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Uptight/Happening 70/71/72 Book Documents Australian Music Television Before Countdown

A new 396-page hard-cover book documents Uptight and Happening 70, 71 and 72, preserving a significant period of Australian music television history before Countdown.

Tagged as: 1960s, 1970s, Australian Music Television, Australian TV History, Happening 70, Happening 71, Happening 72, Jeff Phillips, NFSA, Ross D Wyllie, Uptight

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The National Songbook To Honour Australia’s Most Significant Songs

by Paul Cashmere

APRA AMCOS and the National Film and Sound Archive have created The National Songbook, a new annual honour celebrating Australia’s most culturally significant songs.

Tagged as: APRA AMCOS, Ausmusic Month, Australian music, Dean Ormston, Jenny Morris, Meagan Loader, National Film and Sound Archive, NFSA, The National Songbook

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Historic Footage Of The Closing Credits of The Very Last Happening 72 Discovered

by Paul Cashmere

Historic footage of the closing credits of Happening 72, the TV pop show starring Jeff Phillips, has been unveiled by the National Film and Sound Archive in Australia.

Tagged as: 70s, Alison Durban, Australia, Issa Dye, Jeff Phillips, Molly Meldrum, National Film Sound Archive, NFSA, pop

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National Film and Sound Archives Discovers 1972 John Farnham Performance

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s National Film and Sound Archives has added a restored video of a 1972 performance by John Farnham doing Stevie Wonder’s ‘For Once In My Life’ on Happening ’72.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Happening 72, Jeff Phillips, John Farnham, National Film and Sound Archives, NFSA, pop

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