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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15 December 2023

Only in Oz (18): Johnny Burnette - Big Big World (1961)

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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...
21 October 2023

Only in Oz* (17): José Feliciano - Adios Amor (Goodbye, My Love) (1967, 1969)

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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 Melbou...