• Thorpe AM (29 March 1946 – 28 February 2007) was an English-born Australian singer-songwriter, and record producer. As lead singer of his band Billy Thorpe...
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  • Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs were an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1963. They were active in two incarnations, the first as a beat band from...
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  • Children of the Sun is the third studio album by Australian musician Billy Thorpe, released in 1979. The album spawned the singles "Wrapped in the Chains...
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    Vince Melouney (category Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs members)
    (1964), Vince And Tony's Two (1965), and The Vince Maloney Sect (1966). Billy Thorpe later joined The Aztecs. Melouney assembled the Australian "supergroup"...
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  • emerged in the early 1970s, with bands such as Buffalo, Blackfeather, and Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs pioneering the sound. Later acts such as Rose Tattoo, AC/DC...
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    also played the drums in the heavy metal band W.A.S.P., as well as with Billy Idol. Banali was briefly a touring drummer for Faster Pussycat and Steppenwolf...
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  • co-written by then-Fleetwood Mac member Billy Burnette. The album was chiefly written by Australian star Billy Thorpe who features in the band. Fleetwood...
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  • in the 1970s Australian pub rock scene, particularly as a member of Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs on their No. 8 album, The Hoax Is Over (1971) and Coloured...
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    featured performances by Australian and New Zealand bands including, Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Max Merritt and the Meteors, Chain and Wild Cherries. Various...
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    James Francis Thorpe (Meskwaki: Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold...
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  • Million Dollar Bill (album), the debut album of Australian musician Billy Thorpe "Million Dollar Bill", Whitney Houston song "Million Dollar Bills", by...
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    Earls of Duke (1985–1988), Hot Ice (1986), The Outsiders (1989) and Billy Thorpe Band (2005). He also played with fellow Cold Chisel members, Jimmy Barnes...
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    Year Title Role Notes 1997 Ghost Stories Billy Thorpe Episode: "Personal Demons" 1998 Legacy Hyram Episode: "The Gift" 2000 The $treet Trainee Episode:...
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  • (2) Billy Thorpe Dennis Orcollo (2) 2018 Chris Melling Corey Deuel Francisco Bustamante Francisco Bustamante (3) 2019 Skyler Woodward Billy Thorpe Francisco...
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  • William Thorpe William Homan Thorpe (1902–1986), British ethologist William Walford Thorpe (1869–1932), ethnologist of the Australian Museum Billy Thorpe (1946–2007)...
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  • Million Dollar Bill is the debut album by Australian musician Billy Thorpe, released in 1975. Four singles were released in support of the album: "It's...
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  • disposition of the times in a bold and thunderous fashion". Alongside Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs and Blackfeather, Buffalo pioneered Australia's heavy metal...
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    clavinet. Doley has recorded and/or toured with Jimmy Barnes, Glenn Hughes, Billy Thorpe, Joe Bonamassa and Powderfinger. Doley has issued one album as a solo...
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    Australian artists (Tina Arena, Darren Hayes, Jimmy Little, Johnny O'Keefe, Billy Thorpe and Keith Urban), as well as a "duet" with the deceased Peter Allen....
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  • (1) Stuart Fraser – guitars (5, 11) Tim Pierce – guitars (6, 7, 10) Billy Thorpe – guitars (7), lead vocals (7) Dai Pritchard – guitars (7) Alison Prestwood...
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    manner. AC/DC's influences include the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Billy Thorpe, the Easybeats and Vanda & Young. The impact of Australian pub rock on...
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  • Jorgensen formed the band Astrid & the Asteroids. The group was awarded the Billy Thorpe Scholarship at the 2012 Queensland Music Awards, and later disbanded...
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  • scholar of Anglo-Saxon Billy Thorpe (1946–2007), rock and roll musician Chris Thorpe (born 1970), U.S. Olympic luge athlete Clarence Thorpe (baseball) (1909–1985)...
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  • West America/Elektra) Judy Tenuta They Might Be Giants Third Eye Blind Billy Thorpe Gina Thompson (The Gold Mind/East West America/Elektra) Thrasher Shiver...
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  • 1975, with the advent of pub rock, was typified by early exponents, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Blackfeather, and Buffalo. Internationally, AC/DC started...
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  • both by Dee Dee Sharp. In Australia the dance underwent a revival with Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs' version of "Mashed Potato" in 1964 and in France a song...
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    bandmate Stevie Wright. The All Stars included, Warren Morgan (ex-Chain, Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) on piano and vocals, who co-wrote songs with Young. Other...
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  • The Hoax Is Over (category Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs albums)
    Hoax Is Over is an album by Australian blues-rock band, The Aztecs. Billy Thorpe, the leader of the Aztecs, renewed the band in late 1968. Guitarist Lobby...
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    drums (ex-Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs), Tim Gaze on lead guitar (Tamam Shud, Kahvas Jute, Ariel), and Warren Morgan on piano (Chain, Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs)...
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  • Tony Barber (musician) (category Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs members)
    designer who emigrated to Australia in 1963. He was a member of the band Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs in the 1960s. Subsequently performing as a solo artist,...
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