Skyhooks - Million Dollar Riff (1975)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1975:

Skyhooks' promo-video for the hit single 'Million Dollar Riff' (November, 1975), taken from the 1976 album 'Straight In A Gay Gay World'.

Band Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Track: Million Dollar Riff
Album: Straight In A Gay Gay World
Composed by: Greg Macainsh
Produced by: Ross Wilson (Daddy Cool -- Mondo Rock vocalist)
Label: Mushroom
Chart Position: # 6 (Australia)
Release Date: December, 1975
Footage Information: Film Clip
Links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhooks
- http://www.skyhooks-music.com/

Line-up:

Greg Macainsh -- Bass
[ Spare Parts (1966-1968) -- Sound Pump (1968) -- Reuben Tice (1969-1970) -- Reuben Tice (1970-1971) -- Claptrap (1971) -- Frame (Claptrap with name change 1971-1973) -- Skyhooks (1973-1980) -- Skyhooks reunions ]

Bob Starkie (aka "Bongo Starr") -- Guitar, Backing Vocals
[ Mary Jane Union -- Skyhooks (1973-1980) -- Skyhooks reunions ]

Graeme "Shirley" Strachan -- Lead Vocals
[ Frame (1972-1973) -- Skyhooks (1973-1978) -- solo artist (1976-1980) -- Skyhooks reunions ]

Imants "Freddie" Strauks (aka "Freddie Kaboodleschnitzer) -- Drums
[ Spare Parts (1966-1968) -- Claptrap (1971) -- Frame (Claptrap with name change 1971-1973) -- Skyhooks (1973-1980) -- The Sports (1980-1982) -- Skyhooks reunions ]

Red Symons -- Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards
[ Scumbag -- Skyhooks (1973-1976) -- solo artist (1977) -- Skyhooks reunions and television work )

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NZOZ NZOZ1975 1975 Australia Mid Seventies 1970's 1970s 70's 70s

Musical Terms: Glam, Rock, Pop, Aussie, Old Australian Band

Category:

Music

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• Skyhooks
• 1975
• Australia
• Mid
• Seventies

[flamethroa]

thanks nzoz .Every time i watch your vids its like getting in a time machine and travelling back to my youth. Ah oz in the 70s .........memories.

[nzoz1975]

@flamethroa to me its like going back to a time before i was born.. thank you!

[sherbetgirl]

Great upload as usual nzoz!

[nzoz1975]

thank you ;)

[KnobRot]

These guys are timeless. Even when I was listening to them as a 10 year old in the mid-70s I knew there was something different about them. For a start, they're actually real musicians - bit of a rarity these days.

[REDINKMUSICGROUP]

my dad talks of seeing them play at frankston high school before they were anybody... he and his friends were so freaked out they tried to fight them.. now he's a massive fan.. how funny.

[elminxo]

take me home to the 70's - Graeme "Shirley" Strachan I miss you

[huypham1996]

I'm 15 years old and can't stand the music on the radio today, instead i'm here listening to songs written almost 30 years before i was born

[uumina]

amazing song. dont make em like that anymore. shirl rip. such a talent. you too red.great rifs 1;40+

[myempathy1]

"Horror Movie" theme at 1:41.

[wangdangdoddle]

@REDINKMUSICGROUP

Your dad is/was a c**t and so are you

[flamethroa]

@daddyknobling "Meanwhile im still thinking" from Little Queenie, Horror movie,Satisfaction, Smoke on the water,Sunshine of your love,Ticket to ride, Gloria, Johnny B Good. Very cleverly put together.

[goldwingman1500]

@flamethroa Sunberry what a hoot make love not war ///??????????????

[aussieokie]

So cool to see this. . .I saw them 2 or 3 times in the 70's including Miami Great Hall and the Playroom on the Gold Coast. Thanks for posting.

[trampismat]

Great 'hooks song ... shirl's voice is brilliant in this song ... terrific stuff!

[changingnames83]

@REDINKMUSICGROUP Typical Frankston thugs.