Awesome Aussie Songs

Anzac Day Special - The Delltones

This episode is part of our Anzac Day Special. We take a look at legendary group The Delltones and their time touring Vietnam entertaining the troops.

We speak with The Delltones bass man Pee Wee Wilson, as well as their lead singer Col Loughnan

Anzac Day Special - Cathy Wayne

This episode is part of our Anzac Day Special and we remember Cathy Wayne, the 19 year old Australian singer who was tragically killed on stage while she was performing for American troops.

Fellow performers Col Joye and Leon Issackson talk about Cathy and that fateful day.

Anzac Day Special - The Rajahs

This episode is part of our Anzac Day Special and features The Rajahs, the first Australian band to entertain the Aussie troops during the Vietnam War.

They even filled in for Bob Hope at a New Years Eve gig abroad the 17 storey warship, the USS Kittyhawk before 5000 Americans troops. 

The Rajahs also played concerts for the local Vietnamese, giving the locals their first taste of rock n roll.

Anzac Day Special - Lucky Starr

This episode of Awesome Aussie Songs is part of our Anzac Day Special and features another of our pioneer musicians Lucky Starr

We speak with the I've Been Everywhere Man about his time entertaining the troops in Vietnam and his incredible experiences.

 

Poison Ivy by Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs

Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs are one of the most iconic bands in the history of Australian music.

Led by the late, great Billy Thorpe, the various versions of The Aztecs dominated the music scene for several decades. Although the line up of the band may have changed several times over the years, one constant of the group that remained was  Billy Thorpe leading the charge.

This episode takes a look at their No.1 hit Poison Ivy. The band stared down the English Invaders for a while and Poison Ivy even kept The Beatles single Can’t Buy Me Love from the top spot. Showing the immense popularity of Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, they relegated the Beatles to No.2 on the charts, when the Fab Four were actually here in Australia on tour.

Our special guests are Aztecs John 'Bluey' Watson & Tony Barber

Run to Paradise by The Choirboys

The Choirboys formed in the late 70’s and are one of the bands that typify Pub Rock. They’ve gone onto become one of the most melodic, hard-rocking bands ever produced in Australia.

All up The Choirboys have released 8 studio albums and they’re still rocking today.

This episode is on The Choirboys and their classic hit song Run to Paradise

Our special guest is the bands frontman and songwriter, Mark Gable

Crumbled by Little Quirks

Little Quirks are an indie folk-rock band from the Central Coast of NSW. We take a look at their song Crumbled.

Apart from creating catchy music, and their energised live shows, what originally stood Little Quirks out from the crowd was their young age and also the fact the group is made up entirely of family members. Sisters Abbey and Mia Toole and their cousins Jaymi and Alex.

They first kicked off in their original line up in 2015 when guitarist Abby was aged 12, Jamie on mandolin was 15, with the band’s drummer, Mia, was aged just 9 years old.

Check out the latest releases from Little Quirks at www.littlequirksband.com

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Awesome Aussie Songs is presented by Josh Ursem and written and produced by Sheldon Kidd. Intro / outro music is Australia, So Nice by Holly Kirsten.

Hail, Hail, Australian Rock n Roll.

Oh Boy by Diana Trask

Diana Trask is an entertainment trail blazer – she was the first female Australian to star on prime-time television in America, she was nominated for a Grammy and is one of the few artists to cross over from Jazz and pop, to go onto have a successful career in country music.

Very few ‘outsiders’ break into Nashville, however, Diana has had 18 singles make the Billboard Country Charts. As a songwriter, she wrote a US top 10 hit for the Osmond Brothers and throughout her career Diana’s friends and tour mates have included Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell.

Diana showed the way, and fellow Oz music legends Olivia Newtown John and Helen Reddy would soon follow in her footsteps.

This episode takes a look at Diana’s hit song Oh Boy

Our special guest is Diana Trask

Diana's music and her autobiography 'Whatever Happened to Diana Trask?' is available at www.dianatrask.com

Please share this episode if you enjoyed it - if you could give the Podcast a rating and comment, that would be greatly appreciated.

Guest suggestions are more than welcomed.

Awesome Aussie Songs is presented by Josh Ursem and written and produced by Sheldon Kidd. Intro / outro music is called Australia, So Nice by Holly Kirsten.

Hail, Hail, Australian Rock n Roll.

Little Miss Heartbreak by The Delltones with Hal Blaine & Scotty Turner

This episode is on The Delltones and their time with legendary American musicians Hal Blaine and Scotty Turner.

Drummer Hal Blaine has played on 40 No.1 hits in America and guitarist Scotty Turner (also known as Scotty Turnbull) was a song writing partner of Buddy Holly.

When Blaine and Turner were on tour in Australia in 1959, they entered the studio with The Delltones. The song they recorded together was Little Miss Heartbreak. We felt this historic recording deserved its own episode and simply because this long-forgotten song simply rocks.

This song was included as part of The Delltones episode and our tribute to their late singer Noel Widerberg. If you want to hear more about the Dellies story take a listen to episode 11

Our special guest is The Delltones Ian ‘Pee Wee’ Wilson

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Guest suggestions are more than welcomed.

Awesome Aussie Songs is presented by Josh Ursem and written and produced by Sheldon Kidd. Intro / outro music is called Australia, So Nice by Holly Kirsten.

Hail, Hail, Australian Rock n Roll.

Little Ray of Sunshine by Axiom

Owing to the fact that Axiom was made up of already established recording artists, the media immediately dubbed the new band Australia’s first ‘Supergroup’, not that the band agreed with the tag.

 

Axiom was formed when The Groops Brian Cadd and Don Mudie, joined forces with The Twighlights lead singer Glenn Shorrock. Drummer Doug Lavery was recruited from The Valentines and lead guitarist Chris Stockley came from another hit band Campact.

 

This episode takes a look at Axioms classic song, A Little Ray of Sunshine.

 

Our special guest is Brain Cadd

Please share this episode if you enjoyed it - if you could give the Podcast a rating and comment, that would be greatly appreciated.

Guest suggestions are more than welcomed.

Awesome Aussie Songs is presented by Josh Ursem and written and produced by Sheldon Kidd. Intro / outro music is called Australia, So Nice by Holly Kirsten.

Hail, Hail, Australian Rock n Roll.