Countdown (1974)
Season 3
TV-PG
Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987.
Where to Watch Season 3
1 Episode
- 12th December 1976
E5112th December 1976Show compered by Daryl Braithwaite, assisted by Molly Meldrum (without hat), and nearly always surrounded by studio guests including John Paul Young, Ol'55, and other members of Sherbet. Interviews with those mentioned previously as well as Rockwell T. Jones and Sherbet presented with 'golden gull' award from the manager of (newly formed) radio station 3MP which is trying to promote (successfully) Australian talent. Current top ten hits discussed but not mentioned specifically with the exception of the current number 1 hit 'Money Money Money' by ABBA which was played out totally in the closing sequence with credits. Countdown clip: Sherbet 'I'll Be Gone' AC/DC 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' Rockwell T. James 'Roxanne' Supernaut 'Too Hot To Touch' Ol'55 'Little Saint Nick' Marcia Hines 'Until Your Love Broke Through' Live Clips: Sherbet 'You've Got The Gun' John Paul Young 'Keep On Smiling' Shirley 'Every Little Bit Hurts' Sherbet 'Rock Me Gently' Overseas film clips: Fleetwood Mac 'Rhiannon' ABBA 'Money Money Money' Local Clips: Ted Mulry Gang 'Jamaica Rum'