''Rockin' Bethlehem'' is a 1989 compilation album. It had 14 Christmas songs recorded by independent Australian bands. The songs are mostly original while others are well known Christmas carols. It was created by

Timberyard Records Timberyard Records was a pioneering record label in the Australian independent music movement of the 1980s. Timberyard Records were established in 1985 in Newtown, New South Wales by Michael Danias. Initially releasing prominent underground Sy ...

to support the Camperdown Children's Hospital. It received a 1990

ARIA Award The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

nomination for Best Independent Release.

Track listing

# Johnny Teen & The Broken Hearts – "Dear Santa" #

Dubrovniks The Dubrovniks were an Australian rock band which formed in August 1986 as The Adorable Ones. Early in 1987 they changed their name to The Dubrovniks in acknowledgement to the birthplace of two founding members, Roddy Radalj, and Boris Sujdovi ...

– "Bah Humbugger" #

The Whipper Snappers The Whipper Snappers is an Australian pop band. Based in Sydney, the band was formed in 1986 by Annette Crowe, Joy Howard, Tim Eaton and Frank Zaknich. They released their debut single in 1988 and the next year played a cover of "Stairway To Hea ...

– "The Christmas Song" # The Interstellar Villains – "Christmas Chimes (Are Here Already)" #

Ratcat Ratcat are an Australian indie rock band from Sydney who formed in 1985. The band is fronted by mainstay vocalist and guitarist, Simon Day. Their combination of indie pop song writing and energetic punk-style guitar rock won them fans from bo ...

– "A Christmas Lullaby" #

Girl Monstar Girl Monstar were an all female Australian rock band which formed 1988 with the line-up of Damian Child on bass guitar; Anne McCue on lead guitar and vocals; Sherry Valier (aka Sherry Rich) on vocals and rhythm guitar (ex-Cactus Fever); and Sue ...

– "Dead By Christmas" # Chris Klondike Masuak – "It's Christmas Time Again" # Happy Hate Me Nots – "Jesus Christ" # Steve Kilbey – "Spirit of Christmas Yet To Come" # Box The Jesuit – "The Beard and the Buckle" # The Plunderers – "24 Days Til Biscuits" #

Damien Lovelock Damien Richard Lovelock (21 May 1954 – 3 August 2019), known familiarly as Damo, was an Australian musician, sports broadcaster and writer. He fronted the hard rock band The Celibate Rifles from 1980 as their lead singer-songwriter and later ...

's Wig World – " Sleigh Ride" # The Jackson Code – " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" # Lime Spiders – "Children of the Sun"

References

{{reflist 1989 compilation albums