In a lovely example of life imitating art, on the 26th of May 1971, Australia was under the spell of an exciting event that gripped the nation. At about noon that morning, the Australian Federal Police received a phone call from a mysterious man calling himself “Mr Brown”. There was, he said, a bomb on board Qantas flight 755 from Sydney to Hong Kong. Once the airplane would dip under 6,500 meters, it would trigger the altitude sensor and the jet would explode. If the authorities wanted to save the 128 people on board, they had to pay half a million dollars in cash, in unmarked and used $20 notes, within hours. Soon, the nation held its breath. The “Great Plane Robbery” was in full swing, and it looked like Mr Brown was winning. A few months later the cops had caught their man. Peter Hiscock seized the moment and whipped up a rush release set of lyrics to the tune of ''Click Go The Shears''. The song charted in Sydney, reaching #16 on the 2SM chart and #30 nationally. The nonexclusive world rights for the song were purchased for $400 from Festival. This was his only hit and I have no idea what happened to him after this.
References
https://www.top100singles.net
SINGLES
A Certain Mr. Brown
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21 JUN '71
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#30
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References
https://www.top100singles.net
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