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Continuing the tally of the top 100 moments in Kiwi music from C4's Rocked the Nation
44: Kiwi songwriter Pam Sheyne pens the hit Genie in a Bottle in an afternoon. It becomes Christina Aguilera's first hit.
43: In 1977 Murray Cammick creates Rip It Up,
a free music magazine focused on the underground sounds of punk and soul.
42: Influential Reggae legend Bob Marley makes his first and only New Zealand appearance in 1979.
41: Inspired by the short, sharp sounds of the Ramones, radio DJ Bryan Staff decides to put out a compilation of six unknown bands. The result is the seminal AK79, an album featuring Proud Scum, The Terrorways, The Scavengers, Toy Love, The Swingers and The Suburban Reptiles.
40: After eight years together, Fat Freddys Drop might have just one studio album to their name, but it's one of the highest selling albums in local music history and they did it in their own independent way.
39: He outsells Bing Crosby and played to more than 50,000 fans in Brisbane. Kiwi Tex Morton is the first person to record country music outside the United States and becomes a best-seller on both sides of the Tasman in 1932.
38: Rotorua's Deane Waretini and his cousin Ana Hato become the first recording artists to be commercially released in New Zealand, in 1927.
37: Fans riot against Robin Gibb's crooning at the Redwood Festival in 1970. Three years later, Split Ends (before they change the spelling) are booed off stage at The Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival - New Zealand's first major outdoors festival.
36: Classic waiata Pokarekare Ana has been performed by all the greats Dame Kiri, Sir Howard ...and, in this week's episode, Wing.
35: in 1980 Robert Muldoon declares pop isn't culture and slaps a 40 per cent tax on record sales, crippling the industry. Dunedin new wavers The Knobz release a single protesting against the tax. It stays.
34: After charting in Britain, John Rowles is in search of another hit and turns to his sister - Cheryl Moana Marie - for inspiration. Later, Rowles looks to his sisters again for inspiration, recording Tania, Gabrielle and Georgina.
33: Beatlemania sweeps New Zealand in 1964 with the Fab Four's eight-day visit.
32: Che Fu is kicked out of Supergroove by the lawyers. His first post-band release Chains with DJ DLT - goes to number one and kicks off his solo career.
31: In 1960, the Howard Morrison Quartet record My Old Man's an All Black as a protest against Maori players being barred from a South African rugby tour. It sells 80,000 records.
30: In 1966, the original Radio Hauraki pirates sail the Tiri into international waters to start broadcasting. Four years and two boats later, Hauraki is granted a broadcasting licence.
29: In 1980 Th'Dudes have disbanded but their final single Bliss (originally called Piss but renamed for radio) was released, becoming a beer-drinking anthem.
28: Brotha D and YDNA set up record label Dawn Raid in 1999, bringing urban beats to New Zealand music. After entering voluntary liquidation in 2007, the label rebuilds itself and is now back on top with Savage signing to US label Universal Republic last month.
27: Show band The Maori Volcanics move to Sydney, where they delight audiences with their musicality and humour. Later, an unknown Billy T. James joins the group.
26: Post 9/11, Shihad are told they need to change their name if they want to make headway in America, Initially deciding on The 'Had (already taken by Canadian outfit), they instead become Pacifier and release two albums under the name, before switching back to Shihad in 2005.
Rocked the Nation, C4, Mondays 8.30pm
