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1967

The definitive psychedelic rock anthem from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, from their 1967 album 'Are You Experienced'.

1970

Written by brothers Idris and Evan Jones, 'The Pushbike Song' was record by The Mixtures and released in 1970 - reaching No.

1981

'Jessie's Girl' by pop-rock singer Rick Springfield was released in 1981, the song became an instant hit, reaching No.

1989

The Hummingbirds in August of 1989 released their single 'Blush', it peaked at No.

1994

In 1994, The Cruel Sea won five ARIA Awards: 'Single of the Year’, 'Song of the Year', 'Album of the Year', 'Best Group' and 'Producer of the Year' for 'The Honeymoon Is Over'.

2000

Written by Neil Murray and originally performed by his Warumpi Band, Christine Anu performed 'My Island Home' at the closing ceremony for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics.

2001

In 2001 Alex Lloyd released his most popular album ‘Watching Angels Mend’, which included hit songs 'Amazing' and 'Green', and went double Platinum. 'Amazing' also hit No.

2005

On 31 October 2005, Powderfinger front man Fanning released his debut solo album entitled ‘Tea & Sympathy’ featuring his single 'Wish You Well'. The album debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIA Albums chart, and spent 58 weeks in the top 50 selling over 350,000 units in the process.

2009

In 2009, 15 years after the band formed, frontman Chris Cheney halted the band’s European tour to return to Australia to collect the prestigious ‘Song of the Year’ award for the multi-platinum smash ‘White Noise’…he jumped on a plane and returned to Germany 2 hours later.

2010

On 27 October 2010 The Church were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in Sydney.

2018

Australian singer-songwriter Ruel won 2018 Breakthrough Artist at the Aria Awards for his EP 'Dazed & Confused' which features hit single 'Younger' that achieved Platinum status in Australia. 'Younger' was written with fellow UMPG published producer M-Phazes.

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