Socks, ciggies and rock 'n' roll: the show that retuned Australian music

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By today's standards Six O'Clock Rock might seem quaint, but the show was the ABC's first television program to bring rock 'n' roll music into Australian homes.

There was often so much noise — from the musicians, and from the screaming young fans who turned out to watch them at the ABC's Gore Hill studios in Sydney — one floor manager resorted to unusual lengths to protect his hearing.

"Very often things went wrong, mainly because the studio was packed to the rafters by kids wanting to come and watch the show be put to air."

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