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Jeff Phillips

b. 1948

Australian TV presenter, pop singer

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Born 1948. Jeff Phillips is an Australian singer.

Jeffrey Travis Andrew Phillips (born November 1948) is an Australian TV show host, personality, musical theatre actor and pop singer active from 1966 to the early 1990s. As a pop singer, he had a Top 40 hit on the Go-Set singles chart with a cover version of The Shirelles' 1961 hit, "Baby It's You". At the Logie Awards of 1970, he won the Best New Talent category for hosting his own ABC TV pop show, Sounds Like Us. In the early 1970s he hosted a series of teen pop music shows, Happening '71 and Happening '72. In July 1972 Phillips won a song prize at the Fifth Olympiad of Song, held in Athens, performing his self-written work, "Gloria"; the prize money was 100,000 drachmae (AUD $2,797). Although he issued further singles, until the early 1980s, he had no other national Top 40 chart success. From July 1985 to October 1987 he appeared in the Australian stage production of Cats in the role of Rum Tum Tugger in both the Sydney run and the Melbourne season; he also performed on the original Australian cast album.

Biography Jeffrey Travis Andrew Phillips was born in November 1948 and grew up on the Canning River, Western Australia. 1969 himself Male Vocal 5th 1972 himself Male Artist 4th

King of Pop Awards The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of TV Week. The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978. 1972 himself Best Dressed Male

Logie Awards The Logie Awards is an annual gathering to celebrate Australian television, sponsored and organised by magazine TV Week, with the first ceremony in 1959, known then as the TV Week Awards, the awards are presented in 20 categories representing both public and industry voted awards. Logie Awards of 1970 himself George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent

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1948, Canning River
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Also known as
Jeffrey Travis Andrew Phillips, Jeffrey Andrew Travis Phillips

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jeff Phillips?

Australian TV presenter, pop singer

When was Jeff Phillips born?

Jeff Phillips was born in 1948 in Canning River.

What is Jeff Phillips's occupation?

Jeff Phillips is a singer.

What nationality is Jeff Phillips?

Jeff Phillips is Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jeff Phillips

· Wikidata: Q6174692

· DBpedia: Jeff Phillips (singer)

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