Disco was a huge draw this year in music, however there was also a ton of rock opera and easy listening for people who weren't into shaking their groove thing. While it wasn't the biggest hit of the decade in NZ (at least as far as chart runs go) this lead single from Boney M's… Continue reading NZ hits of 1978
This was when disco was at its peak, despite there being an apparent backlash in America due to its oversaturation. For whatever reason, we Aussies were a bit slow when it came to allowing MJ and the Jackson five back into the spotlight as adults as they were able to achieve massive success in NZ… Continue reading NZ hits of 1979
This was when disco was at its peak, despite there being an apparent backlash in America due to its oversaturation. Unlike in Australia where Billy Joel had some success with his previous efforts, this was the first that the kiwis had heard from him which is likely why it was a bigger success for him… Continue reading NZ albums of 1979
This list will be shorter than my other lists on this site, mainly because I'm only including songs in the last third of the year as these were the songs that A: technically the first to chart in Australia as David Kent only began tracking the charts this year (Go set charts not withstanding) and… Continue reading Hits of 1974 Australia
This will be the earliest year I'll be covering on this site, mainly because A: I don't have much love for music made prior to this year and B: this is where the southern hemisphere began tracking the popular music of their respective countries. This was the second single to be released on Abba's self-titled… Continue reading Australian hits of 1975
This will be the earliest year I'll be covering on this site, mainly because A: I don't have much love for music made prior to this year and B: this is where the southern hemisphere began tracking the popular music of their respective countries. Even though this live album was released in 1972 and thus… Continue reading Australian albums of 1975
This year was where certain artists dominated the mainstream, in Australia they were Abba, Sherbet and the Bay city rollers. Even though this live album was released in 1972 and thus would've otherwise failed to appear on this site as I'm not going that far back in my retrospectives, it was nonetheless popular enough during… Continue reading Australian albums of 1976
This year was where certain artists dominated the mainstream, in Australia they were Abba, Sherbet and the Bay city rollers. This had an impeccable run on the Australian charts back in the day, an impressive fourteen weeks at number one which has only recently been topped by less fondly remembered songs. To think this was… Continue reading Australian hits of 1976
Disco hadn't quite reached its peak yet, however it was a rising star this year along the likes of soft rock and rock operas. This might be a bit of an anomaly for my American readers as this was never released as a single over there for some reason, for everyone else this remains the… Continue reading Australian hits of 1977
Disco hadn't quite reached its peak yet, however it was a rising star this year along the likes of soft rock and rock operas. Were it not for a live album from Neil Diamond from earlier in the decade, this would've been the most successful album of the 70's in Australia, I'm glad it is… Continue reading Australian albums of 1977
Hits of Australia and NZ 