GREG CHAMPION

Greg Champion is an Australian songwriter, guitarist, radio personality and athlete. Born in Benalla, Victoria, Champion is most recognised for his work as part of the Coodabeen Champions as a songwriter and guitarist. Greg often appeared on the program writing songs about both Aussies rules football and cricket. He is an avid Australian rules football fan, supporting the Adelaide Crows and since the 1980s has penned many tunes on the Australian game. Of these, the most famous is "That's the Thing About Football", which has gone down as a classic Australian rules song and has been used on Seven Network's Australian Football League coverage.

Greg Champion grew up in Hectorville, a suburb of the South Australian capital, Adelaide. Champion has written hundreds of songs (many serious, many humorous) and is a multi-awarded country/folk singer, who after being discovered in the Catacombs (an Adelaide folk club of the 1970s), went on to join the following bands: Tidewater, The Fabulaires and Young Homebuyers before launching a successful solo career.

Champion's highest selling album is the 1996 released 'Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs' with Australian country music star Colin Buchanan. Their duet "Aussie Jingle Bells" is a favourite at Christmas time. In 1998, a sequel to 'Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs' was released featuring 25 Christmas-themed songs. In 2006, his song "Been There, Done That" rocketed to #4 on the Country Music Chart having been released that year as part of 'The Shack Tapes'. In 2009, Greg released his 'Strayana' CD which is proving popular as it epitomises his "half country, half folk, half comedy" approach to music.

In 2010, Champion was awarded Victorian Male Vocalist in the Victorian Country Music Awards for his meaningful song “This Was My Town (Marysville)”. In 2011, Champion released a well-regarded CD 'At This Stage', a collection of fan favourite songs 2002–2010, which included the first release (on a CD) of the absolute classic "(Listening to the) Earthbeat" written and first performed in 1995. The release included his 'Best Of" CD 1990–2001. In 2012, just prior to heading off to his 22nd Tamworth Country Music Festival, he surprised many with his 'Emergence' CD which had a wide range of musical styles of 11 original songs. In 2017 Champs headlined the show All Star Musical Comedy Showcase with Greg Champion & Friends at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

SINGLES
''I Made A 100 / Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight'' 1985 Team
''DiPierdomenico / Never Turn Right At Burke Rd. Malvern'' 1986 Impressive
''I Made A Hundred'' 1987 ABC

''Now She's Living In Innisfail / Louise'' 1990 ABC

''You Can Get Arrested For That / Red Hot Go'' 1991 ABC
''More Bad Weather / Where Ya Headin' Campbell?'' 1992 ABC
''That's The Thing About Football'' (#31) 1994 Massive
''Down In The West Indies'' 1995 Massive 
''Don't Let The Big V Down'' 1995 Massive 
''We Want A Wicket'' 1995 Massive 

ALBUMS
'Work Hard Play Hard' 1985 Impressive Records
'Greg Champion' 1990 ABC
'Champion' 1992 ABC
'That's What I Like About Football' (#31) 1994 Massive 
'Everybody Loves to watch the Cricket' 1995 Massive
'That's What I Like About Football Volume II' 1995 Massive 
'Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs' [with Colin Buchanan] (#39) 1995 Massive
'Football is a Funny Game' 1996 Massive
'Australian Music' 1997 Massive
'Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs 2' [with Colin Buchanan] (#67) 1998 EastWest 
'Stand Back Australia' 2000 EastWest 
'Shady Tree' 2002 Greg Champion 
'North & South' 2004 ABC 
'Cricket's on the Radio' 2005 ABC 
'The Shack Tapes' 2006 ORIGiN 
'Strayana' 2009 Compass Bros. 
'Emergence' 2012 Greg Champion
'A Whole Different Story' 2013 Greg Champion
'Happy Travels' 2017 Greg Champion

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Champion