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New Dream were an Australian pop music group formed in 1967 as The Dream when founding mainstays Jenny Johnston on organ and Alex Kadell on lead vocals joined with latter day members of the Final Four. The Dream's repertoire shifted to bubblegum pop and they changed their name in March 1969. Their most popular single, "Soft Delights", peaked at No. 21 on the Go-Set national top 40. They released a sole album, New Dream, in 1973 however they had disbanded late in the previous year. They briefly reformed in 1974 before breaking up again.
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- 1 2 Holmgren, Magnus. "Kids in the Kitchen". Australian Rock Database. Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ↑ "'Glad to Be Alive' at APRA search engine". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 11 September 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
- ↑ Kent, David. "Australian Music Report No 677 – 13 July 1987 > Singles: New Releases". Australian Music Report . Retrieved 11 September 2020– via Imgur.com.
- ↑ "Craig Harnath | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ↑ McFarlane, Ian (2017). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Chocolate Starfish'". The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) (2nd ed.). Gisborne, VIC: Third Stone Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-9953856-0-3.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Craig Harnath - IMDb, Craig Harnath on the Internet Movie Database.
