John Williamson

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Williamson
Occupation	Country Singer
Date Of Birth	Nov 1, 1945(1945-11-01)
Age	79
Birthplace	Australia
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Scorpio

John Williamson Biography

John Williamson is one of the most popular and richest Country Singer who was born on November 1, 1945 in Australia, Australia. Singer who has won three ARIA Music Awards in the Best Country Album category and twenty- six Golden Guitar trophies at the Country Music Awards of Australia.

He was invited by Kenny Rogers to appear with him on stage for two nights at the Sydney State Theatre in August 2012.

John Robert Williamson AM (born 1 November 1945) is an Australian country music and folk music singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist, television host and conservationist. Williamson usually writes and performs songs that relate to the history and culture of Australia, particularly the outback, in a similar vein to Slim Dusty and Buddy Williams before him. Williamson has released over fifty albums, ten videos, five DVDs, and two lyric books and has sold more than 4,000,000 albums in Australia. His best known hit is “True Blue”. On Australia Day (26 January) in 1992 Williamson was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) with the citation: “for service to Australian country music and in stimulating awareness of conservation issues”. He has received twenty-six Golden Guitar trophies at the Country Music Awards of Australia, he has won three ARIA Music Awards for Best Country Album and, in 2010, was inducted into the related Hall of Fame.

Williamson’s performance style originates from his ‘farmland, not city bitumen’ lifestyle, and his upbringing is referred to by the nickname, ‘The Mallee Boy’. His early musical influences were Roger Miller and Rolf Harris, both of whom provided inspirational elements for his first hit, namely using a vocal imitation from Miller’s “Dang Me” and replacing Rolf’s wobble board with a Jaw’s Harp. From the age of seven he learned to play the ukulele from his father, before proceeding when he was twelve to guitar and taught himself to play harmonica. For the last four years of secondary schooling Williamson attended Scotch College in Melbourne. In the early 1960s, while still at college, he formed a folk music group. After schooling Williamson returned home to become a farmer and, in 1965, the family moved to Croppa Creek, near Moree, where Williamson began performing at a local restaurant.

He was married to Mary-Kay Price from 1973 to 2007, with whom he had two daughters, Ami and Georgie; he later married Meg Doyle in March 2013.

John Williamson Net Worth

John Williamson is one of the richest Country Singer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Williamson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He learned how to play the ukulele when he was seven years old and guitar and harmonica at the age of twelve. He formed a folk group while in college in the 1960s.

He hosted a country music TV series in 1973 called Travlin’ Out West and it lasted for two years.

John Robert Williamson was born on 1 November 1945 at Kerang Bush Nursing Hospital to Keith Williamson and Shirley Ellen (née Manuel). He grew up in Quambatook, in the Mallee district of north-western Victoria. His parents farmed wheat crops on various small land lots in the region and were both amateur performing artists: singing in local Gilbert and Sullivan productions. Williamson is the oldest of five sons with Robin as the third oldest.

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Who is John Williamson Dating?

According to our records, John Williamson married to Meg Doyle , Mary- Kay. As of December 1, 2023, John Williamson’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1983 Williamson released his first solo live album, Singing in the Suburbs and another live album, The Smell of Gum Leaves, in September 1984. It featured another comic track, “I’m Fair Dinkum”. Williamson then launched his merchandise business, The Fair Dinkum Road Company, in Sydney. The album included his cover version of Spectrum’s 1971 single, “I’ll Be Gone”, which he played using only guitar and harmonica. At the start of 1985 he founded an independent record label, Gumleaf Recordings. At the Country Music Awards of Australia in January that year, he won ‘Song of the Year’ for “Queen in the Sport of Kings”. He then issued a new compilation, Humble Beginnings, featuring tracks from his first three studio albums. He released another studio album that year, Road Thru the Heart. At the Country Music Awards of Australia in January 1986, he won ‘Album of the Year’ for Road Thru the Heart and ‘Male Vocalist of the Year’ for “You and My Guitar”. In July 1986, Williamson released another compilation, All the Best! which contained eighteen of his most-requested tracks both from studio and live works. As a bonus, Williamson collaborated with both of his daughters, Ami and Georgie, and with Australian folk group Bullamakanka on “Goodbye Blinky Bill” – highlighting the comic koala character of the same name. When issued as a single, the purchase price included an A$1.00 donation to the Koala Preservation Society in Port Macquarie. At the Country Music Awards of Australia in January 1986, he won ‘Album of the Year’ for Road Thru the Heart and ‘Male Vocalist of the Year’ for “You and My Guitar”.

Facts & Trivia

John Ranked on the list of most popular Country Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. John Williamson celebrates birthday on November 1 of every year.

In April 1988 Williamson issued his seventh studio album, Boomerang Café, which peaked at No. 10 on the Kent Music Report. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, Boomerang Café won his second award for Best Country Album. At the Country Music Awards of Australia in January 1989, he won ‘Top Selling Album’ and ‘Album of the Year’ for Boomerang Café. Despite the title song’s lyrics, Williamson has told concert audiences that he did not actually meet his future wife, Mary-Kay, in The Boomerang Cafe but actually by a water tank. Williamson performed at the opening of the New Parliament House. In September 1989, he issued Warragul (meaning dingo in the Wiradjuri language), which became his first number-one album the following month. That same year Variety Club named him ‘Entertainer of the Year’.

Where does John Williamson live Now?

Australian singer-songwriter John Williamson sat quietly in his Springbrook home looking out over a clifftop and along Queensland’s Numinbah Valley in the Gold Coast hinterland. His home, John says, is his own heaven on earth.

Who is John Williamson's wife?

Wife

How old is John Williamson?

76 years (November 1, 1945)

How tall is John Williamson?

Personal information
Listed height| 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight| 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school| Wilbur Cross (New Haven, Connecticut)

What is John Williamson doing now?

John Williamson is currently touring across 1 country and has 1 upcoming concert.