Ringo Starr – “Photograph”, “You’re Sixteen” And “Six O’Clock”

In 1974 while visiting my older brother in Invercargill at the very bottom of New Zealand’s South Island, I bought the Ringo Starr album “Ringo”, featuring the single “Photograph”, which went to No. 1 in America. Another song from the album, also a Number 1 hit in the USA, was “You’re Sixteen”. I also rather […]

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Space Waltz – “Out On The Street” and “Beautiful Boy”

In 1974 Alastair Riddell’s band Space Waltz took New Zealand by storm with “Out On The Street”. The rest of the world, with the exception of Australia, has probably never heard of it. Many considered Alastair to be “New Zealand’s David Bowie”. He certainly cultivated that image. Anyway, that year, Space Waltz were the winners […]

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