Australian Music Stars of the 60s (4, 4)

The second wave of Australian rock is said to have begun in about 1964, and followed directly on the impact of The Beatles. In the immediate wake of The Beatles momentous Australian tour, many local groups that had formerly played guitarbased instrumental music recruited singers and took up the new beat style. Some of the bestknown and most popular acts in this period were Billy Thorpe the Aztecs and Ray Brown The Whispers, The Easybeats, The Bee Gees, The Masters Apprentices, The Twilights, The br, br,