Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1978 and best known for breakthrough hits such as "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under". Its founding member and frontman is Colin Hay,who performs on lead vocals and guitar. After playing as an acoustic duo with Ron Strykert during 1978–79,Hay formed the group with Strykert playing bass guitar and Jerry Speiser on drums. They were soon joined by Greg Ham on flute,saxophone,and keyboards and John Rees on bass guitar,with Strykert switching back to lead guitar. The group was managed by Russell Depeller,a friend of Hay,whom he met at La Trobe University. This line-up achieved national and international success during the early to mid 1980s.
Business as Usual is the debut studio album by Australian new wave band Men at Work,which was released in November 1981 in Australia,and April 1982 in the United States. It spent nine weeks at the top of the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart from December 1981 through to March 1982. The Australian version had a black and white cover design;overseas releases had a similar design,but in a black and yellow colour scheme. Business as Usual was one of the most successful albums internationally by an Australian group. It spent an unprecedented 15 weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 from late 1982 to early 1983;and five weeks at No. 1 in the United Kingdom Albums Chart in early 1983. Business as Usual was also one of the highest selling Australian albums in the early 1980s,with 6 million copies shipped in the US,Surprisingly,the disc also made it to No. 31 on Billboard's Black Albums chart.
I'm Talking are an Australian funk-pop rock band,which featured vocalists Kate Ceberano and Zan Abeyratne. They formed in 1983 in Melbourne and provided top ten hit singles "Trust Me","Do You Wanna Be?" and "Holy Word" and a top fifteen album,Bear Witness,before disbanding in 1987. The group reunited in October 2018,and went on a 2019 tour as well as a series of small venue shows.
John Robert Williamson is an Australian country music and folk music singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist,television host and conservationist. Williamson usually writes and performs songs that relate to the history and culture of Australia,particularly the outback,in a similar vein to Slim Dusty and Buddy Williams before him. Williamson has released over fifty albums,ten videos,five DVDs,and two lyric books and has sold more than 4,000,000 albums in Australia. His best known hit is "True Blue". On Australia Day in 1992 Williamson was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) with the citation:"for service to Australian country music and in stimulating awareness of conservation issues". He has received twenty-six Golden Guitar trophies at the Country Music Awards of Australia,he has won three ARIA Music Awards for Best Country Album and,in 2010,was inducted into the related Hall of Fame.
"True Blue" is an Australian folk song written and performed by singer-songwriter John Williamson. The lyrical content utilises Australian slang heavily,with the title meaning authentically Australian . The song was released in March 1982 as a single from True Blue - The Best of John Williamson,but failed to chart.
Shona Laing is a New Zealand musician. She has had several hits in her native country,as well as a few minor international hits,most notably "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy" and "Soviet Snow". Laing contributed to Manfred Mann's Earth Band album Somewhere in Afrika and contributed music to,and appeared in,the 1985 action film Shaker Run.
The discography of John Williamson,an Australian singer-songwriter,consists of twenty studio albums,twenty-four compilation album,eight live album,three EPs. Williamson has sold over 4 million records in Australia.
"Old Man Emu" is a song written and recorded by the Australian country singer John Williamson. In 1970,Williamson performed the song on TV talent show,New Faces,winning first place. Williamson signed with Fable Records after the win.
John Williamson is the debut studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. It was released in 1970.
Mallee Boy is the sixth studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The album was released in November 1986 and peaked at number 9 on the Kent Music Report;becoming Williamson's first top ten album.
Boomerang Café is the seventh studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The album was released in April 1988 and peaked at number 10 on the Kent Music Report.
Warragul is the eighth studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The album was released in September 1989 and peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Charts;becoming Williamson's first number 1 album.
Waratah St is the tenth studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The album was released in September 1991 and peaked at number 14 on the ARIA Charts. The album was certified platinum.
True Blue –The Very Best of John Williamson is a compilation album by Australian country music artist John Williamson and was released in November 1995. The album was a celebration of 25 years in the music industry for Williamson. The album peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Charts and was certified 3x platinum in 2006.
The Way It Is is the fourteenth studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The album was released in July 1999,peaked at number 10 on the ARIA Charts and was certified platinum.
True Blue Two is a compilation album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The title is the second True Blue compilation following True Blue –The Very Best of John Williamson released in 1995. Similarly,Williamson released a book of the same title with the song background and lyrics.
Chandelier of Stars is the sixteenth studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. It was released in August 2005 and peaked at number 11 on the ARIA Charts. The album was certified gold in 2005.
Pipe Dream is the thirteenth studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The album was released in August 1997,peaked at number 6 on the ARIA Charts and was certified platinum.
Hillbilly Road is the seventeenth studio album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. It was released in August 2008 and peaked at number 6 on the ARIA Charts. The album was certified gold in July 2009. The album was inspired by Williamson's retreat in the Queensland hinterland and supported with a national tour across late 2008 and into 2009.
Singing in the Suburbs is the first solo live album by Australian country music artist John Williamson. The album was released in 1983. The album included the track "The Vasectomy Song",which peaked at number 28 on the Kent Music Report,which remains Williamson's second highest-charting single,behind "Old Man Emu".
