This month in Australian Music – September

Australian Musicians born in September

• 1st Sept 1954 – Riccardo “Ric” Formosa
• 2nd Sept 1947 – Ted Mulry – Solo, TMG. Born Martin Mulry in England. Died September 1, 2001.
• 5th Sept 1976 – Ash Grunwald. Born Ashley Groenewald in Melbourne, Australia
• 7th Sept 1963 – Nicky Bomba. Born Nicholas Caruana in Malta
• 9th Sept 1946 – Jim Keays – The Masters Apprentices. Born James Keays in Glasgow, Scotland
• 11th Sept 1953 – Renée Geyer – Born Renée Rebecca Geyer in Melbourne, Australia
• 11th Sept 1978 – Ben Lee – Born Benjamin Michael Lee in Sydney, Australia
• 13th Sept – Lawrie Minson
• 16th Sept 1975 – Shannon Noll. Born in Orange, NSW
• 17th Sept 1956 – Mandawuy Yunupingu. Born Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
• 22nd Sept 1957 – Nick Cave. Born Nicholas Edward Cave
• 24th Sept 1948 – Garth Porter of Sherbet. Born in Hamilton, New Zealand.
• 24th Sept 1983 – Liam Finn. Born Liam Mullane Finn in Melbourne, Australia
• 27th Sept 1953 – Greg Ham – Men At Work

Australian Musicians Passing Away in September

• 1st Sept 2001 – Ted Mulry – Aged 63
• 29th Sept 2003 – Slim Dusty- Aged 76

Number One Singles in Australia in September

• 1970- The Mixtures “In the Summertime”
• 1971 – Drummond “Daddy Cool”
• 1972 – Wayne Newton “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast”, Gary Glitter “Rock and Roll, Part 2”
• 1973 – Helen Reddy “Delta Dawn”, Shirley Bassey “Never Never Never”
• 1974 – Stevie Wright “Evie”, Paper Lace “The Night Chicago Died”
• 1975 – Sweet “Fox on the Run”, Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together”
• 1976 – ABBA “Dancing Queen”
• 1977 – Peter Allen “I Go To Rio”, Carole Bayer Sager “You’re Moving Out Today”
• 1978 – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John “You’re the One That I Want”
• 1979 – The Knack “My Sharona”
• 1980 – Genghis Khan, “Moscow”, Diana Ross “Upside Down”
• 1981 – Devo DEV-O Live (EP), Shakin’ Stevens “You Drive Me Crazy”
• 1982 – Steve Miller Band “Abracadabra”, Survivor “Eye of the Tiger”
• 1983 – Austen Tayshus “Australiana”
• 1984 – Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It”, George Michael “Careless Whisper”
• 1985 – Tina Turner “We Don’t Need Another Hero”, Models “Out of Mind, Out of Sight”, Huey Lewis and the News “The Power of Love”
• 1986 – Madonna “Papa Don’t Preach”, Bananarama “Venus”
• 1987 – Kylie Minogue “The Loco-Motion”, Los Lobos “La Bamba”
• 1988 – Fairground Attraction “Perfect”, Robert Palmer “Simply Irresistible”
• 1989 – Simply Red “If You Don’t Know Me by Now”, Richard Marx “Right Here Waiting”

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