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Skyhooks were an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1973.^[1]

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ABC Television (Australian TV network)

ABC Television is the general name for the national television services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

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ABC TV (Australian TV channel)

ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network.

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AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in 1973. Skyhooks (band) and AC/DC are ARIA Award winners, ARIA Hall of Fame inductees and musical groups established in 1973.

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Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.

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All My Friends Are Getting Married

"All My Friends Are Getting Married" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in June 1975 as the second and final single from the band's second studio album, Ego Is Not a Dirty Word.

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Allen & Unwin

George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Anzac Day

Anzac Day (Rā Whakamahara ki ngā Hōia o Ahitereiria me Aotearoa or lit) is a national day of remembrance in Australia, New Zealand and Tonga that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".

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APRA AMCOS

APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in Australia and New Zealand.

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ARIA Charts

The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

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ARIA Hall of Fame

Since 1988 the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has inducted artists into its annual ARIA Hall of Fame. Skyhooks (band) and ARIA Hall of Fame are ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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ARIA Music Awards

The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

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ARIA Music Awards of 1992

The Sixth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 6 March 1992 at the World Congress Centre in Melbourne.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.

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Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956.

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Australian Rock Database

The Australian Rock Database was a website with a searchable online database that listed details of Australian rock music artists, albums, bands, producers and record labels.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Blue Jeans (Skyhooks song)

"Blue Jeans" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in August 1976 as the third and final single from the band's third studio album, Straight in a Gay Gay World.

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Bob Hudson (singer)

Robert Hudson (born 1946) is an Australian singer, radio presenter and archaeologist.

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Bob Spencer

Robert F. Spencer (born 5 September 1957) is an Australian rock guitarist.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brenda Holloway

Brenda Holloway (born June 26, 1946) is an American soul singer who was a recording artist for Motown Records during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the hits "Every Little Bit Hurts", "When I'm Gone", and "You've Made Me So Very Happy". The latter, which she co-wrote, was later widely popularized when it became a Top Ten hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears.

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Brisbane

Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.

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Carlton, Victoria

Carlton is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, three kilometres north of the Melbourne central business district within the City of Melbourne local government area.

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Carpentry

Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc.

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Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll.

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Collingwood, Victoria

Collingwood is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3km north-east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Yarra local government area.

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Commercial Radio Australia

Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) is the peak body for the commercial radio broadcasting industry in Australia.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one performer or by several performers.

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Concert

A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience.

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Costume

Costume is the distinctive style of dress and/or makeup of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, occupation, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch—in short, culture.

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Countdown (Australian TV program)

Countdown was a weekly Australian music television program that was broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987. Skyhooks (band) and Countdown (Australian TV program) are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song.

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Cultural cringe

In the fields of cultural studies and social anthropology, cultural cringe is an expression used to refer to an internalized inferiority complex where people dismiss their own culture as inferior (cringe-inducing) when compared to the cultures of other countries.

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Daddy Cool (band)

Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan (bass, vocals), Ross Hannaford (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Ross Wilson (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica) and Gary Young (drums, vocals). Skyhooks (band) and Daddy Cool (band) are ARIA Award winners, ARIA Hall of Fame inductees and musical groups from Melbourne.

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Daryl Braithwaite

Daryl Braithwaite (born 11 January 1949) is an Australian singer. Skyhooks (band) and Daryl Braithwaite are ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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Dave Warner (musician)

David Robert Warner (born 1953) is an Australian rock musician, author and screenwriter.

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Don't You Believe What You've Seen or You've Heard

Don't You Believe What You've Seen or You've Heard is three-disc box set by Australian glam rock band Skyhooks, subtitled '40 Years of 'Hooks Hysteria!'.

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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Earth vs.

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Ego Is Not a Dirty Word

Ego Is Not a Dirty Word is the second studio album released by Australian rock band, Skyhooks, in July 1975.

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Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (song)

"Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in April 1975 as the lead single from the band's second studio album of the same name.

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Eltham, Victoria

Eltham is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km north-east of the Central Business District, located within the Shire of Nillumbik local government area.

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Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop

The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop or Rock and Pop by Australian music journalist Ian McFarlane is a guide to Australian popular music from the 1950s to the late 1990s.

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Every Little Bit Hurts

"Every Little Bit Hurts" was originally a 1964 hit single for Motown soul singer Brenda Holloway, written by Ed Cobb.

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Festival Hall (Melbourne)

Festival Hall is a heritage listed entertainment venue located at 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria.

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Festival Records

Festival Records, later known as Festival Mushroom Records, was an Australian recording and publishing company founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1952 and operated until 2005.

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Finch (Australian band)

Finch was an Australian hard and pub rock band, initially forming as Stillwater in 1972. Skyhooks (band) and Finch (Australian band) are musical groups established in 1973.

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Fitzroy, Victoria

Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Yarra local government area.

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Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; חיים ויץ; born August 25, 1949) is an American musician.

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Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing.

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Greg Macainsh

Gregory John Macainsh (born 30 December 1950) is an Australian former musician and songwriter.

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Guilty Until Proven Insane

Guilty Until Proven Insane is the fourth studio album released by Skyhooks on 13 March 1978.

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Happy Hippy Hut

"Happy Hippy Hut" is a song by Australian group, Skyhooks, released in August 1994 as a double-A sided split single with "The Ballad of Oz" by fellow Australian group, Daddy Cool.

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Hard rock

Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.

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Helpmann Awards

The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001.

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Hey Hey It's Saturday

Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television.

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Hits'n'Riffs

Hits'n'Riffs is a compilation album released in November 2015 by Australian band Skyhooks.

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Hooked on Hooks

"Hooked on Hooks" is a 1982 medley produced from earlier recordings by the Australian band Skyhooks.

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Horror Movie (song)

"Horror Movie" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in December 1974 as the second and final single from the band's debut studio album, Living in the 70's.

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Hot for the Orient

Hot for the Orient is the fifth and final studio album from Australian glam rock band Skyhooks.

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Ian McFarlane

Ian McFarlane (born 1959) is an Australian music journalist, music historian and author, whose best known publication is the Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (1999), which was updated for a second edition in 2017.

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Intelligentsia

The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the intelligentsia consists of scholars, academics, teachers, journalists, and literary writers.

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Jack Douglas (record producer)

Jack Douglas is an American record producer.

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Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.

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Jimmy Barnes

James Dixon Barnes (Swan; born 28 April 1956) is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer. Skyhooks (band) and Jimmy Barnes are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons

Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons are an Australian blues and rock band that features the singer, songwriter and saxophonist Joe Camilleri (aka "Jo Jo Zep"). Skyhooks (band) and Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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John Farnham

John Peter Farnham AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British-born Australian singer. Skyhooks (band) and John Farnham are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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Jukebox in Siberia

"Jukebox in Siberia" is a song by the Australian group, Skyhooks, released in October 1990 as the lead single from the group's compilation album, The Latest and Greatest (November).

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Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway.

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Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music historian David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999.

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Kilcoy, Queensland

Kilcoy is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Kiss (band)

Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals). Skyhooks (band) and Kiss (band) are musical groups established in 1973.

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Leo Sayer

Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer (born 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter who has been active since the early 1970s.

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Let It Rock (Chuck Berry song)

"Let It Rock" is a song written and recorded by rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry.

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List of music recording certifications

Music recording certifications are typically awarded by the worldwide music industry based on the total units sold, streamed, or shipped to retailers.

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Live in the 80's

Live in the 80's is a live album by Australian rock band Skyhooks.

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Live! Be in It

Live! Be in It is the first live album by Australian rock band Skyhooks.

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Liver cancer

Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy, is cancer that starts in the liver.

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Living in the 70's

Living in the 70's is the debut album by Melbourne band Skyhooks.

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Living in the 70's (song)

"Living in the 70's" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Mental As Anything

Mental As Anything are an Australian new wave and pop rock band that formed in Sydney in 1976. Skyhooks (band) and Mental As Anything are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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Mercury Records

Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Michael Gudinski

Michael Solomon Gudinski AM (22 August 1952 – 2 March 2021) was an Australian record executive and promoter who was a leading figure in the Australian music industry. Skyhooks (band) and Michael Gudinski are ARIA Award winners.

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Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar). Skyhooks (band) and Midnight Oil are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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Mighty Kong

Mighty Kong were an Australian 'supergroup' successor to Daddy Cool, which broke up in August 1972. Skyhooks (band) and Mighty Kong are musical groups established in 1973.

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Million Dollar Riff

"Million Dollar Riff" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in November 1975 as the lead single from the band's third studio album, Straight in a Gay Gay World.

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Molly Meldrum

Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM (born 29 January 1943) is an Australian music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur. Skyhooks (band) and Molly Meldrum are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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Mount Archer, Queensland (Somerset Region)

Mount Archer is a mountain and a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne.

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Music of Australia

The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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MusicBrainz

MusicBrainz is a MetaBrainz project that aims to create a collaborative music database that is similar to the freedb project.

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Nambassa

Nambassa was a series of hippie-conceived New Zealand festivals held from 1976 to 1981 on large farms around Waihi and Waikino in the Waikato.

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Name-dropping

Name-dropping (or name-checking) is the practice of naming or alluding to important people or institutions in order to indicate one's association with them.

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National Film and Sound Archive

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting, and providing access to a national collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts.

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National Library of Australia

The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australian people", thus functioning as a national library.

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Noble Park, Victoria

Noble Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Greater Dandenong local government area.

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Norwood Secondary College

Norwood Secondary College is a secondary school located in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, situated in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia and right next to Mullum Primary School.

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Party to End All Parties

"Party to End All Parties" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in April 1977 as the first and only single from the band's first compilation album, The Skyhooks Tapes.

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Peter Starkie

Peter George Starkie (21 August 1948 – 14 September 2020) was an Australian rock musician.

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Phallus

A phallus (phalli or phalluses) is a penis (especially when erect), an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis.

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Phillip Island

Phillip Island (Boonwurrung: Corriong, Worne or Millowl) is an Australian island about south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria.

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Phonogram Inc.

Phonogram Incorporated was started in 1970 as a successor to Philips Phonographic Industries, a unit of the Grammophon-Philips Group (GPG), a joint venture of Philips N.V. of the Netherlands and Siemens A.G. of Germany.

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Pop rock

Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music.

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Pub rock (Australia)

Pub rock is a style of Australian rock and roll that peaked in popularity throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and that continues to influence Australian music into the 21st century.

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Queensland Police Service

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve".

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Recorded Music NZ

Recorded Music NZ (formerly the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell recorded music in New Zealand.

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Red Symons

Redmond Symons (born 13 June 1949) is an Australian musician and television and radio personality.

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Ringwood, Victoria

Ringwood is an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maroondah local government area.

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Rock music

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Rolling Stone Australia

Rolling Stone Australia is the Australian edition of the United States' Rolling Stone magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture, published monthly.

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Ross Wilson (musician)

Ross Andrew Wilson (born 18 November 1947) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and producer. Skyhooks (band) and Ross Wilson (musician) are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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Sherbet (band)

Sherbet (aka Highway or The Sherbs) was one of the most successful Australian rock bands of the 1970s. Skyhooks (band) and Sherbet (band) are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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Shirley Strachan

Graeme Ronald Strachan (pronounced "Strawn") (2 January 195229 August 2001), professionally billed and known as "Shirley" Strachan or Shirl, was an Australian singer, songwriter, radio and television presenter, and carpenter.

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Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938.

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Singles and B sides

Singles and B Sides is a compilation album released in 1994 by Australian band Skyhooks.

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Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.

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Sounds of Australia

The Sounds of Australia, formerly the National Registry of Recorded Sound, is the National Film and Sound Archive's selection of sound recordings which are deemed to have cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance for Australia.

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Split Enz

Split Enz were a New Zealand band formed in 1972. Skyhooks (band) and Split Enz are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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St Ives, New South Wales

St Ives is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia 18 kilometres north of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council.

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St Jude's Church, Carlton

St Jude's Anglican Church is an Australian Anglican parish church in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton.

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Straight in a Gay Gay World

Straight in a Gay Gay World was the third studio album by Australian rock band, Skyhooks.

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Sunbury Pop Festival

Sunbury Pop Festival or Sunbury Rock Festival was an annual Australian rock music festival held on a private farm between Sunbury and Diggers Rest, Victoria, which was staged on the Australia Day (26 January) long weekend from 1972 to 1975.

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Sunnyboys

Sunnyboys were an Australian power pop band formed in Sydney in 1979.

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Surfing

Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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Talent manager

A talent manager (also known as an artist manager, band manager or music manager) is an individual who guides the professional career of artists in the entertainment industry.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854.

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The Australian

The Australian, with its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.

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The Ballad of Oz

"The Ballad of Oz" is a song by the Australian group, Daddy Cool, released in August 1994 as a double-A sided single with "Happy Hippy Hut" by Skyhooks.

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The Best of Skyhooks

The Best of Skyhooks is the second compilation album released in December 1979 by Australian band Skyhooks, following The Skyhooks Tapes in 1977.

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The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band

The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, also known as Soapbox Circus or Matchbox, were an Australian jug band formed in 1969. Skyhooks (band) and The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band are musical groups disestablished in 1980.

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The Church (band)

The Church are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Skyhooks (band) and The Church (band) are ARIA Award winners and ARIA Hall of Fame inductees.

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The Latest and Greatest

The Latest and Greatest is a greatest hits compilation album by Australian rock band Skyhooks.

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The Lost Album (Skyhooks album)

The Lost Album/The Collection is a double-disc album by Australian glam rock band Skyhooks, released in 1999.

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The Skyhooks Tapes

The Skyhooks Tapes is the first compilation album by Australian band Skyhooks, released in September 1977.

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The Sports

The Sports were an Australian rock group which performed and recorded between 1976 and 1981.

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The Tracks of My Tears

"The Tracks of My Tears" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin.

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This Is My City

"This Is My City" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in July 1976 as the second single from the band's third studio album, Straight in a Gay Gay World.

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Triple J

Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian radio station that began broadcasting in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

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TV Week

TV Week is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights, as well as television-related news.

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UK singles chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhooks_(band)

Also known as Skyhooks discography, The Skyhooks.

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