PopArchives: The Blog

Music and sidetracks of the 50s, 60s and 70s, more or less related, or not, to my Australian song history site "WHERE DID THEY GET THAT SONG?"

13 June 2025

Obscure Originators (33): Bobbie & Dude

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From my website's front page series about lesser known artists who performed the original versions of Australian or NZ records. See als...
22 May 2025

Hal Saunders: songwriter, playwright, printmaker and more

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Hal Saunders ( 1904 - 1991 ) was born James Hallett Saunders in Armidale NSW. He was a prolific songwriter who made a name for himself wri...
23 April 2025

Obscure Originators (32): The Meantime

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From my website's front page series about lesser known artists who performed the original versions of Australian or NZ records. See als...
14 March 2025

Only in Melbourne: (5) Strawberry Children - Love Years Coming (1967)

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Only in Melbourne : tracks that didn't chart Top 40 in their  countries of origin but did better in the  capital of  my home state,  Vic...
06 February 2025

Beauty is the Beast*

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Guest post by Philippe Edouard exploring some back streets of Italian beat music.   Philippe is a longtime friend of PopArchives from Franc...
23 January 2025

Obscure Originators (31): The Fun And Games

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From my website's front page series about lesser known artists who performed the original versions of Australian or NZ records. See als...
28 December 2024

Obscure Originators (30): Bob Wilson

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From my website's front page series about lesser known artists who performed the original versions of Australian or NZ records. See als...
03 December 2024

Obscure Originators (29): Drafi Deutscher And His Magics

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From my website's front page series about lesser known artists who performed the original versions of Australian or NZ records. See als...
15 October 2024

3AW creates a chart (1959)

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Earlier, I wrote about radio station charts in the 50s-60s-70s when sales figures were randomly or casually collected, and stations were fre...
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04 August 2024

Only in Oz (20): Diana Trask - Long Ago Last Summer (1960)

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Another in my  series of posts  about tracks that were more popular in Australia than in their countries of origin. See also:  Only in Melbo...
27 January 2024

Only in Oz* (19): John D. Loudermilk - Callin' Doctor Casey (1962)

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  Another in my  series of posts  about tracks that were more popular in Australia than in their countries of origin. See also:  Only in Mel...
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