Jewel Blanch

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Jewel Blanch
BornGlen Innes, NSW
Genres country
Occupation(s)Singer, musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano
LabelsW&G, HMV, CBS

Jewel Blanch is an Australian country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of country music singer, Arthur Blanch, with whom she has performed.

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Career

Jewel Blanch was born in 1958 the daughter of Arthur and Berice Blanch. At the age of three, she appeared on the Coca Cola TV Show on Channel 9 in Brisbane singing and playing her own ukulele. In 1962 The Blanch Family were signed to W&G label in Melbourne where they recorded a song written for Jewel "I Wanta Stay on Jumbo" and a duet with her father "On Accounts I Love You". "Jumbo" was an instant success and became a national hit. [1]

In 1963, the Blanch family moved to the United States where she started school, before returning in 1965. At the age of eight, Jewel was contracted to EMI and recorded songs on the HMV Label. In 1969 the family moved back to the USA. [1]

She appeared as terminally-ill singer Abbie Singleton in 'The Young Doctors' in late 1976.

In 1978, Blanch recorded for RCA after Chet Atkins and Bob Ferguson heard her singing "Will I Ever Be Loved". In 1979 she won the USA Billboard Magazine's Country Music Award for Number One New Female Singles Artist. In 1979, the family moved back home to Australia. [1]

At the 1982 CMAA, Jewel and her father Arthur won Album of the Year for The Lady and the Cowboy and Jewel also won Best Female Vocalist with her own composition "I Can Love You". In 1984 Jewel and her husband moved to Nashville to live and opened a management and publishing company called Ten Ten. [1]

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1975 Against a Crooked Sky Herself/Performer: Title song "Against a Crooked Sky"Feature film, US

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1961Coca-Cola TV ShowRegular - Herself/PerformerTV series Australia
1970 The Mod Squad Guest role: Luanne McKennaTV series US, 1 episode
1970; 1971 Lassie Guest roles: Little Girl/Young GirlTV series, 1 episode
1970Lassie: Well of LoveLittle GirlTV film, US
1971 Lassie Guest role: Jodi TylerTV series US, 2 episodes
1971 Night Gallery Guest role: Monica (Segment "The Doll")TV series US, 1 episode
1971 Bonanza Guest roles: Neta Thatcher/Carrie SturgisTV series US, 2 episodes
1972 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law Guest role: JudyTV series US, 1 episode
1972 Baffled! Jennifer GlennTV film, US
1972Climb an Angry MountainChristina CooperTV film, US
1974The Morning AfterKaren LesterTV film, US
1975The Honorable Sam HoustonNancy HoustonTV film, US
1976 Jigsaw John Guest role: DeedeeTV series US, 1 episode
1976ABC After School SpecialsGuest role: EileenTV series US, 1 episode
1976IsisGuest role: HopeTV series, 1 episode
1976-1977 The Young Doctors Recurring Guest role: Abbie SingletonTV series Australia, 6 episodes
1977; 1978; 1982 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - HerselfTV series Australia, 1 episode
1977Maggi Eckhardt ShowGuest - HerselfTV series Australia, 1 episode
1978 Fantasy Island Guest role: CharityTV series US, 1 episode
1978 Project U.F.O. Guest role: SisTV series US, 1 episode
1978Reg Lindsay's Country HomesteadGuest - Herself/PerformerTV series Australia, 1 episode
1978, 1982 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself/PerformerTV series Australia, 1 episode
1979Blind SundayRole unknownTV film
1980John SingletonGuest - HerselfTV series Australia, 1 episode
1982 Country Music Awards of Australia Herself - WinnerTV special, Australia
1982 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself/PerformerTV series Australia, 1 episode

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Meet the Blanch Family (as part of The Blanch Family)
  • Released: 1960s
  • Format: LP
  • Label: W&G (WG-B-1705)
The Lady and the Cowboy (with Arthur Blanch)
  • Released: 1981
  • Format: LP, Cassette
  • Label: CBS (SBP 237632)
Send All the Ghosts Away
  • Released: 1982
  • Format: LP, cassette
  • Label: CBS (SBP 237842)
Blanch Family Classics (as part of The Blanch Family)
  • Released: November 1983
  • Format: LP, Cassette
  • Label: Axis (AX.1183)
  • Compilation album
The Best of Jewel Blanch
  • Released: 2015
  • Format: CD
  • Compilation album

Singles

YearTitle
1962"I Wanta Stay on Jumbo"
1963"On Accounts I Love You" (with Arthur Blanch)
1964"Christmas Kangaroo" (with The Kanga-Rolers)
1967"The Funny Little Voice "
"Mummy's Pretty Clothes" / "Gary"
1976"Will I Ever Learn"
1978"Keep Me from Blowing Away"
1979"Can I See You Tonight"
1981"You Bring the Best Out in Me"/"I Can Love You" (with Arthur Blanch)
1982"There's More to Country Than Cowboys" (with Arthur Blanch)

Awards

Country Music Awards of Australia

The Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973. [2]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1982"I Can Love You"Female Vocalist of the YearWon
The Lady and the Cowboy (with Arthur Blanch)Album of the YearWon
1983Send All the Ghosts AwayFemale Vocalist of the YearWon

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References

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  2. "Past Award Winners". Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.