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James Blundell (singer)
James Blundell (born 8 December 1964) is an Australian country music singer. Born in Stanthorpe, Queensland, Blundell first rose to prominence after being named "best new talent" at the 1987 Country Music Awards of Australia. Blundell has since released several albums in both Australia and the United States, with his most successful album '' This Road'' (released in 1992) selling more than 145,000 copies in Australia. Blundell was an unsuccessful candidate for the Senate in Queensland at the 2013 federal election, running for Katter's Australian Party. At the 2019 Country Music Awards of Australia, Blundell was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Early life Blundell was born in Queensland town of Stanthorpe, and was brought up on a sheep and cattle station near the town. As an adult he worked as a station hand across various locations in northern Australia. After a back injury sustained while working on a farm in Papua New Guinea he turned to music. Music career 1987–1991: Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanthorpe, Queensland
Stanthorpe is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Stanthorpe had a population of 5,406 people. The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt. Geography Stanthorpe lies on the New England Highway near the New South Wales border from Brisbane via Warwick, north of Tenterfield and 811 m above sea level. Stanthorpe was developed around Quart Pot Creek which meanders from south-east through the centre of town and then out through the south-west, where its confluence with Spring Creek forms the Severn River. Quart Pot Creek forms part of the south-western boundary of the locality, while the Severn River forms part of the south-western boundary. The New England Highway passes through the locality from Applethorpe in the north to Severnlea in the south. Originally it passed through the town centre along the main street, Maryland Street. However, it now bypasses to the west of the main developed area of the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hand It Down
''Hand It Down'' is the second studio album by Australian country music singer-songwriter James Blundell, released in July 1990 by EMI. It was produced by Garth Porter The album peaked at number 50 on the ARIA albums chart. It provided four singles "Age of Grace" (July 1990), "The Blue Heeler" (October), "Water" (1991) and "Time on His Hands" (September). At the 1991 ARIA Music Awards ''Hand It Down'' won Best Country Album. Background Australian country music singer-songwriter James Blundell released his second studio album ''Hand It Down'' in July 1990. It was recorded across three studios in Sydney: Festival Studios, Studios 301 and Sussex Studios with Garth Porter ( Rockwell T. James, the Sherbs, Sunnyboys) producing for EMI Records. Porter also provided keyboards, percussion and piano and co-wrote three tracks with Blundell. Blundell promoted ''Hand It Down'' with tours in Australia, United States and Canada. It provided four singles "Age of Grace" (July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Australian Republic Referendum
The Australian republic referendum held on 6 November 1999 was a two-question referendum to amend the Constitution of Australia. The first question asked whether Australia should become a republic with a President appointed by Parliament following a bi-partisan appointment model which had been approved by a half-elected, half-appointed Constitutional Convention held in Canberra in February 1998. The second question, generally deemed to be far less important politically, asked whether Australia should alter the Constitution to insert a preamble. For some years opinion polls had suggested that a majority of the electorate favoured a republic. Nonetheless, the republic referendum was defeated, partly due to division among republicans on the method proposed for selection of the president and dissident republicans opposed the president to have strong executive power. Background Australia is a constitutional monarchy under the Constitution of Australia adopted in 1901, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Still Call Australia Home
"I Still Call Australia Home" is a song written by Peter Allen in 1980. In it, Allen sings of Australian expatriates' longing for home. Significance to Australian culture It has been used to signify Australian patriotism and nostalgia for home. An example is the series of Qantas television commercials where it was sung either by individual Australian musicians or one of several Australian youth choirs. This is also remade in their 2020 safety video, where various covers of the song were made accompanying a 100-year history visualization. In the 1984 Summer Olympics' ''Opening Gala'' TV special (in Los Angeles), Olivia Newton-John performed this song from Sydney, Australia with the choir in a medley with "Waltzing Matilda." Later, both songs were used in the musical about Allen's life, ''The Boy from Oz,'' in which Hugh Jackman starred as Allen. "I Still Call Australia Home" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2013. In Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qantas
Qantas Airways Limited ( ) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founded in November 1920; it began international passenger flights in May 1935. ''Qantas'' is an acronym of the airline's original name, Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, as it originally served Queensland and the Northern Territory, and is popularly nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo". Qantas is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance. The airline is based in the Sydney suburb of Mascot, adjacent to its main hub at Sydney Airport. , Qantas had a 65 per cent share of the Australian domestic market and carried 14.9 per cent of all passengers travelling into and out of Australia. Various subsidiary airlines operate to regional centres and on some trunk routes within Australia under the QantasLink banner. Qantas also owns Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth & Sea
''Earth & Sea'' is the sixth studio album by Australian recording artist James Blundell, released in April 1995 by EMI. The album, a double disc set, peaked at number 31 on the ARIA Albums Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ... in May 1995. Track listing Charts Release history References {{DEFAULTSORT:Earth and Sea James Blundell (singer) albums 1995 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch Of Water
''Touch of Water'' is the fourth studio album by Australian recording artist James Blundell, released in August 1993 by EMI. The album debuted and peaked at number eleven on the ARIA Albums Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici .... At the 1994 ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album. At the 1994 Country Music Awards, the album won Top Selling album of the Year. Track listing Charts Release history References {{Authority control James Blundell (singer) albums 1993 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APRA Awards (Australia)
The APRA Music Awards in Australia are annual awards to celebrate excellence in contemporary music, which honour the skills of member composers, songwriters, and publishers who have achieved outstanding success in sales and airplay performance. Several award ceremonies are run in Australia by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). In addition to the APRA Music Awards, APRA AMCOS, in association with the Australian Music Centre, presents awards for classical music, jazz and improvised music, experimental music and sound art, known as the Art Music Awards. It also runs, in association with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), the Screen Music Awards, to acknowledge excellence in the field of screen composition. APRA Music Awards (Australia) The APRA Music Awards were established in 1982 to honour songwriters and music composers for their efforts. The award categories are: Gold Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Reyne
James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian rock musician and singer-songwriter both in solo work and, until 1986, with the band Australian Crawl. Biography Early years Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria. His father, Rodney Michael Reyne, was an English-born former Royal Marine, who served as aide-de-camp to the Governor of the state of Victoria, Sir Dallas Brooks, and subsequently worked for British Petroleum. His paternal grandfather, Cecil Nugent Reyne, was an English rear admiral. His mother, Judith Graham, née Leask, was a teacher. His younger brother, David Reyne, was also born in Nigeria. The family moved to Victoria in late 1959, where a younger sister Elisabeth was born. Reyne lived in Mount Eliza, Victoria, was educated at The Peninsula School and studied drama at the Victorian College of Arts. He formed a band called Spiff Rouch containing fellow locals Bill McDonough, Guy McDonough, Brad Robinson, Paul Williams, Robert Walker, Mark Hudso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Way Out West (The Dingoes Song)
"Way Out West" is the debut single by Australian band the Dingoes. It was released in October 1973 and peaked in the top 40 of the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart, NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988 reaching number 26 in Melbourne. The song became the band's signature tune. Lyrics The song explains the life of mining in Australia, telling the story of a man who has left his job and wife in the city to work for a company drilling for oil and enjoys "living and a working on the land". Charts James Blundell and James Reyne version Australian country artists James Blundell and James Reyne covered the song and released it as a single in 1992. Their version became a hit in Australia the same year, peaking at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was the highest-charting single for both singers. Their version set in the key of G. At the APRA Music Awards of 1992 the song won Country Song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dingoes
The Dingoes are an Australian country rock band. They were initially active from 1973 to 1979, and reformed in 2009. Initially based in Melbourne, the band relocated to the United States from 1976. The most stable line-up comprised John Bois on bass guitar, John Lee on drums, Broderick Smith on vocals and harmonica, Chris Stockley on guitar, and Kerryn Tolhurst on guitar. Mal Logan (who provided keyboards on the first LP) on keyboards joined after Stockley was hospitalised when shot in the stomach by Melbourne drug-dealer, Dennis Allen, who was attempting to gate crash a party. The Dingoes' debut single, " Way Out West", was released in November 1973, and peaked in the top 40 of the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. Subsequent singles were "Boy on the Run", "Smooth Sailing", and "Into the Night", which did not reach the top 50. They had three top 40 albums, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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