Mid-way through 1966 Ivan Dayman, owner of Sunshine Records employed former rock’n’roller Lonnie Lee to start a new record label. Lee was...

When I was researching stories for ‘Sunshine Secrets’, information about Adelaide singer/musician/actor Tony Shepp were difficult to find...

Some people seem to vanish without a trace. Entertainers that you have loved and admired also go missing and you are left wondering what...

If you lived around the Sydney/Newcastle area in 1969 you would most likely remember a band called the Flying Circus. They were the group...

It must have been his lucky day, but hitch-hiking in Melbourne one day, 15-year-old Ray Houston got picked up by Laurie Bell, guitarist...

Driving around Adelaide with some mates one day, Bobby James wondered why the car had suddenly pulled into the studios of a local...

Not too many people recognised the man with the beard when he rode into the packed MCG on a horse just before kick-off for the 1988 VFL...

Singer/songwriter Col Millington has had an impressive career in entertainment. He has released 40 albums and written over 200 songs and...

Novelty songs have always been part of the music scene and have launched the career of many artists. Sydney singer Little Pattie was only...

Hans Poulsen was completely different to all the other pop stars of the early 70s. While watching TV music shows like ‘Bandstand’ or...

A new era began for the Troupadores with the appointment of Peter Andersen on vocals and guitar and Englishman Bill Blissett on...

If you are listening to the radio and they are playing Australian music from the mid-80s to the late 90s, there is a good chance that...

Perth showband the Troupadors knew how to put on an entertaining show and they did it better than anyone else. Despite numerous line-up...

Bass player/singer, Denis Tucker has had an incredible journey playing music. He has hung out with some of the world’s greatest musical...

When Paul McHenry rang to tell me that he had completed his revised edition of ‘Caddie - the musical career of Brian Cadd’, I thought it...

Singer Margie Bayes had an interesting and unique career in Australian music. Despite having the cute, girl next door image, she was...

Being in a successful band must be one of the most exciting experiences a musician could ever experience. The screaming fans, TV shows,...

When Melbourne singer Joan Mifsud began singing in the early 60s, she had everything a good entertainer needed to become successful. She...

Pop singer Donna Gaye (born Vivienne Jarvis on September 18th, 1949), from Five Dock in Sydney, had a fairly brief but eventful career in...

Devil’s Disciple’ is the latest book by Melbourne-based music researcher/writer Paul McHenry. Paul is a leading authority on Australian...