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| Wolfmother are an extremely talented band. What was their debut album? | Australians and their music (alexjane90) |
Wolfmother. Wolfmother performed at "Homebake" 2005.
| Who wrote "The Real Thing" which was a big hit for Russell Morris in 1969? | Australian Music in the 1960s (mandamoo) |
Johnny Young . It was indeed Johnny Young the host of Young Talent Time. Incidentally, Molly Meldrum produced this psychedelic hit!
| Who won the third season of 'Australian Idol'? | Australian Music (serafina_12) |
Kate DeAraugo. Guy won the first season.
Casey won the second season.
Damien won the fourth season.
| Who was the lead singer of The Moonshine Jug and String Band? | Australian Music in the 1970s (mandamoo) |
Doc Neeson. Yes, it was the legendary Doc Neeson. The band later changed their name to The Angels - 'Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again'?
| Who was the lead singer of 80's band the 'Eurogliders'? | Australian Music Icons (wallos) |
Grace Knight. Grace Knight sang for the Perth-based Eurogliders from 1980-89, with hits such as 'Heaven (Must be There)' and 'Groove'. Grace Knight has reemerged as a multi talented jazz singer and has had a very successful solo career. Renee Geyer has worked with many people but has never been in a mainstream band. Annie Lennox is in the UK duo the 'Eurythmics' (with Dave Stewart) and Kate Cebrano was the former lead singer of 'I'm Talking' before going on to a successful solo career.
| Who was Crowded House's drummer when they reformed in 2007? | Australian Music (serafina_12) |
Matt Sherrod. Paul Hester and Peter Jones used to be drummers in Crowded House, and Eddie Rayner played keyboard at live shows.
| Who sang the hit 'Julia' in 1970? | Australian Music in the 1970s (mandamoo) |
Ted Mulry. It was indeed the late Ted Mulry, who went on to huge success fronting the legendary Ted Mulry Gang.
| Who sang "Western Union Man"? | Australian Music in the 1960s (mandamoo) |
Max Merritt And The Meteors. Their other big hit was "Slippin' Away".
| Who am I? I have worked with INXS, John Farnham and Tina Turner and I used to front a band. | Australian Music (serafina_12) |
Jimmy Barnes. Jimmy Barnes used to front Cold Chisel.
Darren Hayes used to front Savage Garden.
Neil Finn used to front Crowded House.
Martin Plaza used to front Mental As Anything.
| Which was the single that was the first big hit for the Little River Band? | Australian 70s Music (FussBudget) |
Curiosity Killed The Cat. The lead singer, Glenn Shorrock, was formerly the front man for the group Mississippi, who had a couple of excellent yet underrated songs called "Will I" and "Kings Of The World".
| Which male talent had the hit single "Catch My Disease"? | Australians and their music (alexjane90) |
Ben Lee. Ben won a heap of ARIAs for his single and album.
| Which INXS album yeilding the song 'What You Need'? | Australian Music Icons (wallos) |
'Listen Like Thieves'. This album broke INXS into the difficult US market, before 'Kick' became a hit throughout the world. INXS is one of the most successful Australian bands of all time with lead singer Micheal Hutchence's death in 1997 a tragedy for the music industry. Jon Stevens former lead singer of NZ band 'Noiseworks' and who played 'Judas' in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' has replaced Hutchence on INXS' upcoming world tour.
| Which group sung the National Rugby League theme song for 2005? | Australian Music (ozzz2002) |
Hoodoo Gurus. Their song 'What's My Scene?' was rewritten as 'That's My Team' for the NRL football promo.
| Which Cold Chisel song reached the highest on the ARIA charts? | Australian Music Icons (wallos) |
'Forever Now'. 'Khe Sahn', a song about Vietnam War veterans and their inability to integrate back into Australian society, is probably the most famous Cold Chisel song but was banned from radio play due to the line 'their legs were often open, but their minds were always closed'. It is now Australia's unofficial pub anthem and quite possibly the song most played on Australian jukeboxes and peaked at No. 43. 'Flame Trees' from the album 'Twentieth Century' peaked at No.7 and 'Choir Girl' No. 14. 'Forever Now' peaked at No. 4 in 1982.
| Which band won 10 ARIA's in 1997? | Australian Music (serafina_12) |
Savage Garden. Album of the Year - 'Savage Garden'
Single of the Year - 'Truly, Madly, Deeply'
Song of the Year - 'To The Moon And Back'
Highest Selling Single - 'Truly, Madly, Deeply'
Best Group
Breakthrough Artist/Album - 'Savage Garden'
Best Pop Release - 'To The Moon And Back'
Best Independent Release - 'Savage Garden'
Producer of the Year - Charles Fisher for 'Savage Garde'
Engineer of the Year - Charles Fisher for 'Savage Garden'
| Which band started out on 'School Spectacular'? | Australian Music (serafina_12) |
Human Nature. Paulini from the Young Divas started out on 'School Spectacular'.
| Which band has opened a school of singing? | Australian Music (serafina_12) |
Sister 2 Sister. They opened the Sister2Sister School Of Singing in Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia in 2004.
| Which band had the hit 'History Never Repeats'? | Australian Music (serafina_12) |
Split Enz. 'History Never Repeats' is off the album, "Waiata" ("Corroboree" in Australia), released in 1981.
| Which band had a song on the "Spiderman 2" Australia/New Zealand soundtrack? | Australian Music (serafina_12) |
Killing Heidi. 'I Am' was featured on the Australia/New Zealand soundtrack of 'Spiderman 2'.
| Which band had a number-one hit with 'The Pushbike Song' in 1970? | Australian Music in the 1970s (mandamoo) |
The Mixtures . 'shhh, ooh-ooh, shhh, aaah...'
| Which band had a number one hit with "She's So Fine" in 1966? | Australian Music in the 1960s (mandamoo) |
The Easybeats . The Easybeats had huge success in the late 60s thanks to the songwriting talents of Harry Vanda and George Young and the charisma of Little Stevie Wright. Did you know that George Young is the elder brother of Malcolm and Angus of AC/DC!
| Which band had a number one hit with "Needle In A Haystack" in 1966? | Australian Music in the 1960s (mandamoo) |
The Twilights. It was The Twilights with lead singer Glenn Shorrock, who later went on to have international success with The Little River Band.
| Which Australian Country Music singer was Australian of the year in 2008? | Australian Country Music (muffy19) |
Lee Kernaghan. Lee Kernaghan was Australian of the year in 2008 ,because of his generous work and money he raised from his concerts for Australian farmers doing it hard.
| Which Australian band, originally from country New South Wales, redid the RamJams hit 'Black Betty'? | Australian Music (ozzz2002) |
Spiderbait. The band originated from Finley, just north of the Murray River. A small farming community and where this author went to school :)
| Which Australian band was seen on a Telstra ad performing a cover of the famous Aussie song 'We Are Australian'? | Australian Music (ozzz2002) |
Lo-Tel. This ad was on tv in the early 21st century, and showed the hardships of farmers and communities around Australia. The song, which has been covered by many bands, was originally penned by Bruce Woodley, of Seekers fame.
| Where is the group Taxiride originally from? | Australian Music (ozzz2002) |
Melbourne. Taxiride started their music career in 1997 but didn't record their first demo until 1998.
| What was the name of Silverchair's debut album, released in 1995? | Australian Music (ozzz2002) |
Frogstomp. The Silverchair boys released their first album when they were only 15.
| What was Delta Goodrem's debut single? | Australian Music (serafina_12) |
I Don't Care. 'I Don't Care' peaked at number 64 on the ARIA singles chart.
| What was Boom Crash Opera's debut single? | Australian Music Icons (wallos) |
'Great Wall'. This was released in 1987, before their self-titled debut album and went number one on the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) charts. 'Hands up in the Air' was released soon after 'Great Wall'. 'Dancing in the Storm' and 'Onion Skin' are from the double platinum second album 'These Here Are Crazy Times'.
| What is the name of the popular Country Music Festival held in January each year? | Australian Country Music (muffy19) |
Tamworth Country Music Festival. Tamworth has been home to country music since 1973 when the city snapped up the label of Country Music Capital, stuck to its advertising guns and staged the first ever Australasian Country Music Awards
| What is the name of the pastime that helped take the sales of country music in Australia to new highs in the 1990s? | Australian Country Music (muffy19) |
Line Dancing. Linedancing is a choreographed form of popular dance incorporating a repeating sequence of steps and which is identically performed by a group of dancers in one or more lines.
Each year, at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, linedancers attempt to break the world record for the longest line dance, (number of dancers dancing).
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