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"It's November 1972 and Australia's reigning King of Pop, Johnny Farnham, is in
a Melbourne television studio performing the Motown classic
For Once in My
Life.
Gathered around him at the end of the song is a who's who of the Australian pop
music scene, including Allison Durbin, Jeff Phillips, Colleen Hewett and Debbie
Byrne, along with soon-to-be famous music reviewer Ian 'Molly' Meldrum.
It was a sad day for the musicians and production crew: Farnham's performance
closed the final episode of
Happening 72, a four-hour Saturday morning pop
music show that aired nationally on what's now known as Network 10.
Despite winning a Logie,
Happening was axed after three seasons, the
producers showing their displeasure by carrying a coffin in the background
during Farnham's finale.
For decades, it was thought no recording of Farnham's performance had survived,
but
Happening's host, Jeff Phillips, recently stumbled on a battered two-inch
reel in his Melbourne home."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
