Jimmy Hannan - 1964 - Jimmy Hannan's Beach Party FLAC

At the Shore/Dance the Froog/Hokey Pokey Stomp/Beach Ball/Another You/Upside Down/Little Latin Lupe Lu/Everybody/You Make Me Happy/You Gotta Have Love/You Guessed It/Highway of Love



Jimmy Hannan (25 August 1934 – 7 January 2019) was an Australian radio and television personality, variety show host, singer, entertainer and game show host of the 1960s and 1970s. One of the pioneers of television, he appeared regularly on Graham Kennedy's variety show In Melbourne Tonight, and later hosted his own musical variety show Jimmy, later called Tonight with Jimmy Hannan. Hannan hosted music show Saturday Date from 1963 until 1967, which featured such performers as Billy Thorpe and Olivia Newton-John. He won the 1965 Gold Logie award for most popular personality on Australian television.
Hannan had his start musically performing in a big-band. As a teen idol, he often performed with people such as Johnny Devlin and Little Pattie. He released the single "Beach Ball", originally recorded by the City Surfers, in 1963. The song was written by Roger McGuinn who went on to become a member of the Byrds. The single reached number No. 2 on the local charts and featured the Bee Gees as backing vocalists. He worked on radio in Melbourne at 3UZ. He hosted game shows including Name That Tune and Celebrity Squares.Hannan was married to Joanne and had four children, including Melissa Hannan who won the Miss Australia title in 1981 and was also in the Miss World competition held in London. He retired from show business at 50 and died on 7 January 2019, aged 84, from cancer in Bellingen, New South Wales.

Jay Justin - Timeless Hits FLAC

Ramblin' Rose/Puppet On A String/Pretend/South Of The Border/You Don't Have To Say You Love Me/You Don't Know Me/Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On/Story Of My Life/100 Pounds Of Clay/I Only Want To Be With You/Why Do You Wanna Make Those Eyes At Me/King Of The Road/Just Married/Things/Green Grass Of Home


In 1960 Jay Justin signed a recording contract with EMI's subsidiary label HMV Records. His debut single was released in August but it failed to make the charts. His second single ''Why Don't You Try'' became his breakthrough record in July 1961, spending eight weeks in the charts and reaching the Sydney Top 40. By this stage he was appearing regularly on both Bandstand and The Johnny O'Keefe Show.

He released two relatively unsuccessful singles before he hit it big with ''Proud of You'' in April 1963. It made the number one spot right around the country and spent a total of seventeen weeks in the charts. It was also released in the US on the Veejay Records label. Two more singles were released that year but neither emulated his previous success. Jay was also a talented songwriter and in collaboration with Joe Halford, the Artist and Repertoire man for EMI Records, wrote a number of songs for other local artists like Bryan Davies and Patsy Ann Noble.

Jay was also responsible for discovering young singing sensation Little Pattie. He spotted her performing at a dance at the Bronte Surf Club and arranged an audition for her with HMV Records. Jay and Joe also co-wrote her debut double-hit single called 'He's My Blonde Headed Stompie Wompie Real Gone Surfer Boy' and 'Stompin At Maroubra'. Jay continued recording and issuing singles on a number of labels until the mid-Eighties. During this period he spent some time in the UK where he recorded one single with top British composer, producer and conductor Norrie Paramour. He also represented Australia at the World Songwriting Festival in Rio de Janeiro and even started his own record label called Jamboree Records.

(HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN MUSIC FROM 1960 UNTIL 2010)