Colleen Hewett

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Colleen Hewett
Born (1950-04-16) 16 April 1950 (age 73)
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • recording artist
  • theatre performer
  • television actress
Years active1962–present

Colleen Hewett (born 16 April 1950) is an Australian singer and actress.

Contents

Hewett's top 40 singles on the Kent Music Report include "Super Star", "Day by Day" (both 1971), "Carry That Weight" (1972), "Dreaming My Dreams with You" (1980) and "Gigolo" (1981). Her version of "Day by Day" peaked at No. 1 on the Go-Set National Top 40 Singles Chart and was certified as a gold record.

At the TV Week 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 , known internationally as Prisoner: Cell Block H.

Early years

Colleen Hewett was born on 16 April 1950 in Bendigo. [1] [2] [3] She has a sister, Glenys Hewett, who was a pop vocalist from the early sixties to mid-seventies. [4] [5] Glenys did release one single in 1973 on the RCA label, "C’est La Vie", with B-side "Captain Como". [6]

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. [2] [7] At about 13 years old she appeared on the TV pop music series The Go!! Show . 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." [8]

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. [2] [7] [9] That group also backed various solo singers including Billy Adams and then Buddy England and toured Australia. [2] [7] By April that year, with Kennedy, she joined a soul-based group, Dice, which were renamed the Laurie Allen Revue. [4] [9] [10] Other members were Laurie Allen (ex-Bobby & Laurie) 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); and Gary Young on drums. [4] [9]

In April 1967, Allen had told Go-Set : "I realized just a three piece group couldn't give me the sound I wanted, so I added two girl vocalists, [Hewett] and [Kennedy], they are an act in themselves and combined to give us a distinctive sound which can't be done by any Australian group." [10] 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). [4] [7] [9] By mid-1968, Hewett had joined Ian Saxon and the Sound, with Saxon on lead vocals; Geoff Oakes on saxophone; Graeme Trottman on drums. [2] [7] 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). [11] [12]

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 . [2] Her popularity with viewers resulted in her winning Best Newcomer Female Singer at the Bandstand Awards in December. [13] She signed with Festival Records and her debut single, which was a cover version of Delaney and Bonnie's track, "Super Star" was released in June 1971. [2] It reached No. 30 on the Go-Set National Top 40 Singles chart. [14]

From 15 November 1971 to 22 July 1972 Hewett acted in the Australian musical theatre version of Godspell , at the Playbox Theatre, Melbourne. [15] [16] She recorded two versions of the show's tune, "Day by Day". The first on Godspell – Original Australian Cast had Johnny Young producing the cast album, which appeared in March 1972. [7] The second version was produced by Ian "Molly" Meldrum and was issued as her second single, in November 1971. [2] It peaked at No. 1 on the Go-Set charts and was certified as a gold record with shipment of over 50,000 copies. [2] [14] [16] In April 1972 Hewett was the featured artist on a half-hour TV special performing "Day by Day", "By My Side", "Hey Jude" and "Jesus Christ Superstar". [17]

After leaving Godspell, Hewett toured Australia performing in clubs and during TV appearances. [16] Her debut self-titled album appeared in October 1972 and provided her next single, "Carry That Weight" – a cover of The Beatles track – which reached No. 29. [2] [14] She toured the United States and United Kingdom at the end of the year. [2] At the TV Week King of Pop Awards she was voted Queen of Pop in both 1972 and 1973. [2] [18]

In January 1974, it was announced that Hewett had been signed to Atlantic Records. She released her second studio album M'Lady 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" – originally by Waylon Jennings – which reached No. 2 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. [2] [19] It was produced by Roger Savage and Robie G. Porter for Wizard Records. [2] [20] In November that year she performed "Day by Day" at the Mushroom Records-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" was released in February 1983, which did not reach the top 50. [2] [19] 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". [21]

1984–present: Later work

Hewett was a guest vocalist with The Incredible Penguins in 1985 for a cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", a charity project for research on little penguins, which peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report in December. [19] [22]

In January 1992 she appeared in the theatre version of Return to the Forbidden Planet. [15] In the 1990s she was working at radio station, Gold-FM. [2]

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 headlined by Hugh Jackman. [15] 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's mum in Shout! The Legend of The Wild One . In the 2011 movie The Cup she plays Pat Oliver, the mother of jockeys Jason and Damien Oliver.

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. [23]

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's rock opera Tommy . [24] The other Australian artists were Daryl Braithwaite (as Tommy), Bobby Bright, Linda George, Jim Keays, Ian Meldrum (as "Uncle Ernie" in Sydney) Doug Parkinson, Wendy Saddington, Broderick Smith, Billy Thorpe and Ross Wilson. [24] Hewett's other musical theatre credits include Pippin (February 1973 to August 1974). [15] Hewett's role was Catherine, who is described as "a wealthy, pretty widow with a young son". [25] 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. [7]

From the 1970s to the early 1990s, Hewett also acted in TV dramas: Matlock Police (1973), Homicide (1974–76), The Truckies (1977–78), [2] Carson's Law , Division 4 , Young Ramsay (1977), Cop Shop , Prisoner (1984–85) and The Flying Doctors (1991).

Personal life

Hewett married Danny Finley (ex-MPD Ltd drummer) in 1970. He was also her manager and agent during the 1970s and 1980s. [26] From 1978, Finley also managed John Farnham; in mid-1979 Hewett, Finley and Farnham were partners in a restaurant, Backstage, in Melbourne. [27] [28] Farnham described the venture "[they] 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". [28] However the venture was "ill-fated" and became a "near disaster" financially. [29] In October 1980, Finley assisted Johnny Young on his Young Talent Time program and related TV ventures. [30] 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." [26] Finley subsequently became her manager again. [26] [31]

Hewett was married and divorced a second time; her second husband (whom she referred to as "the Frenchman") had died by 2013. [26] [32] [33] For her third marriage, in 2002 to Ian Aiken, a former Australian businessman: they generally lived in Fiji. [32] In early 2006, Aiken left Hewett and they subsequently divorced with Aiken remarrying his former wife of 30 years, Eva Aiken; [32] Aiken died in Fiji in early 2008. [31]

Hewett is the great-granddaughter of Edward Rollins, an Australian middleweight boxer 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. [33] [34]

As of 2000, Hewett has been in semi-retirement, spending time in Melbourne, Bendigo and Fiji with family and friends.[ citation needed ]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
KMR
[19]
Colleen Hewett 28
Greatest Hits
  • Released: May 1974
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Festival Records
M'Lady 44
Colleen
  • Released: May 1983
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Avenue Records
48
Power of Love
  • Released: June 1986
  • Format: LP
  • Label: J&B Records
Tenterfield Dreams: The Musical Journey of Peter Allen
  • Released: June 1997
  • Format: CD
  • Label: MRA (MR60102)
53
Bulamama
  • Released: December 2001
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Colossal Records
Black & White
  • Released: 22 May 2015
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Bilarm Music Pty Ltd
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums, as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
KMR
[19]
Godspell – Original Australian Cast
  • Released: March 1972
  • Label: Festival Records
  • Format: LP
18
Pippin
(with Johnny Farnham)
  • Released: July 1974
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: LP
60

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
Go-Set
[14]
KMR
[19] [35]
1971 "Super Star" 30 32 Colleen Hewett
"Day by Day" (with Boys of the St Paul's Cathedral Choir) 1 2
1972 "Carry That Weight" 29 29
1973 "Waltzing Matilda" 80
"A Wish to Wish"
"Sit Yourself Down" 94 Greatest Hits
1974 "Pippin (Finale)" Pippin – Original Australian Cast
"I Believe When I Fall in Love" 51 M'Lady
"If You Could Read My Mind"
1979 "Dreaming My Dreams with You" 2 'Non-album single'
1981 "Gigolo" 28
1982 "Hearts" Colleen
1983 "The Wind Beneath My Wings" 52
"I Hope I Never"
1984 "If You Ever Feel the Need" 72 'Non-album single'
1996 "Street Angel" Tenterfield Dreams: The Musical Journey of Peter Allen
2000 "Reconciliation" Bulamama
2015 "Shut Up and Let Me Breathe" Black & White
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Awards and nominations

Go-Set Pop Poll

The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, Go-Set and was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll during 1966 to 1972 of its readers to determine the most popular personalities. [36]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1970herselfGirl Vocal3rd
1971herselfBest Girl Vocal3rd
1972herselfBest Female3rd

King of Pop Awards

The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of TV Week. The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978. [36]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1972herselfQueen of PopWon
1973herselfQueen of PopWon

Countdown awards

Countdown 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 . The awards were a combination of popular-vote and peer-voted awards.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1979herselfMost Popular Female PerformerNominated

FILM

Film
YearTitleRoleType
2011 The Cup Pat OliverFeature film

Television

Television
YearTitleRoleType
1964;1965 The Go!! Show HerselfTV series, 3 episodes
1970 Hit Scene Herself sings "Bridge Over Troubled Water"ABC TV series, 1 episode
1970 In Melbourne Tonight HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1970 Bandstand Herself sings "We Can Work It Out"TV series, 1 episode
1970 Hit Scene Herself sings "Windmills of Your Mind"ABC TV series, 1 episode
1970 Penthouse Club HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1971 Hit Scene Herself sings "Superstar"ABC TV series, 1 episode
1971;1972 GTK HerselfABC TV series, 2 episodes
1971 Happening '71 Herself sings "Superstar"TV series, 1 episode
1971 Hit Scene Herself sings "Day By Day"ABC TV series, 1 episode
1971 Happening '71 Herself sings "Day By Day"TV series, 1 episode
1972KamahlHerselfABC TV series, 1 episode
1972Woolloomooloo: A Town Like BasilHerselfTV special
1972ColleenHerself sings "Day By Day" / "By My Side" / "Hey Jude" / "Jesus Christ Superstar"TV special
1972–1975 The Graham Kennedy Show Herself sings "Carry That Weight"TV series, 15 episodes, Regular
1972 Hit Scene Herself sings "So Long Ago"ABC TV series, 1 episode
1972 TV Week King of Pop Herself – Queen of Pop sings "Day By Day"TV special
1973Australian Popular Song Festival 1973Guest PerformerTV special
1973 The Barry Crocker Comedy Hour HerselfTV special
1973 Matlock Police Jan RogersTV series, 1 episode, Guest role
1975–1977 The Mike Walsh Show Herself – Regular performerTV series
1973 TV Week King of Pop Herself – Queen of PopTV special
1974 The Box Herself sings "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"TV series pilot, 1 episode Guest role
1974 Division 4 unknown roleTV series, 1 episode
1974;1976 Homicide Debbie Brent / Daphne Day / Nora FlemingTV series, 3 episodes Guest roles
1974–1976 The Ernie Sigley Show Herself – Regular performerTV series
1974It's MagicHerself w Johnny FarnhamTV series
1974 Countdown Herself sings "Day By Day"ABC TV series
1974Jamie Redfern's Wish Upon A StarHerself – Performer w Jamie RedfernTV special
1975;1978 The Norman Gunston Show Herself sings "Where Do I Begin" Theme From 'Love Story'ABC TV series, 1 episode
1975 Celebrity Squares Herself – PanelTV series, 1 episode
1975;1976 The National Record Industry Awards HerselfABC TV special
1975–1983 The Don Lane Show Herself – Regular performerTV series
1977 The Garry McDonald Show Herself as various charactersTV series, 1 episode
1977Six TonightGuest - HerselfTV special
1977The Maggi Eckhardt HourHerselfTV series, 1 episode
1977 Sammy Awards HerselfTV special
1977 Young Ramsay Kathy RandallTV series, 1 episode, Guest role
1978–1984 The Mike Walsh Show Herself – Regular performerTV series
1978 The Norman Gunston Show HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1978 The Truckies CarolABC TV series, 12 episodes, Lead role
1978 Dave Allen Show HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1978 Carols By Candlelight Herself as performerTV special
1978 Festival of Sydney: New Year's Eve Concert Herself as performerTV special
1979 Cop Shop Jill Wightman / Wendy BoltonTV series, 4 episodes, Guest roles
1979 The Don Lane Show Herself sings "Closer To You" w Johnny FarnhamTV series, 1 episode
1979 Rockober – The Concert of the Decade Herself sings "Day By Day"TV special
1980;1981 Countdown Rock Music Awards HerselfABC TV special
1980;1981 Countdown Herself sings "Dreaming My Dreams With You"ABC TV series, 1 episode
1980 The Don Lane Show Herself sings "Dreaming My Dreams With You"TV series, 1 episode
1980 Telethon '80 HerselfTV special
1980 Farnham And Byrne HerselfABC TV series, 1 episode
1981, 1981 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself sings "Gigolo"TV series, 1 episode
1981 Countdown Herself sings "Gigolo"ABC TV series, 1 episode
1981, 1982 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself sings "Gigolo"TV series, 1 episode
1982, 1982 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself sings "Gigolo"/"Dreaming My Dreams With You"TV series, 1 episode
1982–1983 The Daryl Somers Show HerselfTV series, 5 episodes
1982, 1982 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself sings "Hearts"TV series, 1 episode
1982 The Don Lane Show Herself sings "Love Me Tender"/ "Elvis Medley" w Robin Jolley & Normie RoweTV series, 1 episode
1982, 1983 Hey Hey It's Saturday HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1983, 1983 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself sings "Wind Beneath My Wings"TV series, 1 episode
1983 Countdown Herself sings "Wind Beneath My Wings"ABC TV series, 1 episode
1983 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself sings "Sleepless Nights"/"Wind Beneath My Wings"TV series, 1 episode
1983 Hey Hey It's Saturday Guest - HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1983,1984 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself sings "When The Feeling Comes Around"/"Wind Beneath My Wings"TV series, 1 episode
1983 The Don Lane Show Herself sings "Day By Day" (Final episode)TV series, 1 episode
1984 Carson's Law LouTV series, 1 episode, Guest role
1984–1988 Channel 7 Perth Telethon HerselfTV special
1984;1985 Hey Hey It's Saturday Night! Herself sings "If You Ever Feel The Need"TV series, 1 episode
1985–1998The Midday ShowHerself – Regular performerTV series
1985Daryl Somers Blankety BlanksHerself – Game panelTV series, 4 episodes
1985 Prisoner Sheila BradyTV series, 11 episodes, recurring role
1985,1990 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself sings "If You Ever Feel The Need"TV series, 1 episode
1986 Channel 10 Telethon HerselfTV special
1987Have A GoHerself – Guest judgeTV series, 3 episodes
1988 Late Night Oz HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1989; 1989 The Bert Newton Show Guest Singer sings "You Made Me Love YouTV series, 1 episode
1989; 1990In Melbourne TodayGuest - HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1989 The Bert Newton Show Guest singer sings "Superstar"TV series, 1 episode
1989 Celebrity Family Feud Herself - ContestantTV series, 1 episode "Entertainers V Boxers
1990;1997 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself sings "Day By Day" (70s TV show)TV series, 1 episode
1990In Melbourne TodayGuest - HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1990 Shadows From The Heart Emily FargoTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1990–1993Tonight Live With Steve VizardHerself – Regular performerTV series
1991 Celebrity Family Feud Herself - Contestant with Judy Stone, Barry Crocker & Simon GallaherTV series, 1 episode
1991 The Main Event HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1991 The Flying Doctors Guest role: City CynthiaTV series, 1 episode,
1992In Sydney TodayHerself – GuestTV series, 1 episode
1992;1993 New Faces Herself – Guest judgeTV series, 2 episodes
1992The Morning ShowHerselfTV series, 1 episode
1993–1995Ernie And DeniseHerselfTV series, 3 episodes
1993Hey Hey It's Thursday AIDS SpecialHerselfTV special
1993 Halfway Across The Galaxy And Turn Left Mrs. RolandTV series, 11 episodes, Regular role
1993–2005Good Morning AustraliaHerself – Regular performerTV series
1995 Celebrity Family Feud Contestant - Herself with Jackie Love, Chelsea Brown & Jane ScaliTV series, 1 episode
1996 Ocean Girl FayeTV series, 1 episode, Guest role
1997;1998TodayHerselfTV series, 2 episodes
1997Monday To FridayHerselfTV series, 1 episode
1997What's CookingHerselfTV series, 1 episode
1997 Sale of the Century Herself – Game contestantTV series, 1 episode
1997 Burke's Backyard HerselfTV series, 1 episode
1997Midday With Kerri-AnneHerself sings "I Still Call Australia Home"TV series, 1 episode
1997 Concentration Herself – Game contestantTV series, 1 episode
1997 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself sings "Tenterfield Saddler"TV series, 1 episode
1997–1998 In Melbourne Tonight Herself – Regular performerTV series, 7 episodes
1997 AFL Grand Final 1997 Herself sings "Australian National Anthem"TV special
1999 Super League 1999 Herself sings "Australian National Anthem"TV special
1999LawsHerselfTV series, 1 episode
2000TodayHerselfTV series, 1 episode
2006 Spicks and Specks HerselfABC TV series, 1 episode
20089am With David And KimHerselfTV series, 1 episode
2008Mornings With Kerri-AnneHerselfTV series, 1 episode
2013 Wrok Down HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2014The Morning ShowHerselfTV series, 1 episode
2014The Morning ShowHerself & Johnny YoungTV series, 1 episode
2014The Daily EditionHerself & Johnny YoungTV series, 1 episode
2014 RockWiz Herself sings "Superstar" / "United We Stand" w MichaelangeloSBS TV series, 1 episode
2015ABC News BreakfastHerselfABC TV series, 1 episode
2015 Our Unforgettable ANZAC Spirit Herself – PerformerTV special
2015 One Plus One Herself – GuestABC TV series, 1 episode
2015Today ExtraHerselfTV series, 1 episode
2015Studio 10HerselfTV series, 1 episode
2016 Molly: The Real Thing HerselfTV special

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