Barry Crocker - Susie Darlin'

Susie Darlin'/Put Your Hand In The Hand

Barry Hugh Crocker OAM (born 4 November 1935, in Geelong, Victoria, Australia) is a popular Australian singer, with a crooning vocal style. In May 1973 he released the album "Music Makes My Day", featuring an updated version of Robin Day's "Susie Darlin" on the Festival label. The recording featured Olivia Newton-John and Pat Carroll on backup vocals and enjoyed chart success, reaching Number 25 in Sydney, Number 7 in Melbourne, Number 3 in Brisbane and Adelaide.
He sang the original recording of the theme song for the Australian soap opera Neighbours.Crocker also has had a semi-successful career as an actor, most notably starring alongside Barry Humphries in the title role of The Adventures of Barry McKenzie and its sequel, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own. The character of Barry McKenzie gave rise to Crocker recording ribald songs such as: "My One Eyed Trouser Snake".

Margaret Urlich - Chameleon Dreams

Human Race/Love Train/Boy in the Moon/Second Best/Chameleon Dreams/It Ain't Easy/Man Overboard/Cover to Cover/Never Be the Same/Burnt Sienna

Margaret Urlich (born in Auckland, New Zealand) is an ARIA Award-winning musician. Urlich came to Sydney, Australia, in 1989 to pursue her singing career. Her debut solo album, Safety in Numbers, was highly successful winning Breakthrough Artist - Album at that years ARIA Awards, as was the follow-up Chameleon Dreams in 1992 which made it to #5 on the Australian Charts.

Kamahl - Faith of Our Fathers

The internationally acclaimed singer Kamahl has recorded a CD of best loved Catholic hymns and songs of inspiration especially for The Catholic Weekly. The 20-track CD, Faith of Our Fathers, includes favourites both old and new and will not only entertain and inspire listeners; sales of the album will assist the needy through the St Vincent de Paul Society. Kamahl regards the CD as one of the highlights of his 40-year-plus recording and stage career. The album includes hymns such as Faith of Our Fathers, Soul of My Saviour, Hail, Queen of Heaven, Panis Angelicus, Ave Maria, On Eagles’ Wings, Prayer of St Francis, Christ be Our Light and Sweet Sacrament Divine. The singer became involved with The Catholic Weekly after he performed at the paper’s Big Variety Show at the Sydney Town Hall last year in aid of Vinnies’ Christmas Appeal. After discussions with editor Kerry Myers and marketing manager Trevor Kenneally, Kamahl agreed to record an album of traditional Catholic hymns, some of which are rarely heard in our churches today. The multi-award winning entertainer became more and more enthusiastic as the project developed and regards his renditions of these popular devotional pieces as some of his best work. “After singing about love and romance for more than 40 years I relished the chance to record these beautiful hymns and songs of faith and inspiration,” he said. “I am very happy with the outcome and I hope I have done justice to the beautiful sentiments expressed in these hymns.” The CD will be on sale in time for Christmas at St Vincent de Paul Society stores throughout the State. It is also available through The Catholic Weekly and its online gift shop www.catholicgiftshop.com.au CW editor Kerry Myers said he was delighted that a singer of the calibre of Kamahl had agreed to record the album. “Faith of Our Fathers is a rare compilation of hymns and songs of inspiration that will appeal to everyone – young and old,” he said. “Each of us will have a favourite track that will be worth the price of the whole CD, so the collection itself is a treasure indeed. “I would like you to do what he asked of me before we released the album – just listen! That’s all you have to do to appreciate this beautiful collection from one of Australia’s greatest entertainers.” The acting president of Vinnies, Raymond James, said the CD will make an ideal Christmas gift, and proceeds will aid the society's Christmas Appeal. “Please know that while you have soul-quenching music by Kamahl, one of Australia’s best-loved entertainers in your home, you will also be supporting marginalised, excluded and disadvantaged individuals and families across Australia,” Mr James said. The CD is to be officially launched by Bishop David Cremin at the Lewisham headquarters of the St Vincent de Paul Society on December 7, at which Kamahl will perform. Bishop Cremin said he was pleased to commend Kamahl and The Catholic Weekly for the CD, praising the recordings as “heartfelt renditions by one of the most remarkable voices of the internationalstage”. “The hymns will not only add a touch of nostalgia for many but aid in the fostering of our devotions,” he said. “I pray, too, that the sale of the CD will further assist the work of the St Vincent de Paul Society.”

Bob Downe - I Will Survive

Bob Downe, one of Australia's most loved and enduring comedy characters, is the creation of broadcaster and entertainer Mark Trevorrow.
Born in Melbourne, Mark started his working life at 17 as a copyboy with The Sun News-Pictorial, before co-founding cabaret comedy group The Globos, who released two Australian Top 20 hit singles, Tintarella di Luna (1982) and The Beat Goes On (1983). In 1984 he formed a comedy duo with Cathy Armstrong, in which Bob Downe was born.
In January 1987 Mark Treverrow went solo with the character at Sydney's Harold Park Hotel. In 1988 he took Bob to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where he was a huge and instant success. Bob Downe played throughout the 1990s to ever larger British audiences, with Mark in perpetual commute between London and Sydney, touring nationally in both countries. With a multitude of UK TV credits under his beige belt, Bob made his twelfth Edinburgh Fringe appearance in 2002.
Back in Australia, the first Bob Downe album, Greatest Hits, was released in Australia in 1996, with 1997's Jazzy! nominated for a Best Comedy Album ARIA music award. 1998 saw the Australian publication of his first book, "All Bob Downe!" on Penguin publishing and he hosted the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade broadcast for Network Ten. In 1999 and 2000, Bob again hosted the Mardi Gras Parade, a consistent ratings winner for Network Ten.

Andy Gibb - Flowing Rivers

I Just Want to Be Your Everything/Words and Music/Dance to the Light of the Morning/Too Many Looks in Your Eyes/Starlight/
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water/
Flowing Rivers/Come Home for the Winter/Let It Be Me/ In the End




Flowing Rivers is the first album by Bee Gees youngest sibling Andy Gibb. It was released in 1977
Born Andrew Roy Gibb in Manchester, England, Andy emigrated with his family to Australia six months after his birth. They settled in Cribb Island, adjacent to Redcliffe, north of Brisbane. After moving around Brisbane and then Sydney many times Gibb just eight years old returned to the UK in January 1967 with his family when The Bee Gees sought international fame. Andy began playing at tourist clubs around Spain's coastal Island of Ibiza, and later on the Isle of Man. At the urging of his brother Barry, Andy returned to Australia in 1974. Barry's prompting was based on his belief Australia had been a great training ground for The Bee Gees and would also help his youngest brother.
Andy Gibb's first single was "Words and Music" on the ATA label, owned by Joye. The single backed by another Andy Gibb composition "Westfield Mansions" would eventually reach Top Twenty on the Sydney music charts in 1976. Then Gibb joined the band Zenta and supported international artists Sweet and the Bay City Rollers on the Sydney leg of their Australian tours. Andy soon moved to Miami Beach, Florida to begin working on songs with his brother Barry, and co-producers Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson.In the United States, Andy became the first male solo artist to chart three consecutive Number One singles on the Billboard Hot 100. In July 1977, he had his first major hit, "I Just Want to Be Your Everything", a song written by his brother Barry, just as his first album Flowing Rivers broke into the US Top 20, on its way to selling over a million copies. The album's second single "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" broke in early 1978.

Merril Bainbridge - Mouth (Single)

Mouth/Being Boring/Song For Neen/Mouth (Off The Track Mix)

Merril Bainbridge (born June 2, 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian pop music singer and songwriter. Her debut was in 1994 with the single, "Mouth", which peaked at number-one for six consecutive weeks in Australia and became a top five hit in the United States