Posts by Helen Gibson
John Paul Young
Who would have thought that a young man of 24ish years old could capture so many hearts with his first top 10 hit Yesterday’s Hero. But he did and he did it for me over 30 years ago. I don’t think I’d ever felt the true meaning of “love” until I saw him on Countdown…
Read MoreExhumed 2014 Band Competition
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure to attend a function that, until recently, had never heard of. Sydney ABC’s radio presenter James Valentine, formerly of The Models, is the mastermind of this competition which is in its third year of production and is bringing out the best of garage band talent. Exhumed was…
Read MoreAustralian Singles Charts for 1977
These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1977. Here is the Australian Singles Charts for 1977 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…
Read MoreMoving Pictures – Days of Innocence
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…
Read MoreJimmy Barnes – Freight Train Heart
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…
Read MoreAustralian Crawl – Boys Light Up
Hi, my name is Helen and occasionally 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. It reached a peak…
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