JULIE ANTHONY

Julie Moncrief Anthony (nee Lush) AM OBE (born 24 August 1949 in Lameroo, South Australia), better known as Julie Anthony, is an Australian soprano and entertainer. Anthony was born to Betty and Les Lush, a sheep and wheat farmer and had an older brother. Steven. She is from a family of aunts, uncles, and grandparents who all worked in the farming sector. Les Lush played professional Australian rules football for Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League, playing 34 games and kicking 126 goals.

Anthony worked on the family farm before deciding on a singing career, citing her musical influences as Ella Fitzgerald and Burt Bacharach. She was billed originally in her career under her birth name of Julie Lush. She started performing in a local band and won a talent contest and began performing on The Country and Western Hour hosted by Reg Lindsay. She also appeared in her native Adelaide on The Ernie Sigley Show before performing regularly on The Graham Kennedy Show. In 1973 she signed with the EMI label and released her first album 'Julie Anthony' in the same year. Up until 2023 Anthony has recorded over a dozen albums. She has also released a number of singles with ''China Blue'' being the most successful charting at #34. 

She sang with the Seekers, first taking the place of Judith Durham as the lead vocalist in the song "The Carnival Is Over" for the Closing Ceremony of Expo '88. Later, Anthony became a member of the group with Bruce Woodley, Athol Guy and Keith Potger. They released an album, 'Live On', in March 1989, which peaked at number #26. In 1991, she recorded the song "Ordinary Miracles" for the 1991 Australian animated fantasy movie The Magic Riddle. In 1992, she also recorded another song, "Sleep Bush Baby Sleep", for the Yoram Gross movie Blinky Bill The Mischievous Koala.

Anthony starred in both the Australian and West End productions of the musical Irene in the mid-1970s. She won the Commercial Broadcasting Federation Award in Australia for Best Easy Listening Album 1975. Her first performance in the musical, at the Adelphi Theatre, London, was 15 June 1976. Her numerous theatre performances include The Sound of Music, I Do! I Do! and The Mikado.

At midnight between 31 December 1987 and 1 January 1988, in celebration of the start of Australia's Bicentennial year, Anthony sang the Australian National Anthem, "Advance Australia Fair", on the national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which continued to show the recording of her performance at the close of broadcasting for many years afterwards, until the broadcaster introduced 24-hour broadcasting. Anthony was well-known. for her appearances for the St George Bank, in which she featured from 1974 to 1999. In 1993 she released a version of "Puff the Magic Dragon" in conjunction with the bank as part of an advertising campaign.

SINGLES

Wonderful Dream

1974

Light A Light

1976

If Only He Knew

1976

Bye Bye Love

1977

I've Never Been To Me

1977

Sunday Sunrise

1978

I've Only Said "I Love You" in My Mind

14 JUL '80

#77

China Blue

15 FEB '82

#34

Here I Go Again

1983

More Than Friends

1984

I Dreamed A Dream

1987

Look For A Rainbow

1988

Ordinary Miracles

1991

ALBUMS

Hello In There

1975

A Part Of Me

1977

Something Special

1978

#92

China Blue

1981

Here I Am

JUL 82

#13

What A Feeling

DEC 83

#40

This Is It

MAY 85

#15

20 Years of No 1 Hits

SEP 86

#37

I Dreamed A Dream

1991

Together At Last

with Don Burrows

1994

Never Stop Believing

1999

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Anthony_%28singer%29

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/