The New Zealand music scene came of age during 1965 with both the inaugural APRA Silver Scroll and Loxene Gold Disc Awards (a forerunner of the NZ Music Awards) held at the end of the year. Although we didn’t get our own official National music chart until early 1966, the seeds were sown in 1965. The Christchurch invasion of Australasia continued from the previous year with recent NZ Music Hall of Fame inductees Ray Columbus & The Invaders, Dinah Lee and Max Merritt & The Meteors once again leading the charge. During the first months of the year both The Rolling Stones and The Kinks toured the country and brought their R&B influences with them. The shows were attended by virtually every wannabe and soon to be musician in the country and their influence saw a rawer edge permeating into our music, as can be heard on this collection alongside a raft of perfect pop recordings encompassing all of the popular genres of the day. 1965 would also see a changing of the guard as a new wave of younger artists made their debuts during the year including Larry’s Rebels, The La De Da’s, The Chicks, Allison Durbin, Sandy Edmonds and Dave Miller. So to sum it up we can take pride in our 1965 music scene...we were doing okay and we were starting to write more of our own music
Tracklisting
- RAY COLUMBUS & THE INVADERS - Till We Kissed
- LARRY’S REBELS - This Empty Place
- DINAH LEE - I’ll Forgive You Then Forget You
- PETER POSA - Gonk
- JEANNIE - The Gonk Beat
- THE CHICKS - The Hucklebuck
- THE INVADERS - The Cruel Sea
- THE NEWSOUNDS - All Night Worker
- THE DALLAS FOUR - Louie Louie
- THE PLEAZERS - Gloria
- HERMA KEIL - Runnin’ Late
- ALLISON DURBIN - Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat
- THE SIERRAS - The Crying Game
- THE FOUR FOURS - Theme From An Empty Coffee Lounge
- ROCHELLE VINSEN - We’re In Love
- CATHY HOWE & THE SIERRAS - He Dosn’t Love Me
- JEANNIE - A Certain Boy
- THE PREMIERS - Top 20 Theme
- DAVE MILLER & THE BYRDS - No Time
- HERMA KEIL - Shrimp Boats
- JOHNNY DEVLIN & THE DEVILS - Won’t You Be My Baby
- TOMMY ADDERLEY - Like Dreamers Do
- TONY & THE INITIALS - Leah
- THE DETOURS - My Girl
- THE SPARTANS - One More Day
- IAN SAXON - I’m Getting Better
- SANDY SNOWDEN & Clarrie Light Combo - Town’s Cry Baby
- BILL & BOYD - Bee Boop
- GARY BAYER - Cactus Hop
- THE SHERATONS - What A Gal
- RICKY MAY - This Little Boy’s Gone Rockin’
- MAX MERRITT & THE METEORS - Zip A Dee Doo Dah
- THE MERSEYMEN - Down The Hall On Saturday Night
- THE LIBRETTOS - Let’s Go
- RAY COLUMBUS & THE INVADERS - C’mon and Swim
- PETER NELSON & THE CASTAWAYS - Down In The Mine
- BARI & THE BREAKAWAYS - I Can’t Explain
- THE LA DE DA’S - Little Girl
- THE FOUR FOURS - You’re My Baby
- TOMMY ADDERLEY - Mr Jinx
- THE PLEAZERS - Last Night
- BRUNO Bruno - Do That Thing
- SANDY SNOWDEN & Clarrie Light Combo - Twin Carb Hot Rod
- ALEX NEILL - Ya Gotta Believe Me
- LEW PRYME - What A Sweet Thing That Was
- HERMA KEIL & THE KEIL ISLES - Teardrops
- GRAY BARTLETT - The Munsters Theme
- THE DALLAS FOUR - Bells Of Rhymney
- THE RAYDERS - I Cry
- THE STRANGERS - Can’t Help Forgiving You
- THE VIGILANTES - And I Love Her
- SANDY EDMONDS - Oh No Not My Baby
- ALLISON DURBIN - Little Girl Go Home
- KEN & JOHN - Travlin’ Guitars
- PETER SINCLAIR & THE PLEASERS - Loverly Loverly
- BRENT BRODIE - I Ain’t Gonna Knock On Your Door
- MAURI CHAN - Rickshaw
- THE CHICKS - Java Jones
- DINAH LEE - That’s It I Quit
- THE KEIL ISLES - In The Hall Of The Mountain King
- THE SIERRAS - Stick With Me Baby
- THE SEAKERS - A Long Long Time
- THE MINUTEMEN - You Told A Lie
- THE GREMLINS - Dontcha
- THE ASTRO BEATS - Jenka Rock
- THE DARK AGES - Tomorrows Gonna Be Another Day