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MILESTONES AND MEMORIES
New Zealand’s Split Enz arrived in Australia this week in 1975.
Midnight Oil, Hunters and Collectors and Split Enz re-formed for the Sound Relief concert at the MCG this week in 2009, to raise money for the victims of bushfires in Victoria. A simultaneous concert was held at the SCG, where John Farnham performed You’re The Voice with Coldplay.
Jason Donovan scored his first solo chart-topper in the UK this week in 1989 with Too Many Broken Hearts.
Kylie Minogue’s Fever hit number three in the US this week in 2002, to become her highest-charting album in the US.
Hoodoo Gurus released their comeback album, Mach Schau, this week in 2004.
And Happy Birthday to Little Pattie (real name: Patricia Amphlett), who is 69 on March 17.
CHART WATCH
Still just one Aussie act in ARIA’s Top 20, with Vance Joy’s We’re Going Home slipping four places to 20. It’s one of just three Aussie entries in the Top 40.
We’re Going Home VANCE JOY (number 20)
Go Bang PNAU (23)
My My My! TROYE SIVAN (36)
Vance Joy spends just one week on top of the albums chart, with Nation Of Two falling to three, while Camp Cope score their first Top 10 album, arriving at six. They are the only local artists in the Top 20.
Nation Of Two VANCE JOY (number three)
How To Socialise & Make Friends CAMP COPE (six, debut)
Go Farther In Lightness GANG OF YOUTHS (24)
The Very Best INXS (27)
Depth Of Field SARAH BLASKO (29)
Dream Your Life Away VANCE JOY (30)
Snow ANGUS & JULIA STONE (34)
The Best Of THE WIGGLES (36)
HOWZAT! PLAYLIST
Missing Me ANGIE McMAHON
Northern Gaze P76
Thank You And Sorry MADDY JANE
Feeling Average COSMIC PSYCHOS
Ain’t Coming Home CASEY BARNES
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