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MILESTONES AND MEMORIES
This week in 1975, Graham Russell, Russell Hitchcock and Chrissie Hammond met in Sydney at rehearsals for the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar. They formed a vocal group. Hammond left to form Cheetah, while Hitchcock and Russell started Air Supply.
John Paul Young’s Love Is In The Air entered the Australian charts this week in 1978.
INXS made their US chart debut when The One Thing entered the charts this week in 1983. It would peak at number 30.
Frente’s debut album, Marvin The Album, entered the US charts this week in 1994. It would peak at number 75.
The Seekers 50th Anniversary Tour was postponed when singer Judith Durham suffered a brain haemorrhage after a Melbourne show this week in 2013.
Dami Im came second in Eurovision five years ago this week.
Happy Birthday to Casey Donovan – the second Australian Idol winner – who is 33 on May 13. And LRB’s Graeham Goble is 74 on May 15.
CHART WATCH
The Kid Laroi scores his first number one single, with Without You leaping from 10 to one. It’s also the first Aussie song to top the charts in 2021.
Without You THE KID LAROI (number one)
Astronaut In The Ocean MASKED WOLF (number eight)
Love Songs Ain’t For Us AMY SHARK FEAT KEITH URBAN (22)
Fly Away TONES AND I (31)
So Done THE KID LAROI (32)
Tears of joy for Amy Shark as she scores her second number one album. And a big debut for Liz Stringer – her first Top 40 solo album.
Cry Forever AMY SHARK (number one, debut)
F*ck Love (Savage) THE KID LAROI (12)
First Time Really Feeling LIZ STRINGER (14, debut)
Sixty Summers JULIA STONE (16, debut)
Sunlight SPACEY JANE (24)
14 Steps To A Better You LIME CORDIALE (37)
We’re All Fruit Salad! The Wiggles Greatest Hits THE WIGGLES (40)
HOWZAT! PLAYLIST
New Life HELEN SHANAHAN
When We Were Young THE GLORIOUS
Someone’s Making Rainbows ACRE
Big City LIZ STRINGER
Amy Shark AMY SHARK
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