She Loves You Too

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12 Girl Group Sensations from Australia!A Girl Called Charlie: Run
Taken from the classic album "A Girl Called Charlie", a record full of heartbreaking and mainly autobiographical pop epics, this self-penned tune features Charlie (last name Bennett dropped early in her career to avoid comparisons to her sister Belinda) playing piano along with her long-standing backing band The Immediates. Surprisingly, "Run" was never released as a single at the time due to public fascination in 1974 for glam-rock which was ruling the airwaves all across Australia. Charlie disappeared from the public eye during the mid-Eighties although rumour has it she is now one of Australia's foremost architects under her married name.
From "A Girl Called Charlie: Run" LP originally released by RCA Victor, Sydney, 1974Kelly Wilson: Love Went Away
The daughter of an American Army Colonel posted to Fremantle in the mid-Eighties, Kelly recorded this song for an independently released single that was a minor cross-over country hit in Western Australia with very few copies ever reaching the Eastern States. By the time the Majors had cottoned onto this amazing talent, Kelly had moved with her parents to the Philippines where she has been singing professionally on the club circuit ever since.
Originally released on 7 inch (JH003) by Blue Volvo Records, Perth, 1987.Amy Livingstone: Living On The Air
Jazz Chanteuse. Star of Stage and Screen. Pop Queen. Even Folk Singer Activist. It's impossible to look at the history of female singers in Australia without mentioning Amy Livingstone at least half a dozen times as her career has spanned over three decades and countless musical styles. In the mid-Seventies, Amy was on top of her craft and this reading of the torch-song classic "Living On The Air' proves it. Unfortunately, a slide down the dark alleyway of hard drugs in the late-Seventies saw Amy's career take a tumble (see the "Blimey! It's Amy" LP for proof) until she rose to the top again in 1982 with the hit disco track "My Heart Took A Beating" and the huge success of the "Heartbeat" album. Amy retired from the music business in 1989 and now runs a family-style hotel in the Blue Mountains.
Originally released on the "Mynah Threads" LP by CBS Records, Melbourne, 1976.Wanda & The Magicians: Hypnotized
What started out as a disco cover band for a 'Roller-Boogie' party in 1978 turned into a very full-time job for this band from Sydney's inner city suburb of Stanmore. While there isn't actually a 'Wanda' in the band, lead vocals are courtesy of Amanda Russell who had to give up her nearly-completed University degree when things started to take off for The Magicians. Most members of the band could be found moonlighting in soul/jazz-fusion band Eons & Eons as they are all very fine and accomplished musicians - percussionist Enrico Ricardo held the post of head of Drum History at the Music Conservatorium in Sydney. And Amanda Russell did go back to university and complete her degree.
Originally released as a single taken from the "Abracadabra" LP (BB99771) by Extreme Records, Sydney, 1980.Starsign: I Want To Have An Affair
Originally recorded in 1993, the release of "I Want To Have An Affair" was delayed for 5 years. White label advance copies distributed to DJ's were seen to encourage irresponsible promiscuity among ecstasy heads at inner-city raves during the safe sex Nineties. In 1997, Blind Records licensed the track from Tragic Flirt Productions and released a shorter version of the controversial song as a double A-sided single. From their hideout in the Sydney suburb of Gladesville, vocalist Starsign and perfectionist writer/guitarist Candle Anderson work together towards the day they will finally blow away the curious audience with their much-anticipated live show. Starsign modestly claim it is too early to set a date yet, but anyone who has seen their rehearsals would beg to differ.
Originally released on 7 inch (Blind 016) by Blind Records, Sydney, 1997.Alex Raye: Please Don't Keep Me Hanging On To You
An ex-patriot of Ireland, Alex has been living in Australia since she was five and been a professional singer since high school. A member of Brisbane rock band The Apostles when she was still a teenager, she got the experience she needed to survive in the tough and heartbreaking Queensland music scene. The influence of her former band shows through on this debut solo single that Alex released in 1989, writing it and producing the song herself and playing all the instruments (except drums). Nowadays, apart from the occasional gigs with her old bandmates from The Apostles, Alex is happiest running the Sunraye Recording Studio in New Farm, Queensland.
Originally released on 7 inch single (GH5416) by Cassandra Records, Brisbane, 1989.The Haystax featuring Jeanette Clark: Hi
During the skinny-tie heyday of new wave music in the late 1970's were a band that took the country tones of Elvis Costello's first album, mixed it with Hank Williams and made a career out of it, even moving to Tamworth from their hometown of Maitland. The Haystax have produced over fifteen albums during their twenty years together (still going strong) and between 1980 and 1983 recorded specifically with the previously unknown C&W singer Jeanette Clark, a former back-up singer for the obscure Wes Tough. The Haystax also recorded a slower version without Jeanette on their "Ranch Holiday" album.
Originally released by The Haystax featuring Jeanette Clark on the "Showgirl" LP (BR3721) by Brumby Recordings/EMI, Tamworth, 1981.June Jones: Don't Let The Sun Melt Into The Sea
June Jones had never taken her unique vocal talent seriously until she won the annual 'Golden Throats' competition at Marrickville RSL in 1986. She was quickly signed to Warners that year although she maintained that her three young children were still her top priority. June has never diverged from the mainstream, saying that she sings songs that she'd "like to hear on the radio". This recording of "Don't Let The Sun Melt Into The Sea" proved that her instincts were right when it went to the top of the charts in 1988, ending up with the honour of being the Most Played Song On Radio that year.
Originally released as a 7 inch single (4509-1) by Warner Bros, Sydney 1988.Millie May & The Dizzy Goldtops: If He Hollers
Little is known about Australia's premier vocal girl group from the mid-Sixties other than that, after only one this one hit single, they relocated to The United States for a ill-fated spell during the last days of the Red Bird label (home of the Shangri-Las) and then abruptly broke up due to 'managerial' (read boyfriend) interference. Millie May stayed on in the US, marrying producer Thom Moon, and had some success as a songwriter for the fledging Buddah Record label while fellow band members Janet Kent and Linda Pringle returned to Australia, never to sing professionally again. Of interest to musicologists and trivia fans alike, "If He Hollers" features members of Sydney's prime garage rockers The Missing Links in the backing band, helping to give the track its unique and tough sound.
Originally released on 7 inch (BF 442) by the Philips label, Sydney, 1966.Starsign: Honey
The other side to the "I Want To Have An Affair" 7 inch shows off singer Starsign's (not her real name) love of Sixties pop music. It's no coincidence that "Honey" follows straight after the Millie May track as Starsign has cited in more than one interview that the much revered girl group is one of her biggest influences...probably because her Aunty Janet was a member of The Dizzy Goldtops back in 1966!
Originally released on 7 inch (Blind 016) by Blind Records, Sydney, 1997.Amy Livingstone: What Have I Got To Lose?
From the very early days of Amy Livingstone's long and productive career, when she started out singing Bacharach/David-style show tunes, is this never-before-heard demo recording for the Parlaphone label from September 1968. Hard to believe now that the label didn't sign her up on the spot and it wasn't until five months later (a long time in a musical career back then!) when she was signed by her manager/husband to the newborn Eclipse label and had her first of many top ten hits released with a song called "Land Me On The Moon".
Previously unreleased. Licensed from Peter Livingstone, Sydney 1998.Stellar: Starstruck
In 1993, a fresh face appeared on the musical landscape here in Australia and a whole new genre was born, now known simply as 'stellarock'. Originally a sound technician for SBS Television, Stellar astounded audiences and critics alike with her bold and original debut album "Night Howls" with its haunting vocals, spacey samples and laidback rhythms laden with multiple effects. "Starstruck", while not one of the many singles lifted off the album, shows the melancholy side to Stellar's vision here in a re-mixed version done by the artist herself especially for this compilation.
Previously unreleased. Original version appears on the "Night Howls" LP (Jun065) by The Luna Label, Sydney 1993.buy She Loves You Too here at Half A Cow or here on iTunes:
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