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Who Am I? Tony Barber, From Perth Crooner To Sale Of The Century

Fingers on the buzzers, please. Here's your "Who am I?" I was born...

September 23, 2026  By Ken Sparkes

Remembering Col Joye, The Gentleman Who Gave Aussie Rock Its First Number One

Before The Easybeats, before Billy Thorpe and before anyone outside...

September 23, 2026  By Ken Sparkes

How Debra (Debbie) Byrne Went From Young Talent Time To Fantine

Some performers grow up in front of the whole country. For kids watching...

September 23, 2026  By Ken Sparkes

How Max Merritt And The Meteors Earned The King Of Soul Crown

Before anyone in Australia said "blue-eyed soul", a young Kiwi with...

September 23, 2026  By Ken Sparkes

How Denise Drysdale Went From Kommotion Go-Go Girl To Ding Dong

Some entertainers get one lucky break. Denise Drysdale did it the long...

September 23, 2026  By Ken Sparkes

Kamahl And The Elephant Song: How An Aussie Crooner Conquered Europe

In 1975 a song about an elephant went to number one in the Netherlands....

September 23, 2026  By Ken Sparkes

B.J. Wilson

Why B.J. Wilson Is The Unsung Hero Of Classic Rock Are you a fan of the Back...

September 23, 2026  By Ken Sparkes

Billy Thorpe Most People I know Think That I’m Crazy

Billy Thorpe Most People I know Think That I'm Crazy Billy Thorpe - William...

May 25, 2024  By Ken Sparkes

Roky Erickson, 13th Floor Elevators

Roky Erickson, 13th Floor Elevators front man and a psychedelic rock icon’s...

August 9, 2019  By Ken Sparkes

Neil Diamond “Hot August Night” Tribute Concert

The Shake It Up Australia Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation raising...

August 26, 2018  By Ken Sparkes

Oklahoma – Oh What a Beautiful Morning.

Our fun take on Oh What a Beautiful Morning from Oklahoma. Over the June...

June 12, 2018  By Ken Sparkes

Was this the first Moonwalk?

Was this the first moonwalk, years before it became famous? Take a look. Something...

June 5, 2018  By Ken Sparkes

Kathleen O’Rourke otherwise known as Kathy Kirby

We've been going back through the files and over some old shows and noticed...

June 5, 2018  By Ken Sparkes

The Blue Mountains Elvis Festival

The Blue Mountains Elvis Festival Well Elvis lovers… here’s your chance...

July 3, 2017  By Ken Sparkes

Jukebox Radio – The One That Got Away

In the upcoming weeks, we have a dedication Jukebox Saturday Night show...

October 13, 2016  By Ken Sparkes

The Troggs 50th Anniversary Tour

THE TROGGS - tour dates and tickets click here Wild Thing 50th Anniversary...

August 18, 2016  By Ken Sparkes

Frankie Valli and the 4 seasons

Frankie Valli If you had said many years ago “they will not last”...

February 13, 2016  By Ken Sparkes

Give me a head with hair, shoulder length or longer

Perms, finger waves, mullets, flips and mops – remember the hairstyles...

February 1, 2016  By Ken Sparkes

Old School Ingenuity

This clever 1950s parking invention never made it into mass production. Such...

January 28, 2016  By Ken Sparkes

Dressed for Success In Sydney

Sydney in the early days of Rock and Roll. Following the American music...

January 27, 2016  By Ken Sparkes

Sat 5th Dec Show JOK – Johnny O’Keefe

Sat 5th Dec JOK - Johnny O'Keefe Editor and co-producer Justin arrived...

December 5, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Legends Live Christmas Show

December 12th Jupiters rocks into Christmas 2015 with a star line up of Aussie...

November 22, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Umbrella Entertainment $10 DVD Special

Hey Rockers Without the support of our sponsors Jukebox Saturday Night...

September 24, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Johnny Devlin

Johnny Devlin Johnny was one of the three New Zealanders who burst onto...

July 11, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Percy Sledge

Percy Sledge The name Muscle Shoals Alabama USA has played host to a long...

May 2, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Last Drinks Inc. T-Shirts

We’ve had a heap of requests for new T-shirts, however, until more recently...

May 1, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Sunbury 73 Festival

Sunbury 73 Festival The Sunbury ’73 the live rock concert was located...

April 16, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Digby George Richards – Dig Richards

Digby George Richards - Dig Richards One of the forgotten Dig Richards. For...

April 3, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

The Bobby Darin Dream Car

We stumbled across this email floating around the other day The Bobby...

April 3, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

The Mixtures – The Pushbike Song

The Mixtures The PushBike Song One of the most successful OZ bands in the sixties...

March 29, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Kommotion TV Show

Kommotion TV Show I am amazed that there are still so many people who remember...

March 28, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

One Hit Wonders

One Hit wonders This term is a trap as we found our when in 2012 we put to air a One Hit wonder...

March 28, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Jukebox Saturday Night Cruise

Jukebox Saturday Night in conjunction with Sorrento Quay Travel and Cruise...

March 20, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Herman’s Hermits

Herman's Hermits Many in the entertainment industry would not be aware...

March 19, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

KEY RING WINNER

At complete random Jukebox Saturday Night run a lucky dip. To be in the lucky...

March 14, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker Few Australian if any know Joe Cocker on a one to one basis...

March 3, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

The Beatles Pancakes

Whether you like the Beatles or not - the artistic talents of these pancakes...

February 22, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

The Beatles by Ed Story

We've recently sorted through over 42,000 requests from our viewers. Behind...

February 8, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Fable Label Tribute Show – 2015

To kick off the year we figured we'd celebrate Australia Day with an all Australian...

January 25, 2015  By Ken Sparkes

Kim Vincent Fowley

Kim Vincent Fowley Many of you will say Kim Fowley Who? but for those...

January 23, 2015  By Ken Sparkes


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