AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CHARTS – COMPILED BY NOSTALGIA RADIO As played on Australian radio stations TOP 60 SONGS 1960-1969 TOP 60 SONGS 1970-1979 1: Hey Jude - Beatles 1: Fernando - ABBA 2: Que sera sera / Shakin’ all over - Normie Rowe 2: Mama mia - ABBA 3: Are you lonesome tonight - Elvis Presley 3: My sweet Lord / Isn’t it a pity - George Harrison 4: We can work it out / Daytripper - Beatles 4: Tie a yellow ribbon ‘round the old oak tree - Dawn 5: These boots are made for walking - Nancy Sinatra 5: Farewell aunty Jack - Grahame Bond 6: Last waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck 6: Mull of Kintyre / Girls school - Wings 7: It’s now or never - Elvis Presley 7: Dancing Queen - ABBA 8: I saw her standing there / Love me do - Beatles 8: If you leave me now - Chicago 9: Snoopy Vs the Red Baron - Royal Guardsmen 9: I just want to be your everything - Andy Gibb 10: Star crossed lovers - Neil Sedaka 10: In the summertime - Mungo Jerry 11: Runaway - Del Shannon 11: You’re so vain - Carly Simon 12: Lonely bull - Tijuana Brass 12: Hey Paula - Ernie Sigley & Denise Drysdale 13: I feel fine / She’s a woman - Beatles 13: Lay your love on me - Racey 14: Friday on my mind / Made my bed - Easybeats 14: Knock knock, who’s there? - Mary Hopkin 15: Yellow submarine / Eleanor Rigby - Beatles 15: Monster mash - Bobby Pickett and the Crypt Kickers 16: This is my song - Petula Clark 16: Season in the sun - Terry Jacks 17: Sadie, the cleaning lady - Johnny Farnham 17: Sugar baby love - Rubettes 18: Love is blue - Paul Mauriat 18: Rivers of Babylon - Boney M 19: Macarthur Park - Richard Harris 19: Rose garden - Lyn Anderson 20: Where do you go to, my lovely? - Peter Sarstedt 20: Ben - Michael Jackson 21: Little boy lost - Johnny Ashcroft 21: Billy, don’t be a hero - Paper Lace 22: Wooden heart - Elvis Presley 22: Night Chicago died - Paper Lace 23: I’m counting on you - Johnny O’Keefe 23: Fox on the run - Sweet 24: I want to hold your hand - Beatles 24: Dance little lady, dance - Tina Charles 25: Strangers in the night - Frank Sinatra 25: Three times a lady - Commodores 26: All my loving - Beatles 26: Y.M.C.A. - Village People 27: Step back - Johnny Young and Kompany 27: Video killed the radio star - Buggles 28: This guy’s in love with you - Herb Alpert 28: Love is a beautiful song - Dave Mills 29: Ob-la-di, ob-la-da - Beatles 29: Imagine - John Lennon 30: Honky tonk woman - Rolling Stones 30: Newcastle song - Bob Hudson 31: I’m gonna knock on your door - Eddie Hodges 31: Happy birthday baby - Tony Christie 32: My boomerang won’t come back - Charlie Drake 32: Way you do it - Pussyfoot 33: Can’t help falling in love - Elvis Presley 33: Stayin’ alive - Bee Gees 34: I’ve been everywhere - Lucky Starr 34: I can’t stand the rain - Eruption & Precious Wilson 35: Boys - Shadows 35: Pop muzik - M 36: Pipeline - Chantays 36: Some girls - Racey 37: Tamoure - Bill Justis 37: My Sharona - Knack 38: You’re my world - Cilla Black 38: Born to be alive - Patrick Hernandez 39: A hard days night - Beatles 39: Yellow river - Jigsaw 40: Mrs Brown, you’ve got a lovely daughter - Hermans’ 40: My little angel - William Shakespeare Hermits 41: Santa never made it into Darwin - Bill & Boyd 41: Itchycoo park - Small Faces 42: Emotion - Samantha Sang 42: Honey - Bobby Goldsboro 43: C’mon Aussie, c’mon - Mojo Singers 43: Good luck charm - Elvis Presley 44: He ain’t heavy; he’s my brother - Hollies 44: Crying in the chapel - Elvis Presley 45: American pie - Don McLean 45: Carnival is over - Seekers 46: Popcorn - Hot Butter 46: Travelling man / Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson 47: Happiest girl in the whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo 47: Working for the man - Roy Orbison 48: Last farewell - Roger Whittaker 48: Save the last dance for me - Drifters 49: And I love you so - Perry Como 49: Unicorn - Irish Rovers 50: Money, money, money - ABBA 50: I’ll never find another you - Seekers 51: Let it be - Beatles 51: Just a closer walk with Thee - Jimmie Rogers 52: Eagle rock - Daddy Cool 52: Lady Godiva - Peter and Gordon 53: Puppy love - Donny Osmond 53: A Scottish soldier - Andy Stewart 54: My coo ca choo - Alvin Stardust 54: Something stupid - Nancy and Frank Sinatra 55: Don’t cry for me Argentina - Julie Covington 55: Those were the days - Mary Hopkin 56: You’re the one that I want - John Travolta & Olivia 56: Hey Paula - Paul and Paula Newton-John 57: Real thing - Russell Morris 57: (They long to be) close to you - Carpenters 58: I should have known better - Beatles 58: Never, never, never - Shirley Bassey 59: She loves you - Beatles 59: January - Pilot 60: Boom boom baby - Crash Craddock 60: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

From the book “Australian Radio History” by Bruce Carty Ph.D. - ([email protected])