Single:
Bombora entered the Australian singles chart* on 27 July 1963 and peaked at #1. It was #13 on the Top 100 of 1963.
Album:
This is the title track to the 1963 Atlantics album Bombora.
Songwriters:
Jim Skiathitis, Peter Hood
Producer:
Sven Libaek
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikpedia:
The Atlantics are an Australian surf band founded in 1961. Initially, the band line-up consisted of drummer Peter Hood, bassist Bosco Bosanac, Theo Penglis on lead and rhythm guitar, and guitarist Eddy Matzenik. Matzenik was replaced by Jim Skaithitis while the band was still in its earliest stages, before they recorded or released albums.
The band’s claim to fame was as Australia’s most successful of the genre. Most well known for their classic hit Bombora, their later recordings such as Come On are examples of 1960s garage rock. They were the first Australian rock band to write their own hits.
In 2000 the group reformed with three of the original members, and continue to release new material and perform in concert. In 2013 the group celebrated the 50th Anniversary of their first album Bombora and the eponymous single that was their first to chart.
Bombora was named after an Aboriginal term for large waves breaking over submerged rock shelves.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantics
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