Australian music icon Frank Ifield dies aged 86

Australian music icon Frank Ifield dies aged 86

How big was Frank Ifield? At one point the Beatles played as his support act.

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New rule could force superstars like Taylor Swift to promote Aussie musicians

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‘It helps to have rich parents’:How to stop music becoming a pastime for the privileged

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