Which group in 1971 had a top ten hit with the record The Pushbike Song?
The Pushbike Song The Pushbike Song "The Pushbike Song" is a song originally recorded by Australian band The Mixtures and released in 1970. The single was a chart success, reaching numbers one and two in the Australian and UK charts respectively. It has subsequently been covered by various artists. Written by brothers Idris and Evan Jones, "The Pushbike Song" was released in 1970 and reached the top-spot for two weeks in the Australian charts in March 1971. It also proved popular in the UK, reaching the number two spot on 31 January (beaten by George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord"), and number 31 in
The Pushbike Song regular cast member Delvene Delaney Australia's "Young Talent Time" also performed "The Pushbike Song" during one of their episodes in 1986. The Australian children's show "Play School" recorded a version of this song for the album There's A Bear In There, sung by Philip Quast. In 2012 "The Pushbike Song" was used on an advertising campaign for Tooheys 5 Seeds Cloudy Cider. The vocals on that version are purportedly a performance by "gypsy banjo player, Benny 'The Giant' Gogasa" recorded via Skype. This is probably a spoof on the part of the advertising agency, for what appears to be a