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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Frankie Banali (section With Billy Thorpe)
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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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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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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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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James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic...
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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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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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member Billy Burnette. The album was chiefly written by Australian star Billy Thorpe who features in the band. All tracks written by Billy Thorpe, except...
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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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Efren Reyes, at 59 years old at the time of his victory. The youngest is Billy Thorpe of United States, aged 20 years old at the time. Hill, David (February...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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single "Looking Through a Window", which was written and produced by Billy Thorpe and Warren Morgan of the Aztecs. After adopting Krishna Consciousness...
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Tangier (album) (redirect from Tangier (Billy Thorp album))
Tangier is a studio album by singer Billy Thorpe. Thorpe recorded material for the album between September and November 2006 and was working on the album...
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London. Billy Thorpe (rock musician of Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs): learned judo from a coach of Anton Geesink in Brisbane, Australia. Thorpe used judo...
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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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(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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Spock's Beard from Feel Euphoria East of Eden's Gate, a 1982 album by Billy Thorpe Eden of the East, a 2009 Japanese anime television series Far East of...
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(ex-Max Merritt and the Meteors, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Doug Parkinson in Focus), Vince Melouney on guitar (ex-Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Vince Maloney...
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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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Jeff Phillips Best New Talent – Robin Jolley Best Songwriter – Billy Thorpe (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) Biggest Selling L.P. – Teaser and the Firecat (Cat...
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