Great Kiwi Songs
100 great New Zealand songs from 1960 to 1990
Macnaughtan’s Discography of NZ Music 1960-1990
Bruce Sergent’s NZ Music of the 60s, 70s and 80s
APRA Top 10 NZ songs
1. Nature (1969) Wayne Mason – Fourmyula
2. Don’t dream it’s over (1986) Neil Finn – Crowded House
3. Loyal (1987) Dave Dobbyn
4. Counting the beat (1981) Phil Judd, Mark Hough, Wayne Stevens – The Swingers
5. Six months in a leaky boat (1982) Tim Finn – Split Enz
6. Sway (1997) Bic Runga
7. Slice of heaven (1986) Dave Dobbyn
8. Victoria (1982) Jordan Luck – Dance Exponents
9. She speeds (1987) Shayne Carter – Straitjacket Fits
10. April sun in Cuba (1977) Paul Hewson, Mark Hunter – Dragon
PsychList’s New Zealand singles list 1966-1972
1958-1980s Peter Cape Taumarunui on the main trunk line
1958-1990s Peter Cape Down the hall on a Saturday night
1963-1990s Peter Cape She’ll be right
1964 Ray Columbus and the Invaders She’s a mod
1964 Dinah Lee Do the bluebeat
1965 Librettos Let’s go!
1965 Pleazers Gloria
1966 Avengers Days of Pearly Spencer
1966 John Grenell I’ve been everywhere man
1966 La De Das How is the air up there?
1966 Larry’s Rebels I feel good
1967 La De Das Hey baby
1967 Underdogs Sittin’ in the rain
1967 Larry’s Rebels Painter man
1968 Fourmyula Alice is there
1968 Fourmyula Come with me
1968 The Shevelles Beat the clock
1968 Hi Revving Tongues Tropic of Capricorn
1968 Simple Image Spinning, spinning, spinning
1968 Avengers Love hate revenge
1969 Fourmyula Nature
1969 Hi Revving Tongues Rain and tears
1969 Larry’s Rebels Mo Reen
1970 Fourmyula Otaki
1970 Quincy Conserve Ride the rain
1971 Quincy Conserve Aire of good feeling
1971 Quincy Conserve All right in the city
1971 Quincy Conserve Somebody stole my thunder
1972 Blerta Dance all around the world
1972 Shona Laing 1905
1972 Headband Good morning Mr. Rock and Roll
1973 John Hanlon Damn the dam
1974 JD Blackfoot Song of Crazy Horse
1974 Space Waltz Out on the street
1976 John Clarke Gumboot song
1976 John Clarke We don’t know how lucky we are (mate)
1977 Hello Sailor Gutter black
1977 Hello Sailor Blue lady
1977 Schtung They sleep early in Cologne
1977 Split Enz Another great divide
1978 Citizen Band The ladder song
1978 Dragon April sun in Cuba
1978 Dragon Are you old enough?
1978 Th’ Dudes Be mine tonight
1978 Suburban Reptiles Saturday night: stay at home
1979 Bill Lake Texas revenge
1979 Split Enz I see red
1979 Toy Love Rebel
1979 Toy Love Squeeze
1979 Wide Mouthed Frogs Some day
1979 Th’ Dudes Walking in light
1980 Coup d’Etat Doctor I like your medicine
1980 Crocodiles New girl on the beat
1980 Crocodiles Tears
1980 Dave Dobbyn Lipstick power
1980 Split Enz I got you
1980 Split Enz I hope I never
1980 Split Enz Poor boy
1980 Swingers One good reason
1981 Blam Blam Blam Don’t fight it Marsha
1981 Blam Blam Blam There is no depression in New Zealand
1981 The Clean Anything could happen
1981 The Clean Tally ho!
1981 Graham Brazier Billy Bold
1981 Screaming Meemees See me go
1981 Split Enz History never repeats
1981 Split Enz One step ahead
1981 Swingers Counting the beat
1982 Body Electric Pulsing
1982 Dance Exponents Victoria
1982 DD Smash Outlook for Thursday
1982 Graham Wilson The day the pub burned down
1982 Herbs French letter
1982 Hulamen Barking up the wrong tree
1982 Hulamen Working for a living
1982 Miltown Stowaways Strong and true
1982 Screaming Meemees Stars in my eyes
1982 Split Enz Six months in a leaky boat
1983 Martin Curtis By the dry Cardrona
1983 Marginal Era This heaven
1983 Coconut Rough Sierra Leone
1983 Diatribe Dangerous game
1982 Martin Curtis Gin and raspberry
1983 Naked Spots Dance The dance
1983 Neighbours Love is never cruel
1983 Neighbours Watching westerns
1983 Netherworld Dancing Toys The trusted ones
1983 Pelicans Banana dominion
1983 Pelicans Curiosity
1983 Sonya Waters No pain
1983 Split Enz Message to my girl
1984 DD Smash Whaling
1984 Economic Wizards Pakuranga girl
1984 Mockers Swear it’s true
1984 Chills Pink frost
1985 Free Radicals Summer rain
1985 Peking Man Room that echoes
1986 Chills Love my leather jacket
1986 Dave Dobbyn Slice of heaven
1986 Herbs Sensitive to a smile
1986 Phil Garland Hunger in the air
1986 Crowded House Don’t dream it’s over
1987 Shona Laing Glad I’m not a Kennedy
1987 Shona Laing Soviet snow
1987 Crowded House Something so strong
1988 Dave Dobbyn Loyal
1991 Crowded House Weather with you
