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Did you know...
- … that Daddy Cool’s 1971 single "Eagle Rock" was Australian National #1 for a record ten weeks? It was replaced by "Daddy Cool", for which they were named, in Chipmunks style by Drummond (became Little River Band)
- … that the 2008 Hillsong United album The I Heart Revolution: With Hearts as One was released as a USB flash drive containing the MP3 files of the songs, embedded into a rubber wristband?
- ...that in two decades Australian record producer, audio engineer and mixer Tim Whitten has worked with artists including Powderfinger, The Go-Betweens, Hoodoo Gurus, and Augie March?
- ...that Bassinthegrass became a Darwin-only music festival after the 2004 creation of Bassinthedust?
- ...that Hoodoo Gurus frontman Dave Faulkner has described "1000 Miles Away" as one of his "top ten" songs by the band?
- ...that the Playground Weekender Festival is Australia's newest major indie rock music festival?
- ...that Powderfinger's "My Happiness" was their first song to chart in the United States?
- … that Olivia Newton-John made at least 16 appearances on The Go!! Show, an Australian popular music television series which aired between 1964 to 1967, before she found international success?
- … that Powderfinger's "D.A.F." was named after its chord progression, rather than its hook as most songs are?
- … that DJ Pee Wee Ferris was fined $124 000 in damages for illegally using other artist's music on one of his albums?
- … that "Leilani" by the Hoodoo Gurus was first released when the band called themselves "Le Hoodoo Gurus"?
- … that "Here I Am" , the song which the winner of Australian Idol 2007 will release as a single, has been heavily criticised by both finalists?
- … that despite not being released as a single, Powderfinger's "These Days" topped the Triple J Hottest 100 in 1999?
- … that Paul Piticco is the manager for Australian musicians including Bernard Fanning, The Grates, Drag, Powderfinger, and The Predators?
- … that Australian rock band Small Mercies first encountered their producer, Matt Wallace, when he left a message on their MySpace?
- … that Powderfinger's "Living Type" was about Charles Manson's cult victims, not about love or menstruation as had been speculated by some lyrical analysts?
- … that "Pick You Up" was the first Powderfinger song to be nominated for an ARIA Music Awards; the 1996 award for "Song of the Year"?
- … that Transfusion was the first EP by Powderfinger to receive significant commercial airplay, and was their first work to top the ARIA alternative music chart?
- … that Yothu Yindi's most well-known song "Treaty" is from the album Tribal Voice?
- … that the Australian National University's School of Music opened in 1976?
- … that Peter Garrett, former lead singer for rock band Midnight Oil is the current Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage and Arts?
- … that in the 2005 film War of the Worlds, a didgeridoo was used to create sound effects?
- … that Australian pop singer John Farnham has received a total of nineteen ARIA Music Awards?
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