The Waterhole Rocks in Nanango, Queensland | Event

The Waterhole Rocks

Locality: Nanango, Queensland

Phone: +61 474 266 215

Address: Cairns Street 4615 Nanango, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.nanangoshowsociety.net/the-waterhole-rocks

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20.01.2022 CHUCK BERRY - JOHNNY B GOODE (in colour) This date in 1959 saw the release of the The Alan Freed rock and roll film starring Alan Freed as a talent scout search...ing for a future rock and roll star (June 1st 1959). Co-starring in the film are Jimmy Clanton, Sandy Stewart, and Chuck Berry. It also features music performances from Jackie Wilson, Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, Harvey Fuqua The Cadillacs, and The Flamingos. NOTE: I've upscaled and colourised clips from the film including the opening credits that feature Chuck Berry perfroming JOHNNY B GOODE. ----------------------------------------- Hello, and a warm welcome to COLOURING THE PAST. Running the page is a one-man operation. I write and research the articles, and edit the videos which involves several hours of work - upscaling, colourising and tweaking in various software. If you could see fit to make a small donation then it would help me to keep the page running. Thank you and best wishes, Paul Just visit one of the links to donate (all secure connections): PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.com/donate/ JUSTGIVING: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ctp ----------------------------------------- "When radio DJ and promoter Alan Freed announces a competition to find the next rock'n'roll superstar, who he'll name 'Johnny Melody', every teenager in America dreams that he could be the lucky winner. One such hopeful is Johnny (Jimmy Clanton) an orphan with everything Alan Freed is looking for, if only he can get his attention. With a little help from his girlfriend Julie (Sandy Stewart) and Freed's friend and rock legend Chuck Berry, Johnny is determined to see his name up in lights."

19.01.2022 Boom Chicka Boom! It’s probably not a 50’s song but it’s so cute. Hope you enjoy this

16.01.2022 Our 2021 Line up. Long Gone Daddy's, Rock n Roll Boys, Rockin Bodgies, Billy Guy, Jeff Hancox, The Blue Suede Band, RocknRollaBilly's, Old 45's, Arthur Nettlefield, Buddy Love & the Tremors Program will be published at a later date.Our 2021 Line up. Long Gone Daddy's, Rock n Roll Boys, Rockin Bodgies, Billy Guy, Jeff Hancox, The Blue Suede Band, RocknRollaBilly's, Old 45's, Arthur Nettlefield, Buddy Love & the Tremors Program will be published at a later date.

12.01.2022 Yup and it was quite irritating!

11.01.2022 BRIAN HYLAND - ITSY BITSY TEENIE WEENIE YELLOW POLKADOT BIKINI On this date in 1960, BRIAN HYLAND released the single ITSY BITSY TEENIE WEENIE YELLOW POLKADOT B...IKINI (June 4th 1960) NOTE: I've upscaled and colourised this original black and white TV clip of Brian performing the song. The Hyland version of the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, selling a million copies in the US, and was a worldwide hit. This song about a bashful girl in a tiny bikini was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. Vance was inspired after watching his 2-year-old daughter Paula at the beach in her new bikini. Brian Hyland was a 16-year-old High school sophomore at the time of this recording. "Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss had shown this song to a lot of singers but no one wanted to do it," explained Brian. "Kapp (the owner of Brian's record label) thought it was right for me and got really excited about it. It was a number one in America which meant that I could stop riding on the subway and buy some Martin guitars." ----------------------------------------- Hello, and a warm welcome to COLOURING THE PAST. Running the page is a one-man operation. I write and research the articles, and edit the videos which involves several hours of work - upscaling, colourising and tweaking in various software. If you could see fit to make a small donation then it would help me to keep the page running. Thank you and best wishes, Paul Just visit one of the links to donate (all secure connections): PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.com/donate/ JUSTGIVING: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ctp ----------------------------------------- This song was used in two prominent ad campaigns: more recently by Yoplait in a series of commercials showing a woman trying to lose weight in order to fit into her "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," and back in the late-'80s/early-'90s by Van De Kamp's for their line of canned beenie-weenies, but with slightly altered lyrics sung by a group of kids. For most of his adult life, a man named Paul Van Valkenburgh claimed that he wrote this under the name Paul Vance, and that he sold the rights to it when he was young. Even his wife, who he was married to for 40 years, believed him. When Valkenburgh died in 2006, his obituary reported that he wrote the song, and relatives of the real Paul Vance received condolences, only to find out that Vance was very much alive and had the royalty checks to prove that he really did write the song. According to Vance, he has no ill feelings toward Valkenburgh, and claims that the song has made him several million dollars.