Born Ellie Jean Mary Therese Lavelle in Kyogle in 1934. She started her career in 1960 and recorded for Sunset Records W&G and EMI. Ellie along with Mick Finn and Johnny Greenwood established the Modern Country Music Association which later became The Australian Country Music Association. She also organised talent for the ABC TV Show Barnstorm which she co-hosted with Johnny Paine and ran a successful entertainment and booking agency. She is now retired but her recordings still sell today with her best seller being "How Far Is Heaven". In 1980 she was inducted into Tamworth’s Hands of Fame.
SINGLES
''Let Bygones Be Bygones / Crying In The Chapel'' 1963 W&G ''How Far Is Heaven / I've Been Lonely Lately'' 1965 Sunset ''My Mother's Prayer'' [with Johnny Greenwood] 1966 Sunset ''How Far Is Heaven / Jambalaya'' 1971 Columbia ''Memory Number One / Amigo's Guitar'' Sundown 1986
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