The Newcastle Song
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| Single by Bob Hudson from the album The Newcastle Song |
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| B-side | "Ventriloquist Love" | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Label | M7 Records | |
| Writer(s) | Bob Hudson | |
"The Newcastle Song" was a 1975 hit for musician and comedian Bob Hudson. It poked fun at the working-class youth culture of the City of Newcastle in NSW. The song was recorded in front of a live audience in 1974.
The basic story-line concerns a young man called Normie who goes out with his mates looking to pick up women in Newcastle's main street, Hunter Street, in their "hot - F.J. Holden". They encounter a young lady and her Hells Angel date outside the "Parthenon Milk Bar". Apparently, the Parthenon Milk Bar survived in Hunter Street into the 1990s as a local business. Bob Hudson later went on to work at the ABC's 2JJ radio station in Sydney as a DJ, after it started broadcasting in 1975.
A 'reply hit' to "The Newcastle Song" called "Rak Off Normie", sung from the woman's point of view, was released by Maureen Elkner later in 1975 and was a top ten hit.
Hudson also wrote Girls in our Town, a more serious look at the position of young women in towns like Newcastle, which was performed by Margret RoadKnight.
The Newcastle song spent 4 weeks at number one in early 1975 in the Australian charts.
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