Neil’s Top 30 Australian Songs In this countdown, Neil selects his favourite Aussie classics … how many of these would you include in your list? The Real Thing – Russell Morris Flame Trees – Cold Chisel Because I Love You – Masters Apprentices Are You Old Enough – Dragon Let Go – Brian Cadd Khe Sanh – Cold Chisel Kings … Read More

Neil’s Top 30 Elvis Songs In this countdown, Neil selects his favourite songs from the King himself, Elvis Presley. How many of these would you include in your list? The Wonder Of You Suspicious Minds In The Ghetto Can’t Help Falling In Love It’s Now Or Never Burning Love How Great Thou Art Are You Lonesome Tonight My Way Kentucky … Read More

Neil’s Top 30 Songs That Didn’t Make The Australian Top 40 The national charts are an interesting creature. While, these days, the charts are much more the domain of marketing companies than record shops, back in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, the charts were managed on a state-by-state basis which meant that some songs made it to each of … Read More

Neil’s Top 30 Songs with a Girl’s Name In The Title In this countdown, Neil selects his favourite songs that contain a girl’s name in the song title … how many of these would you include in your list? Evie – Stevie Wright Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – The Beatles Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond Romeo and Juliet … Read More

Neil’s Top 30 One Hit Wonders In this countdown, Neil selects his favourite one hit wonders but before we get started let’s understand the criteria: The song will typically have to have charted nationally or, in the case of a song that didn’t chart, it will need to have been really, really well-known. Our charts as alway come from the … Read More

Neil’s Top 30 Songs With A Location In Their Title This time, we feature songs that have a location in their title – it must be in the title and not just in the lyrics of the song. That said, it does raise the question – what is counted as a location? Here are some ground rules for ineligibility: The … Read More

Neil’s Top 30 Songs of the 1980s The 1980s – the decade fashion forgot! But how good was the music! From Rupert Holmes with Escape (The Pina Colada Song) through to The B52’s inviting us to their Love Shack, there were over 2150 singles that charted in Australia during the 1980s. In this countdown, Neil selects his favourite songs of … Read More

Neil’s Top 30 Songs of The 1970s As we turned the corner into a new decade, we saw more changes in the music industry with Australian artists like Spectrum, Daddy Cool, Madder Lake, Russell Morris and Brian Cadd coming to the fore. And music wasn’t the only thing changing – fashion moved from the hippie style of the late 1960s, … Read More

Neil’s Top 30 Songs of The 1960s Arguably the decade that saw the most change in the world of music. On 1 January 1960, Joey’s Song by Bill Haley and The Comets was sitting at number one. By 31 December 1969, the evolution had happened and Elvis was sitting there with Suspicious Minds. In this countdown, Neil selects his favourite … Read More