This month in Australian music – June

This month in Australian music – June

Australian Musicians born in June

  • 2nd Jun 1968 – Merril Bainbridge. Born in Melbourne, Victoria
  • 4th Jun 1976 – Kasey Chambers
  • 10th Jun 1949 – Martin Armiger – The Sports. Born John Martin Armiger in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
  • 13th Jun 1949 – Red Symons – Skyhooks. Born Redmond Symons in Brighton, England.
  • 15th Jun 1949 – Russell Charles Hitchcock – Air Supply
  • 21st Jun 1950 – John Paul Young. Born in Glasgow, Scotland
  • 22nd Jun 1957 – Garry Gary Beers – INXS. Born Gary Williams Beers in Manly, Australia.
  • 29th Jun 1953 – Colin James Hay – Men At Work. Born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland
  • 29th Jun 1957 – Robert Forster – The Go Betweens

Australian Musicians passing in June

  • 4th June 2014 – Bernard “Doc” Neeson aged 67 – The Angels
  • 4th June 2015 Allan Fryer aged 62 – Heaven
  • 13th June 2014 – Jim Keays aged 67 – Masters Apprentices
  • 18th of June 1992 – Peter Allen aged 48
  • 21st June 2014 – Peter Knox aka Izzy Foreal aged 65 – The Zarsoff Brothers, 69’ers
  • 22nd June 2013 – Wendy Saddington – Chain, Copperwine
  • 24th June 1984 – Guy McDonough aged 28 – Australian Crawl

Albums released in June

  • 2nd June 1980 – East, Cold Chisel – Elektra Records

Number One Singles in Australia in June

  • 1970 – Norman Greenbaum “Spirit in the Sky”, Ray Stevens “Everything is Beautiful”
  • 1971 – Lally Stott “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”, The Hollies “Too Young to Be Married”, Daddy Cool “Eagle Rock”
  • 1972 – Royal Scots Dragoon Guards “Amazing Grace”, Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
  • 1973 – Tony Orlando and Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”
  • 1974 – Suzi Quatro “Devil Gate Drive”, Paper Lace “Billy Don’t Be a Hero”
  • 1975 – Pilot “January”
  • 1976 – ABBA “Fernando”
  • 1977 – Julie Covington “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”, Little River Band “Help Is on Its Way”
  • 1978 – Kate Bush “Wuthering Heights”, Eruption “I Can’t Stand The Rain”, Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street”, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John “You’re the One That I Want”
  • 1979 – Racey “Lay Your Love on Me”
  • 1980 – Rocky Burnette “Tired of Toein’ the Line”, The Vapors “Turning Japanese”
  • 1981 – Roxy Music “Jealous Guy”, Shakin’ Stevens “This Ole House”, Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes”
  • 1982 – Toni Basil “Mickey”, Charlene “I’ve Never Been to Me”
  • 1983 – Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
  • 1984 – Lionel Richie “Hello”, The Twelfth Man “It’s Just Not Cricket”
  • 1985 – USA for Africa “We Are the World”, Eurythmics “Would I Lie to You?”, Madonna “Angel” / “Into the Groove”
  • 1986 – Cliff Richard and The Young Ones “Living Doll”, Robert Palmer “Addicted to Love”
  • 1987 – Dave Dobbyn with Herbs “Slice of Heaven”, Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
  • 1988 – Cheap Trick “The Flame”, Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World”
  • 1989 – Julian Lennon “Now You’re in Heaven”, The Bangles “Eternal Flame”, Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings”

Videos

The Sports ‘Wedding Ring’
Skyhooks ‘Horror Movie’
John Paul Young ‘Yesterdays Hero’
INXS ‘Original Sin’
Men At Work ‘Overkill’
The Go Betweens ‘Streets Of Your Town’
Merril Bainbridge ‘Mouth’
Kasey Chambers ‘Pony’

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    Mark Britton

    Great site Gibbo

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