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guitar, Kepa Toa on lead guitar, Ricky Witoko on keyboards and sax, and
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Shadracks were a band from Hastings that were formed by Tom Greening in 1964. Abe Phillips joined in 1968 and as a result, the band experienced a boost. The line up then was Abe Phillips on vocals, Tom Greening on drums and vocals, Haromi Greening on vocals, Bill Prentice on tenor sax and rhythm
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The first release on the label was by Mahia
Blackmore. The A side "The Long Road" was written by Lambert & Porter. The B side "Need You" was written By Tony McCarthy, and both sides were produced by him as well. Blackmore would later be part of powerhouse, a band put together in the early 70s by
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Tui Fox aka Tui Hemana was a singer from Hato Paora who performed in both New
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had two singles released on the label, "Trouble In My Life" bw ""The Long Road" and "Melody
Butterfly" bw "Trouble in My Life. He would go on to have a No.1 hit in 1981 with "
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at Joe Brown's Search for Stars. The event was held at the
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in the final heat of the variety competition. Their single "Anybody There" was followed by "Tomorrow's Child".
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was an APRA Silver Scroll nominated song. In 1973, he was involved in a recording session with teenage singer
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107:With Sonny Keepa, he composed "E Te Iwi E".
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