"Girls in Our Town" is a song about the life of young women in Newcastle, written by Bob Hudson.[1] He released it on his live album, The Newcastle Song (see the title track, "The Newcastle Song") in 1974.[1]
| "Girls in Our Town" | ||||
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| Song by Margret Roadknight | ||||
| from the album Margret Roadknight | ||||
| B-side | "Captain Jack" | |||
| Written | 1974 | |||
| Released | January 1976 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | The Ritz | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Hudson | |||
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| Margret Roadknight singles chronology | ||||
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In 1976, country music artist, Margret Roadknight covered the song and it reached the top 40 on the Kent Music Report singles chart.[2] It also appeared on her third album, Margret Roadknight, in October of that year.[3][4][5]
According to Rachel Lucas of Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Open the track, "painted a cruel trajectory for teenage girls living in country towns; teenage school drop outs, lonely cashiers and factory workers, with nothing to keep them entertained but vanity and promiscuity."[6] It was subsequently performed by Judy Small.[7]
From October 1993 RoadKnight was a member of an a cappella quartet, Girls in Your Town, with Jarnie Birmingham, Mara Kiek, and Moya Simpson.[8][9]
References
edit- General
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2017. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
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- ^ a b McFarlane, 'Bob Hudson' entry. Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
- ^ McFarlane, 'Margret RoadKnight' entry. Archived from the original Archived 30 September 2004 at the Wayback Machine on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ RoadKnight, Margret (1976), Margret RoadKnight, Infinity, retrieved 26 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia
- ^ "Margret Packs Jazz & Blues Punch". The Age. Fairfax Media. 4 November 1976. p. 44.
- ^ Lucas, Rachel (30 April 2013). "Girls in our Town". Open. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ Obituaries - Stan Rofe, "Margret RoadKnight recently told MILESAGO that it was Stan's support that gave her a hit with her classic single Girls In Our Town in 1975. He liked the song and decided to put it onto low rotation for three weeks, in which time it raced up the charts and made it into the Top 20, which in turn led to further national exposure with an appearance on Countdown." , Australasian Music & Popular Culture 1964-1975:MILESAGO
- ^ "Roadknight's Tilleys fundraiser". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 28 October 1993. p. 11 Section: Good Times. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ Foster, Michael (20 January 1994). "Good Times: The girls in your town are coming to our town soon". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. p. 22. Retrieved 9 September 2015.