Walking down the street one day in Melbourne in the early part of 1957, Hillbilly singer/guitarist Tony Lee bumped into an old friend. His friend was not feeling well at the time, and he asked Tony if he would fill in for him in a rock’n’roll band he was to play in that night. Tony had never played in a rock’n’roll band before, but he was willing to give it a go. Tony never saw his friend again and he became part of one of Melbourne’s first rock’n’roll bands. His musical jour

The old saying, “If you remember the ‘60s, you weren’t there” does not apply to drummer Bill Flemming. Bill does admit that he does get confused about dates, but he has a clear memory of the people, events and the places he played going back over 60 years. Bill was the session drummer of choice for all the major record producers in Sydney throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s and he played on countless radio jingles. Bill also backed and toured with the top entertainers of the day in

After the Rolling Stones tour Bill returned to the pub in Manly playing with the Questions. All the members in the Questions were...

Mid-way through 1966 Ivan Dayman, owner of Sunshine Records employed former rock’n’roller Lonnie Lee to start a new record label. Lee was...