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 episode which originally aired on November 2, 1980, on the ABC.
This clip features the guest host of that episode, Australian saxophonist Wilbur Wilde, of the band Jo Jo Zep And The Falcons, and former Skyhooks guitarist Red Symons.
This clip features Wilbur and Red leading into Australian band Paul Kelly and the Dots’ single ‘Billy Baxter’.
Vaxfacts: Within a decade of this segment, Wilbur and Red, along with Countdown Talent Co-Ordinator Molly Meldrum would appear weekly on Australian live variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday on the Nine Network, with Wilbur and Red the lead instrumentalists of the Hey Hey band.
This clip followed the film clip to American-born Australian singer Joe Dolce's single 'Shaddap You Face'. Red asks the audience if they know who the piano accordion player in the background is. It turns out to be none other than Countdown Talent Co-Ordinator Molly Meldrum's brother Robert. In the film clip filmed on Countdown, Molly himself plays the piano accordion.
