Roger Cardwell, born on July 19, 1934, in Adelaide, began his early gigs singing folk music at the Folk Hut coffee lounge. In the 1960s, he hosted and performed on Nine’s national show Country and Western Hour and Channel 7’s Country Style. Country and Western Hour was a top-rated program that won two Logie awards. When Cardwell left in the mid-60s to join Channel 10, Reg Lindsay took over as compere. In 1996, he was inducted into the Australian Country Music Hall of Fame as a pioneer of country music television. Over a five-decade media career, Cardwell became a household name, presenting news bulletins for all major Adelaide commercial TV networks. He died on October 26, 2019, in Adelaide.
''Black Jack County Chain / Storybook Children'' 1968 RCA
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'Country Style' 1967 Parlophone
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