"Can't Stop Myself From Loving You" was a song written by ex-Easybeats members Harry Vanda

Harry Vanda

Harry Vanda , is a Dutch-born Australian popular music singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer.-Career:...

 & George Young in 1974 and was recorded by Johnny Cave, aka stage act William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (singer)

William Shakespeare was the stage name of Australian Glam rock singer John Stanley Cave, also known as John Cabe or Billy Shake. He had two Australian hit singles, "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You" which peaked at #2 on the Kent Music Report in 1974 and "My Little Angel" which peaked at #1 in 1975...

. It was Shakespeare's second first hit in Australia,making the number 2 spot on the Australian charts. The song was largely aimed at the teenybopper market.

Shakespeare's follow up hit My Little Angel

My Little Angel (William Shakespeare song)

"My Little Angel" is a song written by ex-Easybeats members Harry Vanda and George Young in 1974 and was recorded by Johnny Cabe, aka stage act William Shakespeare. It was Shakespeare's second big hit in Australia and his first number one, making the number-one spot in Australia for three weeks in...

 charted even better for him and made number one in early 1975.

In 1974, in the planning stages for the ABC TV Series Countdown, it was suggested that William Shakespeare host the show. However, this was rejected, with Ian Meldrum

Ian Meldrum

Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM is an Australian popular music critic, journalist, record producer , and musical entrepreneur...

 becoming a regular contributor instead. A number of guest hosts such as Shirley Strachan, John Paul Young

John Paul Young

John Paul Young is an Australian pop singer who had a 1978 worldwide hit with "Love Is in the Air"...

 and Daryl Braithwaite

Daryl Braithwaite

Daryl Braithwaite is an Australian pop singer. Best known as the lead vocalist of Sherbet, Braithwaite has also sustained a successful solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including the No...

compèred the show in its early days on an ad hoc basis.