Deborah Conway

Deborah Ann Conway (born 8 August 1959) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top-5 hit "Man Overboard".

Conway performs solo and has a top-20 hit single with "It's Only the Beginning" (1991). The associated album, String of Pearls, also peaked in the top 20. She won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist at the 1992 awards. Her next album, Bitch Epic, reached the top 20 in November 1993. Conway organised and performed on the Broad Festivals from 2005 to 2008—show-casing contemporary Australian female artists.

Early life and education Deborah Ann Conway was born on 8 August 1959 in Melbourne, Victoria. Melinda Schneider, Mia Dyson, Kate Miller-Heidke, Conway, and Ella Hooper in 2006; Anne McCue, Sally Seltmann, Conway, Jade Macrae, and Abbe May in 2007; and Laura Jean, Elana Stone, Liz Stringer, Dianna Corcoran, and Conway in 2008.

2023: Book of Life In September 2023, Conway and Zygier premiered their musical theatrical show, Songs From The Book of Life, at the Brisbane Festival, based on Conway's forthcoming memoir. On 3 October 2023, Conway published her memoir, Book of Life. It was shortlisted for the 2024 Nib Literary Award.

In August 2025, Conway and Zygier released the album Right Wing Propaganda.

Portraits and other recognition In 1996, a portrait of Conway as Medusa, painted by Rosemary Valadon, was a finalist in the Archibald Prize. The prize is awarded for the "best portrait painting preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics".

Personal life Conway was in a relationship with Paul Hester before he moved to Los Angeles in 1985. Conway is married to guitarist and musical collaborator Willy Zygier. In 2024 in the context of reactions to the Gaza war, Conway described her efforts to expose "the antisemitism among the 'good', the 'kind', the 'righteous', the 'educated' - people I never imagined would fall for it".

In a radio interview with ABC Australia in 2023 she disputed the large number of children being killed by Israel. "It depends what you call kids. You see 16-, 17-year-olds, young boys, toting rifles. Unfortunately Hamas recruits boys that are not men yet," she said.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications AUS String of Pearls Released: 14 October 1991 Label: Mushroom (D30601) Formats: CD, Cassette 20 ARIA: Gold Label: Mushroom (MUSH33055.2) Formats: CD 79 Exquisite Stereo Released: 2000 Label: Another Intercorps Production / Shock (SHOCK0399) Formats: CD - PC: The Songs of Patsy Cline Released: July 2001 Label: Another Intercorps Production Formats: CD, DD - Summertown(with Willy Zygier) Released: August 2004 Label: Another Intercorps Production (INTERCORPS001) Formats: CD, DD - Half Man Half Woman(with Willy Zygier) Released: 3 May 2010 Label: Another Intercorps Production (INTERCORPS002) Formats: CD, DD - Stories Of Ghosts(with Willy Zygier) Released: 15 February 2013 Label: Another Intercorps Production (INTERCORPS004) Formats: CD, DD - Everybody's Begging(with Willy Zygier) Released: 2 September 2016 Label: Another Intercorps Production (INTERCORPS005) Formats: CD, DD, streaming - The Words of Men(with Willy Zygier) Released: 15 February 2019 Label: Another Intercorps Production (INTERCORPS006) Formats: CD, DD, streaming - Right Wing Propaganda(with Willy Zygier) Released: 8 August 2025 "Feel Like Makin' Love" 1990 — "It's Only the Beginning" 1991 19 String of Pearls "Under My Skin" 34 "Release Me" 1992 58 "White Roses" 87 "He Can't Decide"(with Paul Kelly, Renee Geyer and Vika Bull) 1993 112 Seven Deadly Sins "Alive and Brilliant" 64 Bitch Epic "Today I am a Daisy" 1994 98 "Consider This"/"Now That We're Apart" 141 "Only the Bones (Will Show)" 1997 196 My Third Husband "2001 Ultrasound" 1998 189 "It's a Girl Thing" — "Happy New Year" 1999 — "Radio Loves This" 2000 63 Exquisite Stereo "She's Coming for It" — "Exquisite Stereo" 2001 — "Accidents Happen in the Home"(with Willy Zygier) 2004 — Summertown "Something's Right"(with Willy Zygier)| 2004 Summertown "I Am Woman"(with Judith Lucy) 2015 —

Charity singles + List of charity singles Title Year Peak chart positions Notes AUS "I Touch Myself" (as part of the I Touch Myself Project) 2014 72 The I Touch Myself Project launched in 2014 with a mission to encourage young women to touch themselves regularly to find early signs of cancer.