I love a sunburnt country/A land of sweeping plains so goes the poem ‘My Country’ by Dorothea McKellar. It provides the context for another showcasing of great Australian talent. Billy Field shot into the charts in the early eighties with four hits including ‘You Weren’t In Love With Me’.  Stalwarts Renee Geyer (Say I Love You), Daddy Cool (Come Back Again) and Olivia Newton-John (Let Me Be There) are also featured. One of the first indigenous singers to perform a top five hit was Lionel Rose (I Thank You) who, as well as winning a World Boxing Title, was also named Australian Of The Year. Two songs which improve more and more with age are Moving Pictures‘ inspirational ‘What About Me?’ and 70s Queen Of Pop Colleen Hewett‘s superb ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’.

 

PLAYLIST

* You Weren’t In Love With Me – Billy Field

* Come Back Again – Daddy Cool

* What About Me? – Moving Pictures

* Say I Love You – Renee Geyer

* I Thank You – Lionel Rose

* If You Leave Me Can I Come To? – Mental As Anything

* Wind Beneath My Wings – Colleen Hewett

* Let Me Be There – Olivia Newton-John

* Boppin’ The Blues – Blackfeather

* Hope – Dave Miller Set

* Goosebumps – Christie Allen

* Something About You Baby – Vibrants