50 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN ROCK &
ROLL
Wild "1"
Celebrating the 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF AUSTRALIAN
Rock 'n' Roll
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EXHIBITION
May - July 2008
Wild "1" Exhibition
The Genesis of Australian Rock 'n' Roll
An
exhibition or rare
records and associated Rock 'n' Roll memorabilia.

Celebrating the 50th
anniversary of Wild One,
the first
Australian
home-grown Rock 'n' Roll recording
to enter the Top 40 charts,
reaching Number 26 in Sydney, and spending
eight
weeks in the charts in 1958.
VENUE: The
Western
Australian Museum - Fremantle History, Finnerty
Street, Fremantle.
With
a special talk/presentation

Peter Chapman, a
visitor to the Wild "1" exhibition.
Peter went to Vietnam on the same plane as the concert party which
included Johnny O'Keefe.
Peter is searching for photographs taken with Johnny O'Keefe at the
farewell party before
and on the plane during the trip to Vietnam.
Please contact the museum on 9430 7966 if you can help.

Ken Mitchell in the Wild "1" exhibition after
attending the talk.
Ken played drums with Peter Anderson and the Midnighters, who played
on a Johnny O'Keefe concert in the Capitol Theatre in 1962.
Don
Greer, President of the Rock 'n Roll Record Collectors Club, at the Wild"1" Exhibition.
Don had a beer
with Johnny O'Keefe back stage in Hobart in 1974.
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