Colleen Hewett (born 16 April 1950) is an Australian singer and actress.
Hewett's top 40 singles on the
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July ...
include "
Super Star", "
Day by Day" (both 1971), "
Carry That Weight
"Carry That Weight" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album ''Abbey Road''. Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the seventh and penultimate song in the album's climactic side-two med ...
" (1972), "Dreaming My Dreams with You" (1980) and "Gigolo" (1981). Her version of "Day by Day" peaked at No. 1 on the ''
Go-Set
''Go-Set'' was the first Australian pop music newspaper, published weekly from 2 February 1966 to 24 August 1974, and was founded in Melbourne by Phillip Frazer, Peter Raphael and Tony Schauble. NOTE: This PDF is 282 pages. Widely described as ...
'' National Top 40 Singles Chart and was certified as a gold record.
At the ''
TV Week
''TV Week'' is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights, as well as television-related news.
Content ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs, particu ...
'' King of Pop Awards she was voted
Queen of Pop in both 1972 and 1973.
Apart from being a staple in theatre roles, she is probably best known for her brief tenure as guest character Sheila Brady in the international hit TV series ''
Prisoner
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'', known internationally as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H''.
Early years
Colleen Hewett was born on 16 April 1950 in
Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...
.
She has an older sister, Glenys Hewett, who was a pop vocalist from the early sixties to mid-seventies.
Career
1962-1970: Career beginnings
Hewett began her music career at the age of 12 when she sang with the Esquires at the Bendigo YMCA.
At about 13 years old she appeared on the TV pop music series ''
The Go!! Show
''The Go!! Show'' (also known simply as ''Go!!'') was an Australian popular music television series which aired on ATV-0, Melbourne, from August 1964 to August 1967. It was produced by DYT Productions at the ATV-0 studios in Nunawading, Victor ...
''. Fifty years later she recalled "I wasn't of an age at that stage where I could go out on tour with anybody ... I came down from Bendigo with a band I was working with there ... then I came down again around my 14th birthday and did a solo spot on it ... they were just cover versions. I was just a little singer from Bendigo who came down on the train with the boys and did this amazing show that everybody watched."
From 1964 to 1966 she regularly performed with the Esquires and, in 1967, joined a vocal trio, the Creations, with her sister Glenys and Michelle Kennedy.
That group also backed various solo singers including Billy Adams and then
Buddy England
Buddy England is a British-born Australian singer and songwriter
Career
As a solo artist from 1963 to 1969, England released several singles on HMV Records, including "If You'll Stay", "Doll House", "There Goes My Baby", "Movin' Man", "Sunny", "I ...
and toured Australia.
By April that year, with Kennedy, she joined a soul-based group, Dice, which were renamed the Laurie Allen Revue.
Other members were Laurie Allen (ex-
Bobby & Laurie
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) on lead vocals, lead guitar and organ; Harry Henri on guitar (soon replaced by
Phil Manning); Barry Rodgers on bass guitar (soon replaced by
Wayne Duncan
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); and
Gary Young on drums.
In April 1967, Allen had told ''
Go-Set
''Go-Set'' was the first Australian pop music newspaper, published weekly from 2 February 1966 to 24 August 1974, and was founded in Melbourne by Phillip Frazer, Peter Raphael and Tony Schauble. NOTE: This PDF is 282 pages. Widely described as ...
'': "I realized just a three piece group couldn't give me the sound I wanted, so I added two girl vocalists,
ewettand
ennedy they are an act in themselves and combined to give us a distinctive sound which can't be done by any Australian group."
As a member of the Laurie Allen Revue, Hewett recorded on three singles; "Beautiful Brown Eyes" (August 1967), "Any Little Bit" (April 1968) and "As Long as I Got You" (June 1968).
By mid-1968, Hewett had joined Ian Saxon and the Sound, with Saxon on lead vocals; Geoff Oakes on saxophone; Graeme Trottman on drums.
In 1969, Hewett left the group and was replaced on vocals by Marlene Richards (ex-
Ivan Dayman Band) before the group recorded their debut single, "Home Cookin'" (1970).
1970-1983: "Day by Day" to Queen of Pop
Hewett started her solo music career in 1970, appearing regularly on TV pop music series, ''
Bandstand
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''.
Her popularity with viewers resulted in her winning Best Newcomer Female Singer at the ''Bandstand'' Awards in December.
She signed with
Festival Records
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Festival was a wholly owned subsidiary of News Limited from 1961 to ...
and her debut single, which was a cover version of Delaney and Bonnie's track, "
Super Star" was released in June 1971.
It reached No. 30 on the ''
Go-Set
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'' National Top 40 Singles chart.
From 15 November 1971 to 22 July 1972 Hewett acted in the Australian musical theatre version of ''
Godspell
''Godspell'' is a musical composed by Stephen Schwartz with book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hymn ...
'', at the
Playbox Theatre, Melbourne
The Playbox Theatre was a theatre located at 53-55 Exhibition Street in Melbourne, Australia, from 1927 to 1984. It became the home of the Playbox Theatre Company, previously Hoopla! and later Malthouse Theatre.
History
The theatre seating ...
.
She recorded two versions of the show's tune, "
Day by Day". The first on ''Godspell – Original Australian Cast'' had
Johnny Young
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producing the cast album, which appeared in March 1972.
The second version was produced by
Ian "Molly" Meldrum and was issued as her second single, in November 1971.
It peaked at No. 1 on the ''Go-Set'' charts and was certified as a gold record with shipment of over 50,000 copies.
In April 1972 Hewett was the featured artist on a half-hour TV special performing "Day by Day", "By My Side", "
Hey Jude
"Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' first release o ...
" and "
Jesus Christ Superstar
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".
After leaving ''Godspell'', Hewett toured Australia performing in clubs and during TV appearances.
Her debut self-titled album appeared in October 1972 and provided her next single, "
Carry That Weight
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" – a cover of The Beatles track – which reached No. 29.
She toured the United States and United Kingdom at the end of the year.
At the ''
TV Week
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Content ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs, particu ...
'' King of Pop Awards she was voted
Queen of Pop in both 1972 and 1973.
In January 1974, it was announced that Hewett had been signed to
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most i ...
. She released her second studio album ''
M'Lady
''M'Lady'' is the second studio album by Australian recording artist Colleen Hewett. The album was released in June 1974 by Atlantic Records
Background
After having released her debut self titled album in October 1972 on the Festival Records ...
'' in June 1974. She travelled to the USA in 1975, after her contract with ''Pippin'' expired. In the US Colleen found it difficult to make progress and eventually returned to Australia in May 1977. In September 1977, Colleen was chosen for a lead role in a new ABC-TV series called ''The Truckies''
In late 1979 she issued "
Dreaming My Dreams with You
"Dreaming My Dreams with You" is a song written by Allen Reynolds, and recorded by Waylon Jennings' for his 1975 album, '' Dreaming My Dreams''. Jennings' version was also released as a single that year.
In 1979, Australian recording artist Colle ...
" – originally by
Waylon Jennings
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Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...
– which reached No. 2 on the Australian
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July ...
Singles Chart.
It was produced by
Roger Savage
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After moving from England to Australia in 1964, he engineered some of the most important Australian ...
and
Robie G. Porter for Wizard Records.
In November that year she performed "Day by Day" at the
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mu ...
-sponsored, The Concert of the Decade, which appeared on the Various Artists' album of the same name in January the following year. Her version of "
Wind Beneath My Wings "Wind Beneath My Wings" (sometimes titled "The Wind Beneath My Wings" and "Hero") is a song written in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley.
The song was first recorded by Kamahl in 1982 for a country and western album he was recording. Kamahl ta ...
" was released in February 1983, which did not reach the top 50.
During the
federal election campaign from February to March that year, Hewett provided lead vocals for the
Liberal Party's theme song, "We're not Waiting for the World".
1984-present: Later work
Hewett was a guest vocalist with
The Incredible Penguins
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in 1985 for a cover of "
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
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", a charity project for research on
little penguins
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The Australian ...
, which peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report in December.
In January 1992 she appeared in the theatre version of ''Return to the Forbidden Planet''.
In the 1990s she was working at radio station,
Gold-FM.
From 3 August to 14 September 2006 she played Marion Woolnough, the mother of
Peter Allen, in the Australian tour of ''
The Boy From Oz
''The Boy from Oz'' is a Australian jukebox musical based on the life of singer and songwriter Peter Allen, featuring songs written by him. The book commissioned for the musical is by Nick Enright, based on Stephen MacLean's 1996 biography of ...
'' headlined by
Hugh Jackman
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.
She also had a role as Matron "Mama" Morton in the musical ''Chicago'' with Caroline O'Connor and Craig McLachlan. In 2008, she played
Johnny O'Keefe
John Michael O'Keefe (19 January 1935 – 6 October 1978) was an Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s. Some of his hits include " Wild One" (1958), " Shout!" and "She's My Baby". In his twenty-year career, O'Keefe rel ...
's mum in ''
Shout! The Legend of The Wild One
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''. In the 2011 movie ''
The Cup'' she plays Pat Oliver, the mother of jockeys Jason and
Damien Oliver
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.
In May 2015, Hewitt released her first album in 14 years, titled ''
Black & White''. The album included the first single "Shut Up and Let Me Breathe" which is about domestic violence. The album debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Jazz and Blues Chart.
Theatre and television
On 31 March and 1 April 1973, Hewett had the role of "The Mother" (Mrs Walker) in the local version of
the Who
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's rock opera ''
Tommy
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* Tommy (given name)
* Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army
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* ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film
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''.
The other Australian artists were
Daryl Braithwaite
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(as Tommy),
Bobby Bright
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,
Linda George,
Jim Keays
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, Ian Meldrum (as "Uncle Ernie" in Sydney)
Doug Parkinson
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,
Wendy Saddington
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,
Broderick Smith
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,
Billy Thorpe
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and
Ross Wilson.
Hewett's other musical theatre credits include ''
Pippin
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* Pippin (musical), ''Pippin'' (musical), a Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz loosely based on the life ...
'' (February 1973 to August 1974).
Hewett's role was Catherine, who is described as "a wealthy, pretty widow with a young son".
While performing in ''Pippin'', she and her co-star
John Farnham (title role) also hosted a TV variety show, ''It's Magic'', moving between the studio during the day and the theatre at night.
From the 1970s to the early 1990s, Hewett also acted in TV dramas: ''
Matlock Police
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'' (1973), ''
Homicide
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'' (1974–76), ''The Truckies'' (1977–78),
''
Carson's Law
''Carson's Law'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network between 1982-1984. The series was a period piece set in the 1920s and starred Lorraine Bayly as progressive solicitor Jennifer Carson. The ep ...
'', ''
Division 4
''Division 4'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network between 1969 and 1975 for 301 episodes.
Synopsis
The series was one of the first dramas to follow up on the enormous success o ...
'', ''
Young Ramsay
''Young Ramsay'' was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1977 to 1980 on the Seven Network. It was produced by Crawford Productions as two series of 13 episodes each.
Cast
* John Hargreaves as Peter Ramsay
* Serge Lazareff as R ...
'' (1977), ''
Cop Shop
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The show
The show revolved ar ...
'', ''
Prisoner
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'' (1984–85) and ''
The Flying Doctors
''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. ...
'' (1991).
Personal life
Hewett married Danny Finley (ex-
MPD Ltd
MPD Ltd or M. P. D. Limited were an Australian pop music band formed in 1965 by core members Mike Brady on lead vocals and guitar, Pete Watson on bass guitar and lead vocals, and Danny Finley on drums. They used their first initials to provid ...
drummer) in 1970. He was also her manager and agent during the 1970s and 1980s.
From 1978, Finley also managed John Farnham; in mid-1979 Hewett, Finley and Farnham were partners in a restaurant, Backstage, in Melbourne.
Farnham described the venture "
hey
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* ''Hey!'' (Julio Iglesias album) or the title song, 1980
* ''Hey!'' (Jullie album) or the title s ...
were putting their names on the line for a product they had complete trust in. They would have complete control of the restaurant, but would leave the menu management to the master chef".
However the venture was "ill-fated" and became a "near disaster" financially.
In October 1980, Finley assisted Johnny Young on his ''
Young Talent Time
''Young Talent Time'' is an Australian television variety program produced by Lewis-Young Productions and screened on Network Ten. The original series ran from 1971 until 1988 and was hosted by singer-songwriter and record producer Johnny You ...
'' program and related TV ventures.
Hewett and Finley divorced. She later recalled "I suppose you expect there to be something terrible or a nasty fight, but there wasn't ... I pulled the pin."
Finley subsequently became her manager again.
Hewett was married and divorced a second time; her second husband (whom she referred to as "the Frenchman") had died by 2013.
[ For her third marriage, in 2002 to Ian Aiken, a former Australian businessman: they generally lived in ]Fiji
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. In early 2006, Aiken left Hewett and they subsequently divorced with Aiken remarrying his former wife of 30 years, Eva Aiken; Aiken died in Fiji in early 2008.
Hewett is the great-granddaughter of Edward Rollins, an Australian middleweight
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Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...
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who ran away from his native Guyana in the 1860s and first arrived in Australia via Britain in 1881. Her grandmother on her maternal side is of African American descent.['']The Herald Sun
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'', 29 November 2014
Colleen Hewett reveals she is a victim of domestic violence - Andrew Rule
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As of 2000, Hewett has been in semi-retirement, spending time in Melbourne
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, Bendigo
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As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...
and Fiji
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with family and friends.
Discography
Albums
Soundtrack albums
Singles
Awards and nominations
Go-Set Pop Poll
The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, ''Go-Set
''Go-Set'' was the first Australian pop music newspaper, published weekly from 2 February 1966 to 24 August 1974, and was founded in Melbourne by Phillip Frazer, Peter Raphael and Tony Schauble. NOTE: This PDF is 282 pages. Widely described as ...
'' and was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll during 1966 to 1972 of its readers to determine the most popular personalities.
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, 1970
, herself
, Girl Vocal
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, 1971
, herself
, Best Girl Vocal
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, 1972
, herself
, Best Female
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King of Pop Awards
The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of TV Week
''TV Week'' is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights, as well as television-related news.
Content ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs, particu ...
. The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978.
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, 1972
, herself
, Queen of Pop
,
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, 1973
, herself
, Queen of Pop
,
, -
''Countdown'' awards
''Countdown
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'' was an Australian pop music TV program on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987. It presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with the magazine ''TV Week
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Content ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs, particu ...
''. The awards were a combination of popular-vote and peer-voted awards.
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, 1979
, herself
, Most Popular Female Performer
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FILM
Television
Theatre
* ''Godspell'' (1971-1972)
* ''Pippin'' (1973-1974)
* ''Return To The Forbidden Planet'' (1992)
* ''The Boy From Oz'' (2006)
* ''Chicago'' (2007)
* ''Shout! The Legend Of The Wild One'' (2008)
References
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* Australian version of ''The Boy From Oz'' program
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Pop Archives feature
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1950 births
Living people
Australian women singers
Australian television actresses
Australian people of African-American descent
Australian people of Guyanese descent
Helpmann Award winners
Australian musical theatre actresses
People from Bendigo