Bang a Gong has won a national award for its “commitment, expertise and innovation” as a music resource.
The website and its associated social media, which began in August 2020, has been named Best Online 60s & 70s Music Resource in APAC Insider’s eighth annual Australian Enterprise Awards.
The awards by APAC Insider magazine celebrate a diverse collection of businesses and individuals that “truly demonstrate a pristine level of service across Australia,” according to Awards Coordinator, Kaven Cooper.
“Influencing those around them, as well as the rest of the world, our award winners are persistently improving customer satisfaction rates, their specialised offerings, and the corporate landscape in Australia as a whole,” Kaven said.
During the pandemic, when people were turning to the internet for entertainment during lockdowns, Australian radio personality Greg Allen quickly found an appreciative audience among fans of ’60s and ’70s music. Borrowing its name from Marc Bolan and T. Rex’s 1971 hit song ‘Get in On, Bang a Gong’, the site highlights more than 1200 songs, with video clips, single and album chart statistics, song and artist details, and curated Spotify playlists.
While the ‘60s and ‘70s remains Bang a Gong’s primary focus, the website and its two Facebook pages also include songs from surrounding decades.
While Bang a Gong has a large fanbase in Australia, its Facebook stats also reveal a large following in countries including the USA, Canada and the UK.
Greg told APAC Insider, “The site includes many songs from Australia, and I love that some very talented local songwriters and artists from over the years are being given more exposure in other countries. Australia has always had a vibrant music and recording industry.”
Greg is an announcer on ACE Radio Network stations 2UE Sydney, 3MP Melbourne and Magic 1278 Melbourne, which play hit songs from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. During his high school years in the early ‘70s, Greg was an avid radio listener, loving the hit songs of the era and wanting to be the DJ on the radio playing them. The dream became reality in 1976 and he is still doing it 48 years later.
In thanking APAC Insider for the Australian Enterprise Award, Greg said he is grateful to the magazine for this honour.
“I am also grateful to Bang a Gong’s many thousands of website and social media followers who often express their enjoyment of the project. Their appreciative comments make this labour of love worthwhile,” Greg said.
Kaven Cooper said, “hosting our Australian Enterprise Awards this year has been both captivating and motivating. I’m pleased to have had the chance to learn more about the outstanding work across Australia and I wish our awardees every bit of success for the rest of the year – and the future on the way.”
To find out more about the awards and the dedicated professionals selected for them, visit https://www.apac-insider.com/awards/australian-enterprise-awards/ where you can view a winners supplement and full winners list.
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