greatest australian singers...

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number 32: KATE CEBRANO



Kate Ceberano (born 17 November 1966) is an Australian singer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film. She has also achieved success as a songwriter, with the hit "Pash" going gold in 1998.
Ceberano was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia of an American father of Filipino descent[SUP][2][/SUP] (karate master Tino Ceberano) and an Australian mother. Her maternal forebears were some of the earliest settlers and government officials in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
Ceberano is an active member of the Church of Scientology.
I'm Talking released "Trust Me" in December 1984, which peaked at #10 on the Kent Music Report for the Australian singles charts.[SUP][3][/SUP] This was followed by "Lead the Way" in July 1985, then a cover of the Rose Royce song "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" in September, which both peaked into the top thirty.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][3][/SUP] Although their songs are credited to the band as a whole (i.e. I'm Talking), in fact Goodge and Cox wrote virtually all the music and lyrics. The group won 'Best New Talent' and 'Best Debut Single' for "Trust Me" for 1984 at the Countdown Awards ceremony broadcast in 1985.[SUP][4][/SUP] On 13 July, I'm Talking performed "Lead the Way" in the 1985 Oz for Africa concert (part of the global Live Aid program). It was broadcast in Australia (on both Seven Network and Nine Network) and on MTV in the US.[SUP][5][/SUP]I’m Talking recorded their debut album Bear Witness in Melbourne, it was released in August 1986.[SUP][1][/SUP] Produced by Fred Maher (drummer for Scritti Politti) and Martyn Webster,[SUP][1][/SUP] it peaked at #14 in the albums charts,[SUP][3][/SUP] and spawned three more singles for their Australian label Regular Records. "Do You Wanna Be", entered the charts in May and peaked at #8, this was their highest charting single.[SUP][3][/SUP] "Holy Word" in August featured solo vocals by Abeyratne and peaked at #9.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][3][/SUP] "How Can it Be?" was released in October but had no charting success.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][3][/SUP] They signed to London Records in the UK but disagreements between the band and that label lead to only one single ("Do You Wanna Be") being released outside of Australia. At least three of their songs later appeared in the 1988 film For Queen & Country.[SUP][6][/SUP]
After returning from their 1986 UK tour supporting Five Star, there were line-up changes, Warren McLean (ex-Machinations) replaced Newman on drums and Kevin Wiltshire was 'imported' from the UK tour as a second keyboardist. That line-up appeared on the national Australian Made tour of January 1987.[SUP][1][/SUP] By March, Abeyratne, Charlesworth and McClean had left.[SUP][1][/SUP] New members were John McAll on keyboards, Philip Jackson on drum machine and electronics, and rapper Tricky J. However, no new material was recorded by this line-up. Ceberano won 'Best Female Vocalist' for 1986 at the final Countdown Awards held in 1987.[SUP][7][/SUP] New material was performed live in 1987, but Ceberano departed to pursue her solo career and I'm Talking disbanded in July 1987. In 1988, a compilation, Dance was released by Regular Records.

[TABLE="class: wikitable"]
[TR]
[TH]Single[/TH]
[TH]Year[/TH]
[TH]ARIA[/TH]
[TH]New Zealand Charts[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]It's Magic / "Only with You (Backing vocals for John Justin)[/TD]
[TD]1984[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Someday (with I'm Talking)[/TD]
[TD]1984[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Barbados (with the Models)[/TD]
[TD]1985[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Trust Me (with I'm Talking)[/TD]
[TD]1985[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lead the Way (with I'm Talking)[/TD]
[TD]1985[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Out of Mind, Out of Sight (with the Models)[/TD]
[TD]1985[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Love Don't Live Here Anymore (with I'm Talking)[/TD]
[TD]1985[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Do You Wanna Be? (with I'm Talking)[/TD]
[TD]1986[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Holy Word (with I'm Talking)[/TD]
[TD]1986[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]You've Always Got the Blues (duet with Wendy Matthews)[/TD]
[TD]1988[/TD]
[TD]81[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]"Bedroom Eyes"[/TD]
[TD]1989[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Love Dimension[/TD]
[TD]1989[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Brave / Young Boys Are My Weakness[/TD]
[TD]1989[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]That's What I Call Love" (featured on the Soundtrack "She Devil")[/TD]
[TD]1990[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dindi[/TD]
[TD]1990[/TD]
[TD]105[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nature Boy[/TD]
[TD]1990[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]"Every Little Thing"[/TD]
[TD]1991[/TD]
[TD]34[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Satisfied[/TD]
[TD]1991[/TD]
[TD]71[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]See Right Through / Everything Will Be Alright[/TD]
[TD]1991[/TD]
[TD]33[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Calling You (with Andrew Pendlebury on guitar)[/TD]
[TD]1992[/TD]
[TD]97[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]"Everything's Alright" (with John Farnham and Jon Stevens)[/TD]
[TD]1992[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]I Don't Know How to Love Him[/TD]
[TD]1992[/TD]
[TD]38[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]You've Got a Friend (Bass Culture Featuring Kate Ceberano)[/TD]
[TD]1993[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Feeling Alright[/TD]
[TD]1994[/TD]
[TD]99[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]All That I Want Is You[/TD]
[TD]1994[/TD]
[TD]88[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Change[/TD]
[TD]1995[/TD]
[TD]100[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Love and Affection[/TD]
[TD]1996[/TD]
[TD]91[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Blue Box[/TD]
[TD]1996[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pash[/TD]
[TD]1997[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]36[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Love Is Alive[/TD]
[TD]1998[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Time To Think[/TD]
[TD]1998[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]I Won't Let You Down[/TD]
[TD]1999[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]True Romantic[/TD]
[TD]1999[/TD]
[TD]79[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[TD]2002/2003[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Higher and Higher[/TD]
[TD]2004[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]At Last[/TD]
[TD]2004[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Unchained Melody[/TD]
[TD]2006[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Go Your Own Way[/TD]
[TD]2007[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]She Will Be Loved[/TD]
[TD]2008[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


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