Pat Wilson was a journalist with Aussie pop music newspaper Go-Set in the 60s and 70s, writing under the name Cool Mum when she met and married Ross Wilson, of Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock fame.
In 1983 ross wrote Bop Girl for Pat and it reached #2 on the Australian charts, and gently edged into the US BUIllboard chart, peaking at #104.
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You might know him better as Kenny G, the jazz saxophonist who is the biggest-selling instrumental musician of modern times, with global sales of over 75 million records.
He started playing saxophone at age 10, but failed the first time he tried to join his high school jazz band!
At age 17 he was playing with Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra,
The daughter of well-known Australian country musician Bill Chambers, Kasey Chambers’ debut solo album The Captain won the 1999 ARIA for Best Country Artist; a year later she would win the Best Female Artist ARIA.
The release of Chambers’ second album Barricades & Brickwalls, and in particular the lead single Not Pretty Enough gained her a huge
Simon Day was lead singer for Sydney rock band Ratcat.
Formed in 1985, Ratcat's breakthrough came with their 1990 6 track EP releaseTingles, which included the hit single That Ain't Bad.
In 1991 the Ratcat album Blind Love reached #1 on the Australian Charts, as did the single Don't Go Now.
Live in Antwerp 1997
Can the Can – her first #1 single