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
09/10/77	Renee Geyer	Renee Geyer in Sydney	Regent Theatre
09/10/77	Doug Parkinson	Doug Parkinson in Sydney	Regent Theatre
14/10/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
15/10/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
28/10/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
29/10/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
30/10/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Sydney	Paris Theatre
01/11/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Sydney	Paris Theatre
15/11/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Sydney	Paris Theatre
20/11/77	Radio Birdman	Radio Birdman in Paddington	Paddington Town Hall
02/12/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
09/12/77	The Angels	The Angels in Moore Park	Hordern Pavillion
10/12/77	Skyhooks	Skyhooks in Moore Park	Hordern Pavillion
10/12/77	Kevin Borich	Kevin Borich in Moore Park	Hordern Pavillion
10/12/77	Rose Tattoo	Rose Tattoo in Moore Park	Hordern Pavillion
17/12/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Woolloomooloo	Journey’s End Wine Bar
18/12/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Sydney	Paris Theatre
23/12/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel
24/12/77	Johnny Dole and The Scabs	Johnny Dole and The Scabs in Broadway, Sydney	Grand Hotel

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1976, I remember it like it was yesterday. I was in year 9 at highschool. Malcolm Fraser was our Prime Minister then, back in the days he could keep his trousers on. Neville Wran became Premier of NSW in May of 1976.

Van Der Hum won the Melbourne Cup. Australia beat the West Indies in the cricket test. Hawthorne won the VFL Grand Final and Manly broke my heart by beating Parramatta 13-10 in the NSW Rugby League Premiership.

At the movies we were enjoying such Aussie classics as Storm Boy, Don’s Party and John Mellion was giving the performance of his career in The Fourth Wish.

Some famous Aussie were born in 1976 such as Brett Lee, Brett Kimmorley, Kasey Chambers, Damien Leith, Marcos Ambrose & Mark Webber.

Australian music was very healthy with Countdown in full flight and artists like The Angels, John Paul Young, TMG, Jon English, AC/DC, Sherbet, Little River Band and many, many more. Here’s a few of those acts to give you a taste…

Some of the Gigs Australians were going to in 1976

Date	Artist	City	Venue
18/01/76	Skyhooks	Skyhooks in St Kilda, VIC	Palais Theatre
30/04/76	Toons	Toons in Ramsgate	Hawaiian Night (Club?)
	played as “Briquewall”
08/05/76	Toons	Toons in Cronulla, NSW	Youth Club
	played as “Briquewall”
22/05/76	Toons	Toons in Surry Hills, NSW	Clique Wine Bar
	played as “I.C. Delite”
04/06/76	Toons	Toons in Cronulla, NSW	Fiddler’s Vine Winebar
05/06/76	Toons	Toons in Cronulla, NSW	Fiddler’s Vine Winebar
11/06/76	Toons	Toons in Surry Hills, NSW	Clique Wine Bar
12/06/76	Toons	Toons in Surry Hills, NSW	Clique Wine Bar
17/06/76	Toons	Toons in Cronulla, NSW	Fiddler’s Vine Winebar
18/06/76	Toons	Toons in Surry Hills, NSW	Clique Wine Bar
19/06/76	Toons	Toons in Surry Hills, NSW	Clique Wine Bar
24/06/76	Toons	Toons in Cronulla, NSW	Fiddler’s Vine Winebar
25/06/76	Toons	Toons in Surry Hills, NSW	Clique Wine Bar
26/06/76	Toons	Toons in Surry Hills, NSW	Clique Wine Bar
01/07/76	Toons	Toons in Cronulla, NSW	Fiddler’s Vine Winebar
02/07/76	Toons	Toons in Surry Hills, NSW	Clique Wine Bar
19/07/76	Midnight Oil	Midnight Oil in Kingsford	Regent Hotel
30/07/76	Skyhooks	Skyhooks in Canberra, ACT	Canberra Theatre
	+ Ol’ 55
31/07/76	Skyhooks	Skyhooks in Goulburn, NSW	Goulburn Hall
	+ Ol’ 55
08/08/76	Skyhooks	Skyhooks in Moore Park	Hordern Pavillion
19/09/76	The Silver Studs	The Silver Studs in Castle Hill	Castle Hill RSL Club
02/10/76	Skyhooks	Skyhooks in Parramatta	War and Peace
31/10/76	Kevin Borich	Kevin Borich in Moore Park (NSW)	Sydney Showground
31/10/76	Stars	Stars in Moore Park (NSW)	Sydney Showground
11/11/76	Midnight Oil	Midnight Oil in Avalon	Avalon RSL
12/12/76	AC/DC	AC/DC in Moore Park	Hordern Pavillion
28/12/76	Ol’ 55	Ol’ 55 in Sydney	Regent Theatre
28/12/76	Russell Morris	Russell Morris in Sydney	Regent Theatre

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What were you up to in 1975? It was the year that saw Sir John Kerr sack Gough Whitlam as Prime Minister of Australia. The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania is hit by a passing ship and collapses killing 12 people. Joh Bjelke-Peterson was confusing us all with his mastery of the English language and Don Dunstan was putting his own unique stamp on South Australian politics.

Think Big wins its second Melbourne Cup and Easts beat St George 38-nil to make it 2 premierships in a row.

On TV Graham Kennedy utters his fateful “Crow call” which sees him banned from our sets for some time. In Film “Picnic At Hanging Rock” is released and goes on to become an Aussie classic.

Some of the folks born in 1975 include Anthony Mundine, Andrew Symonds, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Mark Viduka and future terrorist wannabe David Hicks.

1975 also saw the last of the fabled Sunbury Concerts which featured bands such as AC/DC, Ariel, Ayers Rock, Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Buster Brown, The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Chain, Daddy Cool, Deep Purple, Kush, La De Das, Linda George, Matt Taylor, Skyhooks, Renée Geyer and Sanctuary, The Keystone Angels, Madder Lake, Ross Ryan and Sherbet

So, what were we listening to in 1975? Try some of these on for size.

Some of the Gigs Australians were going to in 1975

Date	Artist	City	Venue
27/01/75	Skyhooks	Skyhooks in Dawes Point	Sydney Harbour

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Like always, I’d love to hear your thoughts and memories of 1975 in the comments below. See you there!

1974, I remember it well. It was my first year of High School and I was just becoming aware of how good Aussie music was at the time.

Pop band Sherbet were posing for “risque” portraits, Gough Whitlam was Prime Minister, The Eastern Suburbs Roosters were Rugby League Premiers, Richmond won the VFL Final, John Howard enters politics as an opposition backbencher and Think Big wins the Melbourne Cup. Andrew Johns, Shane Webcke and Ricky Ponting are all born in 1974 and two classic films are screened for the first time, Stone and The Cars That Ate Paris. Christmas 1974 saw the city of Darwin flattened by cyclone Tracey.

In cricket, Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee were wreaking havoc on a shell-shocked English side in The Ashes.

The third Sunbury concert rocked Victoria with a lineup that included Blackfeather, The 69′ers, Skyhooks, The Dingoes, Kush, Buster Brown, Chain, Madder Lake, MacKenzie Theory, Ayers Rock, Sid Rumpo, Ross Ryan, Daddy Cool (reformed for this concert) and Queen

1974 was also the first year that Countdown screened in Australian homes and it changed our lives. It really brought great Aussie music to the masses and genuinely had us huddling around the TV set each week to see who was number 1. Also on TV that year we were watching timeless classics such as “The Class Of ’74″ and “The Box”.

So, here are some of the great Australian tunes we were listening to in 1974, Enjoy!

Some of the Gigs Australians were going to in 1974

Date	Artist	City	Venue
27/01/74	Daddy Cool	Daddy Cool in Sunbury, VIC	Sunbury Pop Festival
17/03/74	Daddy Cool	Daddy Cool in Prahran, VIC	Ormond Hall
	+ Skyhooks
09/05/74	Daddy Cool	Daddy Cool in Adelaide, SA	Festival Theatre
	+ Skyhooks

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If you’ve got any thoughts or memories from 1974 I’d love to hear from you in the comments section below. Likewise, if you know of any film clips from then, let me know & I’ll include them here.