Media People by Nationality - American Media Personalities, Australian Media Personalities, Molly Meldrum (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: American media personalities, Australian media personalities, Molly Meldrum, List of media personalities in New Zealand, Phillip Adams, Robert Hughes, Greg Packer, Kyle & Jackie O, John Clarke, Dick Healey, Sam Simmons, John-Michael Howson, Peter Roebuck, Bob Ellis, James Brayshaw, Virginia Trioli, David Flint, David Stratton, Dave Callan, Kerryn Phelps, Doug Mulray, Dave Kirwan, Tim Lane, Margaret Pomeranz, Michael Tunn, Alby Mangels, Lisa Curry-Kenny, Maynard, Gerard Whateley, Hugh Atkin, Tom Gleisner, Meshel Laurie, Ron E Sparks, Steve Abbott, Hayden Turner, Flacco, Matthew Campbell, Jules Lund, Paul Livingston, Trevor Chappell, Eric Pearce, Emily J. Miller, Angela Pippos, Des Hoysted, Darren McMullen, Kersi Meher-Homji, Virginia Lette, Ben Dark, Tony Eastley, Sarah Macdonald, Steve Austin, Shura Taft, Tim Smith. Excerpt: Ian Alexander "Molly" Meldrum AM (born 29 January 1946) is an Australian popular music critic, journalist, record producer (including as Willie Everfinish), and musical entrepreneur. He was the talent co-ordinator, on-air interviewer and music news presenter on the now defunct popular music program Countdown (1974-1987) and is widely recognised for his trademark Stetson hat, commonly mistaken for an Akubra, which he has regularly worn in public since the 1980s. Meldrum has featured on the Australian music scene since the mid-1960s first with his writing for Go-Set (1966-1974), a weekly teen newspaper, then his tenure with Countdown and subsequent media contributions. He produced top ten hits for Russell Morris ("The Real Thing," "Part Three Into Paper Walls"), Ronnie Burns ("Smiley"), Colleen Hewett ("Day by Day"), Supernaut ("I Like it Both Ways") and The Ferrets ("Don't Fall in Love"). Meldrum hosted the Australian leg of Live Aid in July 1985, Oz for Africa, and was made a Member of the Order...