Jeff Phillips
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Jeff Phillips is an Australian TV show host/personality and pop singer of the 1960s to the early 1990s.
Originally from Perth, Western Australia
, he first came to public attention when he took over as compere of Perth
TV show, Club 17 in 1966. Moving to Melbourne, he put out a number of single records, but the only one which charted was his cover version of The Shirelles
/Beatles song, Baby It's You in 1968. He then became host of his own ABC-TV pop show, Sounds Like Us in 1970. That year saw him win the 1970 TV Week
Awards - George Wallace Memorial Logie For Best New Talent. In 1971 he became host of the popular Saturday morning pop music show Happening '71 (or '71 or '72 depending on the year it was broadcast). He continued on that show until 1973.
Following Happening's demise he went to the UK, where he was based for several years and released a number of singles including a version of John Paul Young
's, Yesterday's Hero. During this time in England he became a regular act at the Speakeasy Club. He then went on to achieve some success in the British variety field on TV shows such as The Rolf Harris
Show and Seaside Special. In the late 1970s he re-located to Los Angeles
for a time. He returned to Australia in 1985 to appear in the Australian production of Cats with Debra Byrne
and appeared on the Australian cast album. He then went on to club work. Phillips was a minor but regular TVW Channel 7
personality who emerged doing Cliff Richard material on the Tonight shows, a veritable darling of the mums and dads. He made something of a comeback in 1991, hosting the Ten Network TV talent show, Star Search.
Although not known for his songwriting, he did write a number of tracks that were released by him as singles. Notwithstanding his lack of chart success, he had a long recording career, putting out nineteen single records from 1968 to 1981.
Originally from Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, he first came to public attention when he took over as compere of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
TV show, Club 17 in 1966. Moving to Melbourne, he put out a number of single records, but the only one which charted was his cover version of The Shirelles
The Shirelles
The Shirelles were an African-American girl group that achieved popularity in the early 1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens , Doris Coley , Addie "Micki" Harris , and Beverly Lee...
/Beatles song, Baby It's You in 1968. He then became host of his own ABC-TV pop show, Sounds Like Us in 1970. That year saw him win the 1970 TV Week
TV Week
TV Week is a weekly television magazine in Australia, first published as a Melbourne-only publication in December 1957 , and bearing a strong affiliation to television station GTV.The publication is still publishing weekly...
Awards - George Wallace Memorial Logie For Best New Talent. In 1971 he became host of the popular Saturday morning pop music show Happening '71 (or '71 or '72 depending on the year it was broadcast). He continued on that show until 1973.
Following Happening's demise he went to the UK, where he was based for several years and released a number of singles including a version of John Paul Young
John Paul Young
John Paul Young is an Australian pop singer who had a 1978 worldwide hit with "Love Is in the Air"...
's, Yesterday's Hero. During this time in England he became a regular act at the Speakeasy Club. He then went on to achieve some success in the British variety field on TV shows such as The Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris, CBE, AM is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, painter and television personality.Born in Perth, Western Australia, Harris was a champion swimmer before studying art. He moved to England in 1952, where he started to appear on television programmes on which he drew the...
Show and Seaside Special. In the late 1970s he re-located to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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for a time. He returned to Australia in 1985 to appear in the Australian production of Cats with Debra Byrne
Debra Byrne
-Career:Byrne made her television debut on Brian and the Juniors, an early predecessor of Young Talent Time, which was hosted by a young Brian Naylor. She stayed with the show for 12 months. In 1971 she was cast as one of the original six Young Talent Time cast members...
and appeared on the Australian cast album. He then went on to club work. Phillips was a minor but regular TVW Channel 7
TVW
TVW can mean:*TVW, a Seven Network owned station in Perth, Western Australia*TVW, a public affairs network in the state of Washington*"tvw", the false branding callsign of WISC-TV's digital subchannel and Madison, Wisconsin's MyNetworkTV affiliate...
personality who emerged doing Cliff Richard material on the Tonight shows, a veritable darling of the mums and dads. He made something of a comeback in 1991, hosting the Ten Network TV talent show, Star Search.
Although not known for his songwriting, he did write a number of tracks that were released by him as singles. Notwithstanding his lack of chart success, he had a long recording career, putting out nineteen single records from 1968 to 1981.
Discography
- Baby It's You/I Want To Meet Her - 1968 (Australia #34, Melbourne #21, Brisbane #11)
- What a Wonderful World/By The Time I Get To Phoenix - 1969
- Everything I Touch Turns To Tears/I'm Comin' Home Cindy - 1969
- Wrong or Right/I'm In Love With You - 1970 (Festival)
- I Want To Be Famous Like My Dad/A Love Of Your Kind - 1970 (Generation)
- Movement Of Love/ - 1971 (Generation)
- Gloria/Come Go With Me - circa 1972 (Havoc)
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again/Billy Bullfrog - 1973 (WWA)
- Shake A Hand/Watch My Baby Rock 'n Roll - 1974 (UA)
- Yesterday's Hero/On The Road Again - 1975
- Superman (I Want To Make You Love Me)/The Other Side -1976 (as Jeff Phillips & Tigerwing)
- Crying In The Middle Of The Night/ - 1976
- Here You Come Again/Lone Dancer - 1977 (NEMS)
- Jojo/I'll Be There - 1978 (RCA Victor UK)
- Let Your Love Go/Saturday - 1977
- Rock Me Slowly/Saturday - 1978 (RCA UK)
- Somebody's Stolen My Thunder/ (NEMS)
- L.A. Reggae/Just Another Pretty Face -1981 (Astor )
- Desire/ Sleep With The Angels - 1981 (RCA)