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Thursday 21 February 2019

Lucky Starr - 1976 - Wheels FLAC


What A Lucky Trucky/Highway 31/Trixie's Truck Stop Cafe/Every Highway/Truck Stop Rock/Here Come The Trucks/Diamond Reo Cowboy/Times Run Out On You/Written In The Fire/Loving Sure Comes Easy/Trucking Down Through The Years/You Must Be A Truckie



Lucky Starr is one of the founding members of the Australian Pop Music Industry. A regular on television shows such as Bandstand and also hosted Six O'Clock Rock for one season. He also made regular appearances on Mavis Bramston, Revue 60-61 In Melbourne Tonight, Sing Sing Sing, plus many other entertainment shows.

In 1962 Lucky recorded a hit record "I've Been Everywhere", which to date still remains one of Australia's all time favourites. The record received the highest accolade in the music industry, the Platinum Award.

1963 saw Lucky performing in the United States on the Nevada Circuit, The Flamingo in Las Vegas, The Mapes in Reno and Harvey's in Lake Tahoe. Also in the same year Lucky signed a recording contract with Dot Records in Los Angeles, releasing five singles. His agency was Coast Artist, signing performers such as Harry Belafonte, Jimmy Rodgers and Billy Eckstein. As a result of his American trips, Lucky was invited to work the Hilton Hotel Chain world wide spending several years working these prestigious rooms.

Lucky was also the first Australian performer to entertain the troops in Vietnam; in fact paying his own way there and made five subsequent trips into the war zone.

2002 and 2003 saw Lucky touring with "Long Way To The Top",  an Arena Spectacular which toured Australia's capitals and regional centres. The show featured the cream of Australia's entertainers from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Due to its popularity it become the subject of an ABC Television special.

Lucky's style ranges from Rock & Roll, to Country through to Jazz and is in fact similar to the late great Bobby Darin.  Thanks to Mustang

Tuesday 19 February 2019

K@te Ceber@no and Wendy M@tthews - 1988 - You've Always Got The Blues FLAC


You've Always Got The Blues/Guilty (Through Neglect)/Back From The Dead/The Danger Zone/Stringer/Sing To Me/The Girl In The Picture/3 = 2 + 1 (Shame)/Cry Me A River/Don't You Take It Too Bad/Young Love/The Way You Look Tonight



You've Always Got the Blues is a 1988 album by Kate Ceberano and Wendy Matthews recorded as the soundtrack for the ABC TV series Stringer. The album is primarily composed of duets performed by Ceberano and Matthews but also features Joy Smithers and Martin Armiger. According to Ceberano's 2014 autobiography, she and Matthews recorded the album in 48 hours.

The album received two ARIA Awards in 1989, for Best Female Artist (Kate Ceberano) and Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Recording. It was also nominated for Best Female Artist (Wendy Matthews), Best Jazz Album and Best Adult Contemporary Album. The album debuted and peaked at number No. 7 on 26 June 1988 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum in Australia.