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What’s a ‘Krome-Plated Yabbie’?
Did the ‘Little Boy Lost’ ever get found?
When ‘The Carnival is Over’, do you say ‘Ciao Baby’?
Was ‘Little Boy Sad’ ‘Living in a Child’s Dream’?
Who would answer the ‘Royal Telephone’?
These, and many other important questions, are answered in this book.
David N. Pepperell and Colin Talbot are two rock’n’roll writers who were there, and they answer this most important question:
What were the 100 greatest singles made by Australian artists in the sixties?
In the 1960s, Australian rock’n’roll singles were as good as those made anywhere in the world. Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs’ ‘Poison Ivy’ even knocked The Beatles off the top of the charts when the Fab Four were touring here in 1964! John Lennon was so amazed he asked to meet Thorpe in person.
We’ve tried to showcase the best, yet we expect there will always be some song that didn’t make the cut, that you the reader will regard as a glaring omission.
Well, that’s the way the turntable spins! Take a trip back to these classic records of the sixties, to listen once again and remember those heady times when long hair and short skirts changed the world.
Upcoming Book Release November 2015
Published by Melbourne Books www.melbournebooks.com.auDigital Download www.amazon.com RRP: $4.99 USD Release June 2015
MMelbourne Books
Published by Melbourne Books with KKP
www.melbournebooks.com.au
200 x 200 mm, hardcover
colour print throughout, 212 pages
RRP: $29.95 ISBN: 9781922129529
Release Date: November 2015
For interviews, review copies or other queries,
contact: [email protected]
1 0 0 G R E AT E S T A U S T R A L I A N S I N G L E S O F T H E ‘ 6 0 S
D A V I D N . P E P P E R E L L C O L I N TA L B O T
A B O U T T H E A U T H O R S
David N. Pepperell’s parents bought him a radio on his fourth birthday. He was glued to it for the next twenty years, fuelling a life-long interest in pop music. He sang in bands in the 1960s then co-founded Australia’s first Import Record Shop, Archie & Jughead’s Records, in 1971. As well as broadcasting widely on public and national radio, he has written about music for many publications. In 1975 and 1976 he contributed a weekly column for Juke as ‘Doctor Pepper’, a nickname he is still stuck with. His songs have been recorded by Ross Wilson and Norman Gunston, among others.
Colin (Tad) Talbot is a hick from the sticks, a town near the Flinders Ranges. In the early 1960s, surrounded by sheep, his big radio found pop music from all over. Pop changed his life. Colin and his young mates formed a band with him as singer — a major failure. But in 1965 from a transistor in the school footy change sheds he heard real Australian talent. Normie Rowe singing ‘It Aint Necessarily So’. If you can’t sing it, write it. Colin is a former pop columnist for The Australian and wrote for many music magazines. He’s a novelist and co-wrote songs recorded by Ross Wilson, Stephen Cummings, Colin Hay etc. Favourite music? The sixties. Oh, maybe early seventies too.
Listen to the original recordings on the Festival
Records collection 100 Greatest Australian Singles
of the ‘60s, available now through Warner Music
Australia as a 4CD set or download.
Have you ever wondered …
KKP
Upcoming Book Release November 2015MMelbourne Books
1 0 0 G R E AT E S T A U S T R A L I A N S I N G L E S O F T H E ‘ 6 0 S
D A V I D N . P E P P E R E L L & C O L I N TA L B O T
KKP
Published by Melbourne Books with KKP
www.melbournebooks.com.au
200 x 200 mm, hardcover
colour print throughout, 212 pages
RRP: $29.95 ISBN: 9781922129529
Release Date: November 2015
For interviews, review copies or other queries,
contact: [email protected]
Listen to the original recordings on the Festival
Records collection 100 Greatest Australian Singles
of the ‘60s, available now through Warner Music
Australia as a 4CD set or download.
