LENORE SOMERSET

Lenore Somerset was born on February 17, 1931 in Brisbane as Lenore Miller. Somerset appears on the Australian Country Music Hands of Fame for her country recordings (her uncle was Buddy Williams and she was known as the 'Yodelling Jillaroo'), but she also enjoyed a successful period making folk recordings. She moved to Melbourne in the late '50s and was discovered' by her next-door neighbour who heard her singing over the fence. He got her some work singing on television and soon she was playing regular shows around town including Reg Lindsay’s Country and Western Hour and Graham Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight.

Signing to the W&G label she recorded her first LP titled 'Lenore Somerset Sings' in 1963. This was followed by 'Portrait Of A Folk Singer' (1964), 'Australia Past' (1965), 'For Billy Joe' (1973) and 'Misty' (1977). She supported The New Lost City Ramblers tour of Australia in 1965. In 1967 she was invited to entertain Australian troops in Vietnam along side Patti Newton, Denise Drysdale and The Strangers. She was also an actress, appearing in Young Ramsay, Homicide and Matlock Police. She was married to Roy Somerset. She died on October 17, 2006 in Melbourne from cancer.

SINGLES

''Mary's Boy Child / Little Moses'' 1963 W&G

''Massachusetts / What Now My Love'' 1968 CBS

EPs

'Requests' 1965 W&G

'Lenore Somerset Live' 1965 W&G

ALBUMS

'Lenore Somerset Sings' 1963 W&G
'Portrait Of A Folk Singer' 1964 W&G

'Australia Past' 1965 W&G
'For Billy Joe' 1975 W&G
'Misty' 1977 EMS