Countdown (Australia)- Molly Meldrum Interviews Sharon O'Neill- October 28, 1984
A segment from the long running Australian music TV series Countdown, which aired on the ABC from 1974-1987. This particular segment aired during the Countdown 10th Anniversary episode which originally aired on October 28, 1984, on the ABC. This clip features an interview of New Zealand singer Sharon O'Neill, conducted by Countdown Talent Co-Ordinator Molly Meldrum. The interview begins with a discussion about John Lennon's assassination, with a Countdown 1980 retrospective featuring the topic having preceeded the interview (and can be viewed at the following link: • Countdown (Australia)- 1980 Retrospective-... ). Molly and Sharon also talk about Sharon's Countdown debut in 1977, and her career to date. Molly and Sharon then lead into New Zealand band Dragon's single 'The Body And The Beat'. To see Molly interview Sharon on Countdown in March 1983, go to the following link: • Countdown (Australia)- Molly Meldrum Inter... Vaxfacts: Sharon O'Neill would later become both a professional and the domestic partner of Dragon's then keyboardist, American Alan Mansfield. Note: This episode, taped from a rebroadcast from the ABC music show ‘rage’, lists this episode on-air and on its playlist website having aired on October 27, 1984. This is incorrect, as that date was a Saturday- the nearest Sunday, Countdown's traditional airing date, was October 28, 1984. Vaxfacts: Countdown first aired on Australian television on Friday November 8, 1974, originally as a 25 minute show at 6:30PM, on the ABC. For the rest of 1974, Countdown would air on a Friday night for 25 minutes from 6:30PM (November 15, 22, 29, December 6), with the two final episodes of the year airing for 55 minutes from 6:00PM (December 20 and 27). Countdown's first episode for 1975 aired at 12:02 AM on March 1, and was the first full-time colour transmission of a television show on Australian television. To view clips from this episode, along with the opening segment featuring Australian singer John Farnham introducing the Australian band Skyhooks, along with a detailed description of the introduction of colour TV in Australia, go to the playlist at the following link: • Countdown First Colour Episode- March 1, 1975
