| January
|
*
Odyssey Pop Festival held in Wallacia, with Daddy Cool on the
bill
* Spectrum have a
#1 hit with 'I'll be Gone' |
| February |
*
Axiom return to England
* Wendy Saddington leaves Copperwine |
| March
|
*
Axiom split up, after being
one of the first Australian bands to record a colour film clip,
in London |
| May |
*
Daddy Cool release
'Eagle Rock' which reaches #1 nationally (June), and becomes
the best selling Australian single for the year |
| July |
*
Daddy Cool release
their debut album, 'Daddy Who? Daddy Cool!' |
| August |
*
Daddy Cool tour
the USA
* Warren Morgan leaves Billy
Thorpe and The Aztecs
* Concert for Bangladesh, organised by George Harrison, held
in New York |
| September
|
*
Chain release 'Toward the
Blues' but split up in October |
| October
|
*
Spectrum develop a
split personality, launching Indelible Murtceps |
| December
|
*
Billy Thorpe and
the Aztecs release 'Aztecs Live' recorded at a June concert
at Melbourne Town Hall |
| |
*
Billy Thorpe
arrested for saying 'fuck' onstage in Sydney
* McDonalds opens its first Australian store in Yagoona, Sydney |
