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Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway AM (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.
Deborah Ann Conway was born on 8 August 1959 in Melbourne, Victoria. Her father Carl was a lawyer, entrepreneur, realtor and stockbroker in Toorak (died 2011). Conway attended Lauriston Girls' School—photos of her as a schoolgirl were displayed at the Sydney Jewish Museum.
She started Media Studies at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) but left in 1979. Next, she attended University of Melbourne for an arts degree with modelling and singing to support her way through. A billboard campaign for Bluegrass jeans featured Conway's nude backside and the phrase "Get yours into Bluegrass". Other ads with Conway as a model include Big M and Crunchie.
At the age of 18, Conway started playing guitar, and in 1980 she joined the Benders as a vocalist whilst still at university. Her father was so concerned when she joined the pop band that he sent her to a psychiatrist. Other members of The Benders included Neville Aresca (bass guitar), Les Barker (guitars, vocals), Dorland Bray (drums, vocals), John Campbell, Daniel Solowiej and Greg Thomas (guitar, keyboards). They performed mostly in Melbourne pubs playing original material—mostly written by Conway and Thomas as well as Blondie and Devo cover versions. Conway also wrote songs with Bray.
Conway had minor roles in the films Mallacoota Stampede (1979) and Hard Knocks (1980).
In 1981, Conway and Bray relocated to Sydney and formed pop rock band Do-Ré-Mi, with Helen Carter on bass guitar and Stephen Philip on guitar. They recorded two albums, Domestic Harmony (1985) and The Happiest Place in Town (1988), and eight singles. Their best performed hit, "Man Overboard", peaked at No. 5 on the Australia Kent Music Report Singles Chart and became the eighth-highest-positioned Australian song on the 1985 End of Year Chart. In the early 1980s, Conway was the domestic partner of Paul Hester—drummer for Deckchairs Overboard and then Split Enz—before he left for Los Angeles in 1985 and formed Crowded House there.
Conway played the lead role of "Julie" in an Australian teenage road movie called Running on Empty, which was released in 1982.
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Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway AM (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.
Deborah Ann Conway was born on 8 August 1959 in Melbourne, Victoria. Her father Carl was a lawyer, entrepreneur, realtor and stockbroker in Toorak (died 2011). Conway attended Lauriston Girls' School—photos of her as a schoolgirl were displayed at the Sydney Jewish Museum.
She started Media Studies at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) but left in 1979. Next, she attended University of Melbourne for an arts degree with modelling and singing to support her way through. A billboard campaign for Bluegrass jeans featured Conway's nude backside and the phrase "Get yours into Bluegrass". Other ads with Conway as a model include Big M and Crunchie.
At the age of 18, Conway started playing guitar, and in 1980 she joined the Benders as a vocalist whilst still at university. Her father was so concerned when she joined the pop band that he sent her to a psychiatrist. Other members of The Benders included Neville Aresca (bass guitar), Les Barker (guitars, vocals), Dorland Bray (drums, vocals), John Campbell, Daniel Solowiej and Greg Thomas (guitar, keyboards). They performed mostly in Melbourne pubs playing original material—mostly written by Conway and Thomas as well as Blondie and Devo cover versions. Conway also wrote songs with Bray.
Conway had minor roles in the films Mallacoota Stampede (1979) and Hard Knocks (1980).
In 1981, Conway and Bray relocated to Sydney and formed pop rock band Do-Ré-Mi, with Helen Carter on bass guitar and Stephen Philip on guitar. They recorded two albums, Domestic Harmony (1985) and The Happiest Place in Town (1988), and eight singles. Their best performed hit, "Man Overboard", peaked at No. 5 on the Australia Kent Music Report Singles Chart and became the eighth-highest-positioned Australian song on the 1985 End of Year Chart. In the early 1980s, Conway was the domestic partner of Paul Hester—drummer for Deckchairs Overboard and then Split Enz—before he left for Los Angeles in 1985 and formed Crowded House there.
Conway played the lead role of "Julie" in an Australian teenage road movie called Running on Empty, which was released in 1982.