This had an impeccable run on the Australian charts back in the day, an impressive fourteen weeks at number one which has only recently been topped by less fondly remembered songs. To think this was originally released as a bonus track from a greatest hits package during the height of the Swedish foursome's popularity.
This was the second single to be released on Abba's self-titled album, a song that initially flopped internationally but was such a surprise success in Australia that it unofficially became their signature track here. The rest of the world followed suit eventually as the popular Broadway musical based around their catalogue was named after this track.
This is a song that works fine upon its initial release, but I feel becomes tiresome after repeated listens, I think it's because the yelping at the end of the second chorus feels unnecessary although that could just be a me problem. This was one of the biggest hits of the decade in Australia despite Bryan's band Roxy music failing to find any major success with one of their singles prior to him temporarily disbanding them to pursue his solo career.
I really don't like it whenever I have to call out a sellout a band is doing for the worse, however this really applies to this track as Chicago went from one of the more progressive bands of the decade to what many will say is one of the worst bands of the 70's and 80's with this ballad. Simply put, this song is a bore and a half for most people to listen to (me included) due to how the melody is structured.
Often considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time (rightfully so in my opinion) this nearly six-minute rock opera initially struggled to find an audience due to its crushing length on the radio as well as record executives finding it too silly to be pushed as a single. Needless to say, the general public disagreed with those assessments.
For everyone who thought that David Hasselhoff was the original performer of this comedy track, allow me to present to you the original version from Ted Mulry gang who managed to achieve one of the biggest hits of the decade with a song that I'm sure many people found funny back in the day.
This is widely considered to be Sherbet's signature tune and rightfully so, it's by far their most mature work as they incorporate cricket metaphors in order to describe the infidelity of their partner in this song. Sadly, the rest of their catalogue wasn't nearly this ambitious as it was mainly used to appeal to teenage girls.
This was for the longest time the signature track from Abba as this was their only Billboard chart topper during their run throughout the 70's and 80's. It's easy to see why this was their biggest hit in America as it perfectly demonstrates the joyous and upbeat nature of their discography that continues to captivate audiences to this day.
This was a massive success for the Dutch group who began the decade with their hit single "Little green bag," I have to admit that I'm not too surprised that this hasn't stood the test of time like many of the other entries we'll come to say as this list goes on.
Often considered to be one of the greatest duets of all time, this collaboration between Elton John and Kiki Dee (who despite being described as an unknown singer did have a minor hit two years prior with "Amoureuse") managed to give the former his first chart topper in his native UK, which is impressive to think about considering how much success he already had over in America by this point.
This was another song whose popularity was a bit late in Australia, mainly because by the time it was released as a single here, it was already one of the biggest hits of the decade over in NZ for the Dutch trio Pussycat. This resulted in them being one of the more popular acts over there whilst the remained a one hit wonder here.
This was the third hit single to come out of Abba's self-titled album, although technically this was the second song released from the album as "Mamma Mia" was released very early in Australia likely due to how much we Aussies loved that track. This likely resulted in the Swedish quartet's complete monopoly on our charts during the midpoint of the decade, although thankfully for their nonfans, this monopoly didn't last that long.
Well, if you wanted to hear what Disney's Snow white would sound like if she were played by an Australian woman who was popular in the 70's, then you've come to the right place as lead singer Noosha Fox channelled the Disney princess in her performance for her biggest hit in Australia and her band's native UK and even managed to achieve moderate success throughout Europe with this formula.
This is the biggest hit that Rod Stewart had over in America, although it's worth noting that regardless of what his biggest hit was in each country that he was one of the biggest names in music throughout the decade worldwide. To give you context, he released at least one mega hit every year for four consecutive years.
This was the only noticeable success that David Dundas (sorry Lord David Dundas as he does have an official title) achieved in his music career, although he did score a minor hit here in Australia with "Another funny honeymoon" which means there was some appeal to this guy's music outside of this ad jungle for a jean commercial. Oh yeah, this was written specifically as an ad jingle, hence why it sounds like one.
This was another successful ballad to come out of Rod Stewart this decade, one that I'm pretty sure led to a rather nasty rumour about him concerning sailors that I won't bother repeating on this entry.
Does this song remind anyone else of John Lennon's "Woman?" Something about the chord structure and vocal melodies on this one and only hit from husband-and-wife duo R&J Stone heavily reminds me of that track for some reason. If you want to know what happened to these two lovebirds, Joanne Stone tragically died of a brain tumour later in the decade which Robert never got over.
This was originally released as the B-side to "I do I do I do I do I do" the previous year, however it became such a fan favourite from the album that it was given its own release here in Australia and eventually in NZ where it became one of the biggest hits of the year down under. This should give you an idea as to how inescapable Abba was back in the day if a B-side could be one of the biggest hits of a year.
So, there was this trucker's craze during the 70's which apparently was so popular that this novelty track from country singer C.W McCall became a huge worldwide hit to cash in on it. Oh, I'm sorry did I call this guy a country singer? Technically he is but it's more accurate to say he's a marketing director who became C.W McCall after a bread commercial he originally created the character for failed to sell its product.
This was the only noticeable hit for Max Merritt and the Meteors both in Australia and their native NZ, although it's worth noting that they did make a splash here at the start of the decade with their self-titled album. I'm not sure why this managed to be a success other than maybe the band performing it on Countdown and getting a huge reaction out of it.
I know the 70's were a bizarre time in pop culture, however I'm finding it very hard to believe that one of the biggest hits of the decade was this novelty track about a duck (presumably Donald Duck based on the impersonation) wants to go out to the disco to dance. I guess this was funny the first time I heard it, although for me at least this quickly wears off its charm after repeated listens.
Skyhooks were indeed one of the most popular bands of the decade thanks to their promotion on Countdown, so it only makes sense that lead singer Shirley Strachan would see massive success with a solo hit much like the lead singer of their rival band Sherbet did a few years prior. This did prove to be a death nail for the band's commercial appeal as they didn't reach the dizzying heights of their earlier material after this became a hit.
Following the success of their novelty track from earlier on this list, Ted Murly gang released this follow up which is a rock version of a Shelton Brooks track from the 20's with additional lyrics from Ted Murly himself to help it stand out from all the other covers that has since been lost to the sands of time.
Well, if you wanted to hear Diana Ross cover this Burt Bacharach classic, then this is your best option as Marcia Hines has been regularly described as the Australian equivalent of Diana Ross (despite Marcia herself being from America originally.) This proved to be a massive success for her, and no doubt led to the success of her second album which this served as the lead single for.
This was the second single from Abba's fourth album Arrival, and one that seems oddly appropriate in this day and age given how frequently they proclaim this to be a "rich man's world" throughout the lyrics. It was an easy chart topper for the Swedish foursome and ensured that their popularity wasn't a fluke during the midpoint of the decade.
Before he became one of the biggest RNB stars of the 80's, Billy Ocean was a decently successful disco star of the 70's with this being his first major hit throughout the world. Even though he saw massive success in his native UK throughout the rest of the decade, this was his only hit here in Australia until he reinvented himself as an RNB singer for his 1984 album Suddenly.
This is often considered to be Leo's signature tune given how it incorporates disco into his sound despite him not really being a disco artist throughout his career. His next single would be even bigger and a major draw into his fourth album after the mediocre reception of his last album, however this is the song that many will tell you is the highlight of his career.
Well, I don't think there's much analysis needed in what John Paul Young is trying to convey in this song, I do find it ironic that he scored three of the bigger hits of the decade with songs that were critical of the music scene and yet would go on to have massive success later in the decade with a song that embodies all that he stood against on these tracks.
One of the more quintessential disco tracks to come out of the decade, we have this trio (who weren't an actual family funnily enough) scoring their one and only hit worldwide with a disco track which led to their album being a huge commercial success for them. I'm not sure why these women didn't have more success with their subsequent material other than perhaps due to them not being huge in their native America.
These two songs were bundled together likely due to Sherbet's label wanting to give the former a second chance in the spotlight following its commercial failure from earlier in the decade. Indeed, the former became a massive success largely thanks to it being attached to the much more popular track which incidentally remains one of the more fondly remembered tracks from Sherbet's discography.
This was a hit twice over the years throughout the world, of course we'll be looking at the original success of this track which proved to be a massive comeback for the Four seasons following the surprise hit that Frankie Valli had the previous year with "My eyes adored you." This was a hit likely due to it being close enough to disco for it to be played on the dance floors with other bangers from this year.
Here we have another song that was inescapable from the Bay city rollers this decade in Australia, there's only so much I can say about these tracks without coming off as repetitive and redundant.
The last time Cliff Richard had any success here in Australia was with his Eurovision track "Congratulations" from eight years prior, so to see him back in the spotlight with this track was a bit of a surprise to say the least. The real surprise came when this became a surprise hit in America, making this his first hit single on the Billboard charts.
Well at least I can honestly say that the Happy days theme was a success here in Australia, even if I'd be lying if I said it was the version that played during the intro and outro of each episode. This was a cover from the Australian duo Silver Studs which became such a success here that it sparked international interest in them which sadly didn't come to be as with most Australian artists this decade.
One of the happiest songs to come out of the decade, we have this half disco half RNB jam from Errol Brown and company which managed to be so joyous that it even crossed over to America for them. They often get compared to their American counterparts Kool and the gang since both groups have a predominantly black sound that still resonates with audiences to this day.
Harpo was a Swedish pop star who scored a massive hit with this track about how the love of his life happens to be a movie star, it was cheesy and allowed him to find an audience who would appreciate something that sounds like it could be from Abba's catalogue without actually being from the quartet. This was the only hit that he had which goes to show how much we loved Abba but not their contemporaries.
This was another double release from Sherbet, this time we have two songs that they couldn't decide to promote from their album Life is for living and as such went for both. This proved to be a massive success for the band as it helped them retain their popularity over their main rivals Skyhooks, although it also proved that they had a specific target audience in mind for their music.
This was where it all began for one of the more critically divided bands of the twentieth century, although you'll notice that these guys didn't have much success outside of Australia until the start of the 80's where they randomly began scoring massive hits on Billboard with their soft rock ballads. Indeed, their biggest hit down under was their first song which didn't find a lot of success internationally.
It seems odd that David Essex would score massive success with his pop ballads during the midpoint of the decade when his first hit "Rock on" is more in line with the art pop that would be a huge success for the likes of Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush in their respective careers. This was his biggest hit down under likely due to how sickly sweet he comes off on this track, again a far cry from his debut single.
You may think that Maxine Nightingale was an American artist considering she saw massive success on Billboard with her disco classics, however she's actually from the UK and likely only saw international success due to how women of colour seemed to have been synonymous with the genre regardless of where they were from originally. Here we have her biggest hit which set the stage for other women to fight over the crown for the queen of disco.
I always thought that the lyrics to this classic were "play that f**king music," I guess it goes to show you show closely I'm paying attention to lyrics whenever I hear songs on the radio casually. Named after a box of cough drops, these guys score a massive hit with their autobiographical song about how they came to record music predominantly made by musicians of colour only to score massive success with the tale.
This wasn't the only version of the Everly Brothers track to make it big in Australia this year as Scottish band Nazareth also managed to score a hit with their version from two years prior (stay tuned for it.) I guess this was the only hit that Jim Capaldi managed to achieve even in his native UK.
This was the only notable hit that the Manhattans were able to score in Australia, I'm guessing because musicians of colour were finding it easier around this time to find international success given how inescapable Stevie Wonder was with his music. They did score a second hit over in NZ with "Shining star" in 1980, proving that there was some further crossover potential here that was squandered.
Dr Hook were previously known for their comedy tracks from the first half of the decade, so to see them come back with a ballad about being in love with a minor only for the twist to be that the narrator was also a minor during this relationship is a bit jarring to say the least. I'm guessing they played this song straight to avoid being accused of being paedophiles as there is a lot of comedic potential in the lyrics.
You may recognise this woman as one third of the popular German trio the Silver convention who were scoring massive worldwide success from around this time, although in Australia this was the biggest hit any of the members were able to achieve likely due to how she screams throughout the track. I'll be honest, I crack myself laughing whenever I find myself listening to this track due to how random her screeching is.
This was the only success that the British band Sailor were able to achieve outside their native UK, I'm guessing this was a success due to glam still being popular this year despite it being more in line with what would eventually become new wave in the 80's. True to their band name, these guys did in fact have a gimmick of being a band of sailors who played for their ships captain.
I guess the decade was known for its cheesy ballads, and hey the fact that there was a noticeable increase in artists whose first language wasn't English was admirable considering how most artists who were popular prior to the 70's were either American or British worldwide. With that out of the way, I've exhausted any positive comments I have for this ballad from the Brazilian crooner Morris Albert.
We have another British band making it big in Australia this year, although this is about as pop as you can get while still being from a band as this is obviously meant for all the Julie Anne's in the audience and how much these guys love them. It's innocent fun and easy to see why it was a huge success around this time.
This was one of the more popular disco tracks to emerge from this decade, it comes to us courtesy of this family group who obviously wanted to become the new Jackson 5 (or I guess Jackson nine in this case) with this upbeat song about shaking your groove thing. Unfortunately, this was their only hit even in their native America as other disco acts came in to replace them on the dance floors.
We looked at the Jim Capaldi version of this Everly brothers track earlier on this list, now let's look at the version that is trying to copy which was originally released two years prior to deafening silence for the Scottish band Nazareth. I'm guessing this was given a second wind due to it becoming a surprise hit for them over on Billboard, either that or there was a competition to see which one of these songs were better.
Skyhooks were on a roll as they released the advanced single to their third album, a song that acknowledges that they needed to up their production if they wanted to remain relevant now that they've become one of the biggest names in Australian music. Although it wasn't as successful as their earlier hits, this was a huge hit regardless and reassured the band that they had a loyal fanbase.
This was originally Abba's debut single which was released to deafening silence here in Australia likely due to it being a little ahead of its time back in 1973, indeed it was given a second chance once the band had conquered the world where this became yet another hit they had in a year where they had a ton of hits.
This is another popular disco track that's survived the test of time, I'm guessing due to the Kym Mazelle cover from Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet which no doubt reminded audiences of this classic around the time where disco had regained its popularity in the mainstream. Like many women of colour who made disco this decade, Candi Staton remained a one hit wonder with this classic even in her native America.
These guys already had a hit earlier in the decade with "United we stand," although it was this song which helped them win Eurovision that made them a household name as that earlier track was only a modest success upon its initial release. These two songs were the British group's only success here in Australia, although they scored further success later in the decade by ripping off Abba's material.
This is another musician of colour that had to wait for quite some time before they finally found any success in their career, in this case we have Dorothy Moore who scored a massive hit this year with this cover of an obscure track from around the time she began said career. This led to her album of the same name being a massive worldwide success before she was sadly relegated to yesterday's news.
Shortly before she became one of the more popular female artists of the decade worldwide, Tina Charles began her career as one third of the British disco trio 5000 volts who scored a massive hit with this track about burning up for the love of their lives. Nowadays there's a more popular track with this title from Bruce Springsteen which has a very different premise to this track from the disco trio.
This was another hit that Sherbet managed to achieve back in the day, it was a huge success for them as was just about everything they released during Countdown's first two years of existence due to being the most regular performers on the show.
Following the success she had with 5000 volts from earlier on this list, we have the first of three solo hits that Tina Charles managed to score throughout the world which all seem to have the same premise as each other. The premise is that she loves two things, her partner and dancing which naturally captivated audiences enough to make all of her hits as big as they were back in the day.
I've seen this title track to Donna Summer's breakthrough album be described as porn music, I can certainly attest for its album version which takes up the full side A of the album as it goes for sixteen minutes. Thankfully the single version isn't nearly as long and thus doesn't wear out its welcome as quickly, thus allowing it to become a huge success for Donna and a gateway to her making disco tracks.
This was one of only three hits that Bob Dylan had as a solo artist in Australia, it was also his final hit here which should tell you how uninterested we were with his singles despite how huge his albums were. This was a protest song about the mistreatment of Ruben "Hurricane" Carter which came out less than a year after the success of a tribute track towards Muhammad Ali, making this a good time to write songs about boxers of colour.
This was the only hit that K.C and the Sunshine band were able to score in Australia throughout the 70's, although they would score another two hits going into the 80's meaning that they weren't one hit wonders with this classic for long here. I guess a common complaint with their 70's material is that they all sounded the same to each other, after all try telling this apart from "Shake your booty," Keep it coming love" and "Get down tonight." Unless you're a fan of disco, you won't be able to do it.
These guys had been active since the late 60's, meaning they didn't find any success in their career until this year when they released this bouncy country ballad that got them their Billboard chart topper in their native America. This was a good time for country music with a groove to it, so of course it was going to succeed internationally for the two brothers, and hey they scored another hit later in the decade.
It had been almost a full decade since Manfred Mann saw any success on the charts, so here he is with his second band, Manfred Mann's earth band (wow, creative name) scoring massive success worldwide with this staple on oldies stations. This was able to give him a comeback as it helped the album it came from become a moderate success as well as this topping the Billboard charts.
I guess this was a return to form for David Essex given how this feels more in line with his debut single "Rock on" than his previous two hits he had throughout the decade. I guess this did please his original fans as this became a huge hit for him this year, however his popularity would die out as the decade went on in Australia.
It's one of the greatest ironies in music that Barry Manilow didn't write this song about how he writes all the songs of the world, admittedly this needs the arrogance of its actual songwriter Bruce Johnston (of the Beach boys) in order to be the way it is. Apparently, it was originally given to the Captain and Tennille but was eventually given to Barry when the husband-and-wife duo felt it wouldn't make for a good single.
This was the lead single to the latest album that Bay city rollers released this year, given how they released two new albums every year since their initial breakthrough (that's not even counting their album they released exclusively in America) I think it's safe to say that the band was a tad overexposed by this point. It doesn't help that their latest single was a cover of a Dusty Springfield classic.
This was the lead single to an E.P that Bryan Ferry released from around this time, although the E.P itself flopped in favour of the song likely due to it appearing on his second album which was a massive success due to his earlier entry on this list. This really does beg the question of how we Aussies loved this guy so much but only as a solo artist given how little love his band Roxy music received here back in the day.
This is often considered to be one of the worst songs of the 70's, this is mainly due to it sounding like an innocent love song but is really in fact about rough sex which obviously alienates everyone who could potentially like it as those into soft rock will be turned off by the subject matter and those into the subject matter will find it to be cheesy and boring.
This was the biggest hit that AC/DC had with Bon Scott on lead vocals, although they would go on to have bigger success in the 80's once Brian Johnston took over following Bon's death in 1980. This was the lead single to the band's third album Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, an album that didn't see the level of success their second album T.N.T saw back in the day.
This was another solo hit that Daryl Braithwaite was able to score this decade, I wish I had more to say about these songs but I'm not a fan of his 70's output like I am with his revival period.
This was the only hit that Yvonne Fair was able to achieve in her career, it's a passionate cry for her claiming that she should be the one who ends up with the man of her dreams on this track which has made it a staple for scenarios people find themselves in with this situation. This is also a rare Motown track to make it big in Australia, perhaps this was our way of atoning for ignoring all the labels classics in the 60's.
It looked like there were no signs of this husband-and-wife duo slowing down as they were able to score further success during the second half of the decade thanks to their breakthrough single "Love will keep us together" from the previous year, although their popularity here in Australia wasn't anywhere near as successful as it was in their native America where they scored a ton more success.
For over a decade, this was the only hit that Eric Carmen was able to achieve anywhere in the world, it's up there with "Without you" as one of the most melodramatic songs to come out of the 70's which is perhaps why it's endured over the years (that and the popular Celine Dion cover from the 90's.) He would score a surprise comeback twelve years later by appearing on the Dirty dancing soundtrack.
This was the first hit that Ol'55 had in Australia, a throwback band to the 50's who scored massive success with decade with songs meant to remind people of the "swell" days of that decade. It appears there were plenty of people from the 70's who were indeed longing for simpler times in music as there were a ton of other bands and artists who also scored success with this formula back in the day.
This was another big hit from Mark Holden that he achieved during his time in the spotlight, he was essentially Shaun Cassidy and Leif Garrett if they had an Australian accent, and he had no shame of the music he made for his audience.
Well, it seemed inevitable that these guys would make a Christmas jam right at the height of their popularity, as such we have this festive track that became a hit during the Christmas season of 1976 and even early into the following year for them.
Following the moderate success of her cover of "Fire and rain," Marcia Hines managed to score a huge hit here in Australia with this original ballad which no doubt led to the success of her debut album from around the time of its release. This would be the start of a highly successful music career here in Australia after a successful run as Mary Magdalene in the Australian production of Jesus Christ superstar.
It looked like there was no stopping Sweet given how this was released from their album Give us a wink just after they scored a massive hit with "Action" from their previous album Strung up, however aside from having one more hit later in the decade with "Love is like oxygen," this would be the last we heard from the band proving how quickly the glam rock scene had died out in the second half of the 70's.
One of the more critically acclaimed Australian films of all time is Picnic at hanging rock, it's a film about the disappearance of a group of teenage girls set in the early 1900's that's based on a book written in the late 60's. The film is known for its score which was so popular that it became a huge hit for its composer Nolan Buddle.
There were no signs of these guys slowing down in Australia this year as this title track from their (then) latest album became the second hit from the album after "Money honey" from earlier on the list.
While this wasn't the first hit these guys had here in Australia (stay tuned for that in my next list) this was the first hit that AC/DC had that sparked international interest in them likely due to their usage of bagpipes on the song. It's a bit of a surprise these guys weren't as big down under back in the day considering A: how well promoted they were on Countdown and B: their eventually worldwide success.
Norman Gunston was an Australian character who originate from Aunty Jack, the Australian 70's equivalent of Mrs. browns boys which was widely successful during its two-season run from 1972-1973. Once the show ended, the actor playing him released a comedy album which contained this skit about the popularity of Abba that became a hit for him, it wasn't even his last single as he did the same thing for Kiss in 1980.
We have another appearance from the Bay city rollers on this list, I've run out of things to say about them without coming off as mean so I'll leave my commentary at that.
Following his run as Judas on the Australian production of Jesus Christ superstar, Jon English was able to have a moderately successful singing career here that somehow grew to him having international success likely due to how well received the show was for international audiences. This was hit first hit here in Australia, although he found success over in NZ the previous year with "Turn the page."
This was the first of three hits that Mark Holden had back in the day, no doubt this guy was the reason why Shaun Cassidy and Leif Garrett were able to be so successful in Australia given how he was our version of those young men who teenage girls fell in love with this decade.
This was the last song that Ted Mulry gang released before they stylised themselves as T.M.G, I'm guessing because they wanted to be taken more seriously going forward in the decade given how their biggest hit was a joke song about picking up a girl walking down the street.
Bet you didn't know Billy Connolly had a singing career, did you? Well technically he doesn't as this "cover" of the Tammy Wynette classic is really a joke song he does in his typical sense of humour that nonetheless amused audiences back in the day. He was far from the only comic to score a hit down under over the years, heck he wasn't even the first as there were plenty of tracks like this prior to its success.
This was originally released three years prior to deafening silence for the husband-and-wife duo, in fact from what I can gather, this song only ever became a success here in Australia once we learned about Tina leaving Ike and making this a success in order to show our support for her getting away from her abusive husband. Since this became a surprise success for her this year, it's been adapted as a popular line dance here.
This was the first of two hits that the Silver convention were able to score worldwide this year, although we won't be looking at their other hit as "Get up and boogie" wasn't that big of a success here in Australia. Both songs had a combine total of twelve words to them, meaning that these ladies weren't known for their complex songwriting and were just meant to be listened to on the dance floors.
This was the bigger hit that Supernaut were able to score here in Australia, although we'll get to their signature track in a bit as "I like it both ways" was the song that put them on the map originally. I'm guessing these two songs weren't as big as what Countdown made them out to be due to these guys arriving a little too late to the glam rock party to be among the biggest bands of the decade.
Dr Hook were on a roll this year as they found a second hit here in Australia with another soft rock ballad, this confirmed that they had matured from the comedy rock from the first half of the decade and wanted to appeal to a more mainstream audience. I guess we Aussies were a little ahead of the curve in this regard as their popularity here dwindled just as it was beginning to explode internationally.
It looks like Maxine Nightingale was able to score a second hit here in Australia, although it hasn't been as well remembered as her earlier entry which is perhaps why people tend to think she's a one hit wonder to this day. She would score a second hit in NZ as well, although that would've come until the end of the decade.
This was the final hit that the husband-and-wife duo managed to achieve in the 70's outside their native America, although they would return in 1980 to score one more hit with "Do that to me one more time" before their popularity faded away for good even on the Billboard charts. This was originally recorded by Neil Sedaka but became a hit for them likely due to them being more popular at the time.
This was the only hit that Skyhooks managed to have success with outside of Australia as this became a huge success for them over in NZ later in the year, although here it was the second single from their third album Straight in a gay gay world which wasn't as big as their earlier releases (possibly due to the name of the album.) Indeed, their popularity would dwindle as the decade went on.
This was the big hit from Australian glam rock band Supernaut who managed to take the Countdown scene by storm with their brand of glam rock right when the genre was beginning to die down in the mainstream. Indeed, had they had broken through just a little bit earlier in the decade, they likely would've been on the same level as some of the big international stars from the genre such as Sweet and Suzi Quatro.
We have another successful hit from Ol'55 this year, this time it's a song about how they were on the prowl on a Saturday night which is a term used to look for trouble. Naturally this song was tongue in cheek about how innocent sounding songs from the 50's actually had a more sinister tone when you look at the lyrics as they do acknowledge that the song's subject matter was potentially problematic in the lyrics.
No comments:
Post a Comment