This month in Australian music – August

Author. Pakar Bisnis    On. Sabtu, Agustus 21, 2010   

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Australian Musicians born in August

• 8th August 1928 – Don Burrows
• 8th August 1981 – Vanessa Amorosi, singer-songwriter
• 10th August 1961 – Jon Farriss – INXS -  Born Jonathon James Farriss in Perth, Western Australia
• 15th August 1969 — Bernard Fanning – Powderfinger, Solo
• 16th August 1957 – Tim Farriss – INXS – Born Timothy William Farriss in Perth, Western Australia
• 20th August 1974 – Andy Strachan – Living End – Born Andrew Douglas Strachan in Adelaide, SA
• 23rd August 1949 – Rick Springfield – The Zoot, Solo – Born Richard Lewis Springthorpe in Merrylands, NSW
• 28th August 1960 – Steve Mulry – Black Label
• 30th August Graham “Buzz” Bidstrup – Born in Adelaide SA

Australian Musicians passing away in August

• 12th August 2008 – Christie Allen. Born in the UK in 1954. Popular singer of the late 1970′s.
• 29th August 2001 – Graeme “Shirley” Strachan – Skyhooks – Died in a helicopter crash

Number One Singles in Australia in August

• 1970 – Creedence Clearwater Revival “Up Around the Bend”/”Run Through the Jungle”, Simon & Garfunkel “El Condor Pasa (If I Could)”, Mungo Jerry “In the Summertime”
• 1971 – Daddy Cool “Eagle Rock”
• 1972 – Donny Osmond “Puppy Love”
• 1973 – Col Joye “Heaven is My Woman’s Love”, Helen Reddy “Delta Dawn”
• 1974 – Paper Lace “Billy Don’t Be a Hero”, Stevie Wright “Evie”
• 1975 – Sweet “Fox on the Run”
• 1976 – Sherbet “Howzat”, Fox “S-S-S-Single Bed”
• 1977 – Dr. Hook “Walk Right In”, Peter Allen “I Go To Rio”
• 1978 – Boney M. “Rivers of Babylon”, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John “You’re the One That I Want”
• 1979 – Racey “Some Girls”, Two-Man Band “Up There Cazaly”
• 1980 – Lipps Inc “Funkytown”, Genghis Khan “Moscow”
• 1981 – Stars on 45 “Stars on 45 Medley”, Devo DEV-O Live (EP), Rick Springfield “Jessie’s Girl”
• 1982 – A Flock of Seagulls “I Ran (So Far Away)”, Adam Ant “Goody Two-Shoes”, Ray Parker, Jr. “The Other Woman”
• 1983 – Austen Tayshus “Australiana”, Irene Cara “Flashdance… What a Feeling”
• 1984 – Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, Prince “When Doves Cry”
• 1985 – Madonna “Crazy for You”, Tina Turner “We Don’t Need Another Hero”
• 1986 – Madonna “Papa Don’t Preach”
• 1987 – Kylie Minogue “The Loco-Motion”
• 1988 – John Farnham “Age of Reason”, Fairground Attraction “Perfect”
• 1989 – Roxette “The Look”, New Kids on the Block “You Got It (The Right Stuff)”, Simply Red “If You Don’t Know Me by Now”

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