![]() This year alone pop acts such as Five Seconds of Summer, Sia and Iggy Azalea have enjoyed great international chart success. Today its reach is greater than at any point in history. Success as a performer didn’t have to be restricted to Australia.Īustralian music has had a huge impact on the world since 1964. Post-Beatles, Australian rock and pop took a turn, looking inward to the Australian way of life but also viewing the world at large. ![]() In the 1950s and early 60s Australia had embraced American rock ’n’ roll and developed a version of it through surf music and rockers such as Col Joye and Johnny O’Keefe. The huge crowds that turned out to welcome the Beatles (300,000 in Adelaide) signalled a new dawn for our pop culture.
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