No one arrives from nowhere and the Bee Gees are no different. New York Mining Disaster was not The Bee Gees’ debut single. The Bee Gees First was not The Bee Gees’ first album. Confused? You should be… If you enjoy this episode, why not subscribe and give us a rating on iTunes or your favourite podcast app? Sources: Apter, Jeff. (2016) Tragedy: The Ballad of The Bee Gees. London. Jawbone Press Cook, Mon Hughes and Bilyeu. (2011) The Ultimate Biography of The Bee Gees: Tales of The Brothers Gibb. London. Omnibus Press Spotify playlist of songs featured in this episode: https://open.spotify.com/user/mshannon4-au/playlist/4uGfQn7e1doAWr2VtI2wJY?si=2Pr_fCKqQpWNRmkct3GHRg
They were the first Australian group to reach Number 1 in the UK with I’ll Never Find Another You; the first to reach Number 1 in the USA with Georgy Girl; the only act at that time to draw a crowd of more than 200,000 people to a concert in the Southern Hemisphere. They sold over 50 million records worldwide. So, with all this phenomenal success why in 1968, at the height of their fame, and in the middle of a tour did Judith Durham quit the group? If you enjoy this episode, why not subscribe and give us a rating on iTunes or your favourite podcast app? Sources: Simpson, Graham (1994) Colours of My Life: The Judith Durham Story, Sydney, Random House Simpson, Graham and Patrick, Christopher (2015) The Seekers: The 50 Year Recorded History of Australia’s First Super Group, Melbourne, Melbourne House Spotify playlist of songs featured in this episode: https://open.spotify.com/user/mshannon4-au/playlist/6wawWETJvGLJLSRQrcX6NJ?si=xDUBLNZ_RFu5ev9pmJwOpA
With Friday On My Mind, The Easybeats are the first Australian rock’n’roll band to top the international charts after a meteoric eighteen-month career at home. But that was to be their high-water mark. Why? Join us as we tease apart the tangled web of managerial cock-ups, poor career choices and, of course, drug and mental health issues that doomed the first and arguably best of Australia's pop bands. If you enjoy this episode, why not subscribe and give us a rating on iTunes or your favourite podcast app? Sources: Goldsmith, Glenn and Wright, Stevie (2004). Hard Road: The Life and Times of Stevie Wright. Sydney. Random House Tait, John (2010). Vanda and Young: Inside Australia's Hit Factory. Sydney. University of New South Wales Press Albert, Jane (2010). House of Hits. Melbourne. Hardie Grant Books. Spotify playlist of songs featured in this episode: https://open.spotify.com/user/mshannon4-au/playlist/4eWIhj42DbyN8NiTJouURx?si=103abn6URXSTOIxYc46Zcw