Sounds began as
Sounds Unlimited in late 1974, just before its long-time rival, the
ABC's
Countdown. The show's producer, and original host, was the former commercial radio DJ
Graham "Spider" Webb. Initially, it was broadcast as
Graham Webb Saturday Today Show on Channel 7 in Sydney only. Many local and international music artists appeared on the show. By May 1978 it was screened on 21 stations across the country. According to Sutherland, "When colour was starting, families would be in the shopping centres on Saturday morning and they would see our show – and a lot of our material was in colour. Not only did that help sell sets, but it also established
Sound Unlimited in people's minds." It broadcast the final public appearance, on 30 September 1978, of Australian rock'n'roller,
Johnny O'Keefe, who died a week later, on 6 October. Broadcast out of a hangar in Rutherford NSW using NBN 3 OB facilities late 70's ... Blew the circuit on the power pole ... Only saving grace was NBN's small OB van with a generator ... The theme song for the show was "
Love's Theme", by
Barry White's
Love Unlimited Orchestra. ==See also==