In 1984 the ABC produced Sweet and Sour, a TV series tracking the fame and fortune of fictional band The Takeways on their journey from backyard band to breaking into the Sydney music scene.
The first episode of Sweet and Sour went to air on 2 July, 1984.
Starring Tracy Mann, David Reyne and Ric Herbert, with guest appearances from Molly Meldrum,
Born in London in 1949, John Farnham's first commercial success came with the novelty song Sadie, The Cleaning Lady, which spent six weeks at #1 in 1968.
He was crowned Australia's "KIng of Pop" five consecutive times in 1969-1973, during which time he had his second #1 hit, Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head.
In 1975 Farnham hosted the first colour
Glenn Shorrock's first public performance was in 1958 at a Lutheran church hall. He was miming to Elvis Presley's All Shook Up and strumming on a cardboard guitar when the record stopped - he was forced to continue singing by himself and realised he had a good voice!
That voice would propel him to musical fame, firstly with legendary Aussie
Colin Hay is the Scottish-born musican who came to the world's attention as lead singer of Aussie band Men At Work. Formed in 1981, the group had huge success with their albums Business As Usual, Cargo, and Two Hearts, producing internationally chart-topping songs like Down Under, Overkill, and Who Can It Be Now?
Notably Men At Work were the
Who would credit it - two members of a five piece band with the same birthday; Procol Harum's Bobby Harrison (b. 1943) and David Knights (b. 1945) both blow out candles on June 28!
Drummer Harrison played with the band in 1967, but left in late 1967, while bass player Knights was a co-founder of the band, and played with them from 1967 to 1969.
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