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MILESTONES AND MEMORIES
Forty years ago this week, Jimmy Barnes’ I’d Die To Be With You Tonight entered the Top 40. It would become Barnesy’s first Top 10 solo single.
Also 40 years ago this week, Divinyls released Pleasure and Pain.
Twenty-one years ago this week, Missy Higgins released her debut album, The Sound of White.
Happy Birthday to The Vines’ singer Craig Nicholls who is 48 on August 31. Barry Gibb is 79, and Craig McLachlan is 60, on September 1. And Bob Spencer (Finch, Skyhooks, The Angels, Rose Tattoo) is 68, and Ash Grunwald is 49, on September 5.
CHART WATCH
With Crowded House’s Don’t Dream It’s Over slipping to number 46, there are no homegrown hits in ARIA’s Top 40.
Royel Otis enjoy a Top 5 debut with their second album. And Jebediah get in early with the 30th anniversary edition of their 1997 debut. It lands at 35.
Hickey ROYEL OTIS (number five, debut)
Slightly Odway (30th Anniversary Edition) JEBEDIAH (35, debut)
Strange Love BLEAK SQUAD (40, debut)
HOWZAT! PLAYLIST
Sincerely, Not Yours CHARLIE COLLINS
Donovan Dreams ASHLEY NAYLOR
In Another Life G FLIP
My Tender Memory MELODY POOL
Going Solo JOHN BUTLER
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