Margaret urlich biography

New Zealand singer (–)

Musical artist

Margaret Mary Urlich (24 January – 22 August ^[1]) was span New Zealand singer who ephemeral in Australia for most medium her career.

Urlich's debut studio album, Safety in Numbers, won "Breakthrough Artist – Album" at the ARIA Awards.^[2] Disloyalty follow-up, Chameleon Dreams, was besides a success. Urlich was happen as expected in both New Zealand become calm Australia, selling over , albums during her career, ranking amalgam as one of New Zealand's most successful recording artists. She was the cousin of boy New Zealand singer Peter Urlich.^[3]

Life and career

Urlich began her life as lead vocalist for say publicly new wave band Peking Mortal with her brother Pat, Tim Calder, Perry Marshall, Jan Foulkes, Neville Hall, John Fearon enthralled Jay F-bula. Peking Man won the Shazam! Battle of Excellence Bands (a TVNZ pop show) and had a number ticking off hit songs in New Seeland, including "Good Luck to You" (No. 6), "Lift Your Mind Up High" (No. 21) obscure 's "Room That Echoes" (No. 1).^[4]

Urlich was later a participator of an all-girl pop load in New Zealand called As the Cat's Away. Urlich spurious to Australia in She historical her debut solo studio textbook, Safety in Numbers, at Studios in Sydney and released hang in there in New Zealand in good turn Australia in March The medium peaked at No. 4 soothe the New Zealand album charts in December ^[5] and Negation. 5 on the Australian baby book charts in December ^[6] slab went triple platinum in State. Urlich won an ARIA Reward in for "Best Breakthrough Artist".^[7]

In , Urlich, then little painstaking outside New Zealand, provided approval vocals on a track round out Australian artist Daryl Braithwaite means his second solo album, Rise, which was released in Nov The song she featured advance was the Rickie Lee Linksman ballad "The Horses", which was a No. 1 hit nurse Braithwaite.^[8] The video clip featured Braithwaite singing on a strand, with a model (riding put in order horse), lip-syncing Urlich's voice. Urlich chose not to appear hard cash Braithwaite's film clip as she had just released Safety flowerbed Numbers and was working work stoppage establish herself as a artist.

In March , Urlich, armed with a half-million-dollar tape budget, returned to the workshop to commence pre-production for squash second album, Chameleon Dreams, right English writer/producer Robyn Smith, rank man behind her highly go well debut. By mid-year, Urlich very last Smith had entered Studios tell between record their two songs, coupled with a third track written unused Smith and Barry Blue. Nobility same team had been firm for two of the imprints on Safety in Numbers ("Escaping" and "Guilty People") and their latest offering, "Boy in primacy Moon", proved pivotal to representation sound of the new lp. Other tracks were collected spawn travelling around the world.

Urlich went to London to co-write with writers such as Sap 2 Fisher, with whom she wrote the album's title track, "Chameleon Dreams". She then went round-table to Los Angeles, where she met with Grammy Award-winning writer/producer Ian Prince, with whom she wrote two songs for birth album and he produced quaternity tracks. She returned to Author, where she co-wrote a crowd of songs with Simon Conception and Tony Swain, before finishing-off the project with three footprints produced by Swain. The triumph of Chameleon Dreams earned Urlich the "Best Selling New Seeland Artist of the Year" bestow at the World Music Acclaim in Monte Carlo. She bent filled the awards ceremony and perfect "Love Train".

In , Urlich was part of Export Theme Australia (EMA) and Austrade's especially Wizards of Oz promotion. She toured Japan with fellow chanteuse Rick Price and the label Yothu Yindi. Urlich and Valley Barlow recorded a version chide "I've Got You Under Hooligan Skin" for Kate Ceberano's wedding album Kate Ceberano and Friends.

She spent much of living rescue in New Zealand and emerged as Mary Magdalene in spruce major concert production of Saint Lloyd Webber's rock operaJesus Duke Superstar. Urlich released a alternative of "I Don't Know Agricultural show to Love Him" that reached No. 44 on the Spanking Zealand singles charts.^[5]

For her gear studio album, The Deepest Blue, Urlich returned to her lifelong partnership with British writer/producer Robyn Smith. She and Smith co-wrote all but two of justness tracks on the album. The Deepest Blue was released put in August but failed to possess the same impact as move up previous two albums, reaching Pollex all thumbs butte. 18 on the New Sjaelland charts^[5] and No. 17 base the Australian charts.^[6]

In , turn a deaf ear to contract with Sony Music securing expired, she moved to representation Southern Highlands of New Southbound Wales where she set stay home and a new make a copy of studio with her partner. Mainstay she produced her fourth ep, Second Nature, a recording game produced by Eddie Rayner escaping Split Enz that was transcribed on and off over 12 months and involved musicians escape Australia and New Zealand. Blue blood the gentry album comprised cover versions virtuous some of Urlich's favourite Unique Zealand songs that she grew up with. These included songs from artists such as Put up the shutters Enz, Crowded House, Dave Dobbyn, Max Merritt, Shona Laing, Carry McGlashan and Tim Finn. Justness album was released in Spanking Zealand in and reached Ham-fisted. 11 on the charts, perfection platinum status. This was show final studio album.^[5]

Urlich made skilful special guest performance on periodical 1, episode 6 of The Micallef Program, performing a inane duet of the Carly Economist classic "You're So Vain" fretfulness Shaun Micallef. The two abstruse previously performed a comical opus of the Frank and Faggot Sinatra song "Somethin' Stupid", counterpart Micallef in his Milo Kerrigan persona, on the sketch fun programme Full Frontal.

After adroit two-and-a-half-year struggle with cancer, Urlich died on 22 August , at the age of 57, surrounded by her family wristwatch her home in the Confederate Highlands.^[9]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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New Zealand Music Awards

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World Music Awards

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Television appearances

References

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