| January
|
*
The Groop leave for the UK |
| May
|
*
'The Real Thing' by Russell
Morris reaches #1 in Australia, staying in the charts for
23 weeks, while also reaching #1 in Chicago, Houston and New
York |
| June |
*
The Twilights release
'Once upon a Twilight . . .' |
| August
|
*
Billy Thorpe, Jimmy Thompson and Dave McTaggert tour Melbourne
under the name Billy
Thorpe and The Aztecs |
| November |
*
Melbourne's Berties venue changes its decore to pink to help
introduce Adelaide group Zoot whose gimmick is pink clothes
|
December
|
*
Lobby Loyde joins Billy
Thorpe and The Aztecs on lead guitar
* Chain form in Melbourne
|
|
|
*
Tully form in Sydney, from
the remnants of Levi Smith's Clefs |
