Popular Music
Brisbane is featured in the song It’s Hot in Brisbane but it’s Coolangatta, recorded in 1953 by Gwen Ryan, Claude Carnell’s Orchestra and additional vocals from Doug Roughton’s Hokey Pokey Club.
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