This month in Australian music – February

Australian Musicians & Crew born in February

• 4th Feb 1975 – Natalie Imbruglia
• 10th Feb – Peter Allen
• 14th Feb – Frank Seckold
• 18th Feb – Jeffrey Merryweather
• 18th Feb – Derek Pellici
• 24th Feb – Laurie Marlow
• 28th Feb – Alan Sandow

Australian Musicians passing away in February

• 2nd Feb 2006 – Geoff “Drainpipe” Plummer – Ol ’55
• 14th Feb 2007 – Smoky Dawson – Country music legend whose career lasted more than six decades. He was almost 95.
• 15th Feb 2012 – Clive Shakespeare – Guitarist with Sherbet passed away from cancer. He was 62.
• 18th Feb 2010 – Ruby Hunter – Born in 1955, she was 55 years old
• 19th Feb 1980 – Bon Scott – AC/DC, Fraternity, The Valentines. Aged 33
• 28th Feb 2007 – Billy Thorpe – Aged 60

Number One Singles in Australia in February

• 1970 – Johnny Farnham “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”
• 1971 – George Harrison “My Sweet Lord”
• 1972 – David Cassidy “Cherish”, Benny Hill “Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)” and Melanie “Brand New Key”
• 1973 – Lobo “I’d Love You to Want Me” and Carly Simon “You’re So Vain”
• 1974 – David Bowie “Sorrow” and Grahame Bond “Farewell Aunty Jack”
• 1975 – William Shakespeare “My Little Angel” and The Carpenters “Please Mr. Postman”
• 1976 – Ted Mulry Gang “Jump in My Car”
• 1977 – Pussyfoot “The Way You Do It”
• 1978 – Wings “Mull of Kintyre” and Bonnie Tyler “It’s a Heartache”
• 1979 – Rod Stewart “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?”, The Mojo Singers “C’mon Aussie C’mon” and Chic “Le Freak””
• 1980 – Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough”, KC and the Sunshine Band “Please Don’t Go” and Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
• 1981 – John Lennon “(Just Like) Starting Over” and Slim Dusty “Duncan”
• 1982 – Lindsey Buckingham “Trouble” and Soft Cell “Tainted Love”
• 1983 – Laura Branigan “Gloria”
• 1984 – INXS “Original Sin” and Pat Benatar “Love Is a Battlefield”
• 1985 – Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is”
• 1986 – Whitney Houston “Saving All My Love for You” and Feargal Sharkey “A Good Heart”
• 1987 – The Bangles “Walk Like an Egyptian” Kim Wilde “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
• 1988 – Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”
• 1989 – The Beach Boys “Kokomo”, Womack & Womack “Teardrops” and The Proclaimers “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”

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Gigs from February 1977