Featuring music from the 50's through to the 80's. A look at interesting aspects of the songs and the artists; their place in the social, cultural and political contexts of the day and the changes which took place in music during these times.
FOUR PIECE BANDS The majority of bands have four members. It appears that this number gives the greatest chance of achieving ...
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Our penultimate show for 2023 is a Let’s Remember and this week we salute Peter Paul and Mary and Boney ...
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FLYING HIGH In this week's program we are airborne. There are songs about planes and airports such as the John Denver ...
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Crooners were especially popular from the late 1920's until the early 1950’s. This week’s show CROONERS presents a selection of silky ...
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In this week's program we have selected songs which were prominent during a Summer Olympic year. The earliest year in ...
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The Go!! Show was a 1960’s Australian pop music TV show which was delivered before a live audience at channel 10 Melbourne for ...
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Who doesn't like birds? Their grace and music inspire us. As they do songwriters. We feature three Aussies in this program. ...
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A popular term of affection or connection is that of baby or babe and many lyricists have centered or incorporated ...
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Two words synonymous with the fifties and sixties, Shake And Roll were prominent words to get your feet tapping and ...
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Some singles are released and never reach the top 40 charts but later become more popular than those that did. Here ...
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