Australian country music international hit "Armstrong", a tribute to the historic 1969 moon landing by American astronaut Neil Armstrong is now included in a time capsule at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Ted Egan (AM) began recording in 1969 and has released 28 albums, mostly themed around outback life, history and Aboriginal affairs. Eric Bogle's 1972 folk lament to the Gallipoli campaign "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" recalled the Celtic origins of Australian folk-country. Singer-songwriter John Williamson, (OAM) began to build his reputation as an iconic Australian entertainer with his 1970 performance of his first song "Old Man Emu" on
Walking on the Moon Walking on the Moon "Walking on the Moon" is a song by English rock band The Police, released as the second single from their second studio album, "Reggatta de Blanc" (1979). The song was written by the band's lead vocalist and bassist Sting when he was drunk. It went on to become the band's second number one hit in the UK. Sting said that he wrote the song when he was drunk one night after a concert in Munich. That following morning, he remembered the song and wrote it down. In his autobiography, Sting implies that the song was partially