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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1944|11|21}}
| birth_place = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia
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| birth_place = [[Brisbane]], Queensland, Australia
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Singer
| instrument = Vocals
* television presenter
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| label = Sunshine, [[Festival Records|Festival]], Fable
| instrument = Vocals
| associated_acts = The Kodiaks<br />The Escorts
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| years_active = 1964–present
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'''Ross D. Wyllie''' (born 21 November 1948) is an Australian pop music singer and television presenter and producer from the 1960s and 1970s. Wyllie had a Top&nbsp;20 hit with his [[cover version|cover]] of [[Ray Stevens]]' song "Funny Man" and an [[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1960s|Australian No.&nbsp;1]] with "The Star", both in 1969. Originally from [[Brisbane]], Wyllie hosted ''Uptight'', a weekly four-hour music series, on [[ATV (Australia)|Channel 0]] in [[Melbourne]] between 1967 and 1969. In 1970 he followed with a similar show, ''Happening '70'', and from 1978 to 1980, he presented films on a late-night time slot.


'''Ross D. Wyllie''' (born 21 November 1944) is an Australian pop music singer, television presenter and producer from the 1960s and 1970s. Wyllie had a top&nbsp;20 hit with his [[cover version|cover]] of [[Ray Stevens]]' song "Funny Man" and an [[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1960s|Australian No.&nbsp;1]] with "The Star", both in 1969.
==Life and career==
Ross D. Wyllie was born on 21 November 1948 and raised in Brisbane.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="APRA Childs">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | title = 'Childs Dream' at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Childs%20Dream |accessdate = 15 March 2013 }}</ref> In 1964, aged 16 he joined a pop band, the Kodiaks, as lead singer. By 1967, as a solo artist, he signed with the Sunshine label and released a debut single, "Short Skirts". He was backed by label-mates the Escorts.<ref name="McF"/> His next single, "A Bit of Love", followed using only studio musicians.


Wylie hosted, ''Uptight'', a weekly four-hour music series, on [[ATV (Australia)|Channel 0]] in Melbourne from 1967 to 1969. In 1970 he followed with a similar show, ''Happening '70'', and from 1978 to 1980, he presented films on a late-night time slot.
Wyllie relocated to Melbourne and, on 28 October 1967, became the host of a new pop music television show, ''Uptight'' for local [[ATV (Australia)|Channel 0]]. He signed with [[Festival Records]] and released the non-charting single "Smile" in April 1968. ''Uptight'' was a weekly four-hour series that ran until 1969 with Wyllie as its host.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="PopArchiveStar"/> [[Molly Meldrum]] was a regular member of the on-air team. A Calendar label LP (R66-522) was issued in about 1969 named ''Uptight Party Time'' by Ross D. Wyllie and the Uptight Party Team. The album contains two side long medleys of then current songs such as "Midnight Hour", "You Are My Sunshine" and "Day Tripper".


==Biography ==
Wyllie had a No.&nbsp;17 hit on ''[[Go-Set]]'''s National Top&nbsp;40 in July 1969, with his [[cover version|cover]] of [[Ray Stevens]]' song "Funny Man".<ref name="GoSetFunny"/><ref name="PopArchiveFunny"/> His [[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1960s|National No.&nbsp;1]] hit, "The Star", followed in November.<ref name="GoSetStar"/> "The Star", written by [[Johnny Young]], was later covered by United Kingdom act [[Herman's Hermits]] as "Here Comes the Star".<ref name="PopArchiveStar"/>


Ross D. Wyllie was born in [[Ashgrove, Queensland]] on 21 November 1944,<ref name="Knox"/><ref name="APRA Childs"/> to Harold John Wyllie (1913–), an army sergeant serving during world war 2, and Jean née Jennings ({{circa|1920}}–2002).<ref name="BrisMail Nov44"/><ref name="WW2 Roll"/> He was raised in Brisbane with two siblings.<ref name="BrisMail Nov44"/><ref name="BrisTele Jul47"/> As a child he contracted [[poliomyelitis]] and for most of his adult life he had a limp.<ref name="Knox"/> In 1964 he joined a pop band, the Kodiaks, as lead singer.<ref name="McF"/> By 1967, as a solo artist, he signed with the [[Ivan Dayman]]'s label, [[Sunshine Records (Australia)|Sunshine Records]], and released his debut single, "Short Skirts".<ref name="Kimball SR"/> He was backed by label-mates, the Escorts.<ref name="McF"/> His next single, "A Bit of Love", followed later that year,<ref name="Kimball SR"/> using only studio musicians.
In 1970, ''Uptight'' was replaced on Channel 0 by a one-hour pop music series, ''Happening '70'', with Wyllie retained as host. In April, he released a double-A-sided single, "Free Born Man" / "My Little Girl", but its sales were affected by the [[1970 radio ban|radio ban]], during which commercial stations refused to play recordings by Festival Records (among others) from May to October.<ref name="KentThesis"/> Wyllie left ''Happening '70'' to return to Brisbane in late 1970.<ref name="McF"/>


Wyllie relocated to Melbourne and, on 28 October 1967, became the host of a new pop music TV show, ''Uptight'', for local [[ATV (Australia)|Channel 0]].<ref name="McF"/> He signed with [[Festival Records]] and released a non-charting single, "Smile", in April 1968.<ref name="McF"/> ''Uptight'' ran as a Saturday morning three-hour show until 1969.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="PopArchiveStar"/> By that time it was being produced by Bob Fraser and the presenter's wife, Eileen Wyllie, for Jardine Productions.<ref name="Stammer"/><ref name="Uptight Music"/><ref name="Nichols 2"/> [[Molly Meldrum]] was a regular member of the on-air team. ''Uptight – Party Time'', by Ross D. Wyllie and the Uptight Party Team, was issued via Calendar/Festival Records in 1968.<ref name="Uptight Music"/><ref name="Kimball CR"/> The record was produced by Roger Savage.<ref name="Uptight Music"/> It contains two side-long medleys of then-current songs including, "Midnight Hour", "You Are My Sunshine" and "Day Tripper".<ref name="NLA Party"/>
In 1971, Wyllie signed with the Fable label and released "He Gives Us All His Love" in April. He followed with "It Takes Time" in August and "Sweet White Dove" in May 1972. He then turned to the pub and club circuit. Eventually he formed a production company with fellow pop artist [[Ronnie Burns (singer)|Ronnie Burns]] and artist manager Jeff Joseph. With Tony Healy, he also created a public relations company. In the late 1970s he presented a late-night movie show on Melbourne's Channel 0–10.<ref name="McF"/>


Wyllie had a No.&nbsp;17 hit on ''[[Go-Set]]''{{'}}s National Top&nbsp;40 in July 1969, with his [[cover version|cover]] of Ray Stevens' song, "Funny Man".<ref name="GoSetFunny"/><ref name="PopArchiveFunny"/> His [[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1960s|National No.&nbsp;1]] hit, "The Star", followed in November.<ref name="GoSetStar"/> "The Star", written by [[Johnny Young]], was later covered by United Kingdom act [[Herman's Hermits]] as "Here Comes the Star".<ref name="PopArchiveStar"/><ref name="Nichols"/>
During the mid 1970's Wyllie opened and operated a small record shop in High Street Bayswater (Vic) known as Arch Rivals but his well established fame known to many of the 20+ fans was lost on the young teenagers who would visit the shop after school to peruse the selection of 45's or 33's (Vinyl Records) that were available, or even just to get that weeks latest free 3XY top 40 listings sheet. Wyllie with his distinctive limp always seemed unwelcoming to the visiting teenagers entering his small but popular shop and would often just sit and watch them looking around, eventually putting a sign up advising no school bags were allowed in the shop (a pioneer of the sign for the 1970's).

In 1970 ''Uptight'' was replaced on Channel&nbsp;0 by a one-hour pop music series, ''[[Happening '70]]'', with Wyllie retained as host and Eileen as producer.<ref name="Stammer"/> In April he released a double-A-sided single, "Free Born Man" / "My Little Girl", but its sales were affected by the [[1970 radio ban|radio ban]], during which commercial stations refused to play recordings by Festival Records (among others) from May to October.<ref name="KentThesis"/> The singer, presenter left Melbourne to return to Brisbane late in 1970 and was replaced on ''Happening '71'', in April 1971, by [[Jeff Phillips (singer)|Jeff Phillips]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="McFarlane JP"/>

In 1971 Wyllie signed with the Fable label and released a single, "He Gives Us All His Love", in April. He followed with "It Takes Time" in August and "Sweet White Dove" in May 1972. He then turned to the pub and club circuit. Later he formed a production company with fellow pop singer, [[Ronnie Burns (singer)|Ronnie Burns]], and talent manager, Jeff Joseph. With Tony Healy he created a public relations company. In the late 1970s he presented a late-night movie show on Melbourne's Channel 0–10.<ref name="McF"/> During the mid-1970s Wyllie opened and operated a record retail store in Bayswater, Arch Rivals.
In May 1988, Festival Records released ''Smile: The Festival Files Volume Ten'', a compilation album of Wyllie's singles, as a part of their ''Festival File'' series.<ref name="Coupe"/> In a review of the collection for ''[[The Canberra Times]]'', [[Stuart Coupe]] said: "Star of ''Uptight'', Wyllie's run of hits ended in the early '70s. This is probably the least interesting of the albums in this series, but at worst is a curio item."<ref name="Coupe"/> In August 2003, Wyllie performed an ''Uptight'' themed variety show at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne, reuniting with other 1960s performers.<ref name="Undercover"/>
In May 1988 Festival Records released, ''Smile: The Festival Files Volume Ten'', a compilation album of Wyllie's singles, as a part of their ''Festival File'' series.<ref name="Uptight Music"/><ref name="Coupe"/> In a review of the collection for ''[[The Canberra Times]]'', [[Stuart Coupe]] observed, "Star of ''Uptight'', Wyllie's run of hits ended in the early '70s. This is probably the least interesting of the albums in this series, but at worst is a curio item."<ref name="Coupe"/> In August 2003 Wyllie performed an ''Uptight''-themed variety show at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne, reuniting with other 1960s performers.<ref name="Undercover"/>


[[Aztec Records]] released another compilation, ''Ross D. Wyllie: the Complete Collection'', in August 2014.<ref name="NLA Complete"/><ref name="Cashmere"/><ref name="Turner"/> [[Noise11|Paul Cashmere of ''Noise11'']] described it as "the first definitive career overview of 60s pop star."<ref name="Cashmere"/> ''Toorak Times''{{'}} Gary Turner observed, "[it features] all the classic hits including 'Funny Man', 'The Star', 'My Little Girl', 'Smile', 'Uptight Party Medley', 'Short Skirts' and many more tracks including tracks live from Festival Hall Melbourne in 1994."<ref name="Turner"/> Wyllie and Eileen were still living in Melbourne as from September 2014.<ref name="Turner"/> During November 2016 Wyllie used a crowd funding site to attempt to raise money for a motorised wheelchair.<ref name="Knox"/>
==Discography==


== Discography ==
===Compilation albums===
=== Compilation albums ===
*"Uptight – Party Time" (Calendar – Festival, R66-522, 1969)
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
*''TV Week Presents: Super Sounds of Happening '71'' (Festival Records, SR66-9812, 1971)
|+ List of compilation albums, with selected details
*''Smile: The Festival Files Volume Ten'' (Festival Records, 1988)
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Uptight – Party Time'' <small>(by Ross D. Wyllie and the Uptight Party Team)</small>
|
* Released: 1969
* Label: Calendar / Festival <small>(R66-522)</small>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Smile: The Festival Files Volume Ten''
|
* Released: May 1988
* Label: Festival <small>(L-19010)</small>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Ross D. Wyllie: The Complete Collection''<ref name="NLA Complete"/>
|
* Released: 14 August 2014
* Label: Aztec <small>(AVSCD071)</small>
|}


===Singles===
===EPs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
*"Short Skirts" (Sunshine, 1967)
|+ List of EPs, with selected details
*"A Bit of Love" (Sunshine, 1967)
! scope="col" | Title
*"Smile" (Festival Records, April 1968)
! scope="col" | Details
*"Funny Man" (Festival Records, June 1969) <small>AUS #17</small>
|-
*"The Star" (Festival Records, September 1969) <small>AUS #1</small>
! scope="row"| ''Funny Man''
*"Free Born Man" / "My Little Girl" (Festival Records, April 1970)
|
*"He Gives Us All His Love" (Fable Label, April 1971)
* Released: 1969
*"It Takes Time" (Fable Label, August 1971)
* Label: Festival (FX11618)
*"Sweet White Dove" (Fable Label, May 1972)
|}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%"| [[Go-Set#Go-Set Australian National Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="GoSetFunny"/><ref name="GoSetStar"/><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=344}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1967
! scope="row" | "Short Skirts"
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "A Bit of Love"
| —
|-
| 1968
! scope="row" |"Smile"
| —
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1969
! scope="row" | "Funny Man"
| 17
|-
! scope="row" |"The Star"
| 1
|-
| 1970
! scope="row" |"My Little Girl"
| 65
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1971
! scope="row" | "He Gives Us All His Love"
| 42
|-
! scope="row" |"It Takes Time"
| 78
|-
| 1972
! scope="row" |"Sweet White Dove"
| 99
|}


==See also==
==See also==

*[[List of Australian music television shows]]
*[[List of Australian music television shows]]


==References==
==References==

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<ref name="KentThesis">{{cite thesis| type=MA|title= The place of Go-Set in rock and pop music culture in Australia, 1966 to 1974 | chapter= Appendix 6: The Record Ban | last1 = Kent | first1 = David Martin | publisher = [[University of Canberra]] | date = September 2002 | location = [[Canberra]], ACT | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150904073704/http://erl.canberra.edu.au/uploads/approved/adt-AUC20050509.095456/public/02whole.pdf | chapter-url = http://erl.canberra.edu.au/uploads/approved/adt-AUC20050509.095456/public/02whole.pdf <!-- correct URL parameter -->| pages = 265–269 | chapter-format = [[Portable Document Format]] (PDF) | archive-date = 4 September 2015 | access-date = 11 November 2017 }} Note: This PDF is 282 pages.</ref>
<ref name="Coupe">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111976366 | title = Music: New Release a Festival of Australian Memories | last = Coupe | first = Stuart | authorlink = Stuart Coupe | newspaper = [[The Canberra Times|The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)]] | date = 29 May 1988 | accessdate = 24 August 2013 | page = 18 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref>


<ref name="Coupe">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111976366 | title = Music: New Release a Festival of Australian Memories | last = Coupe | first = Stuart | author-link = Stuart Coupe | newspaper = [[The Canberra Times|The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995)]] | date = 29 May 1988 | access-date = 24 August 2013 | page = 18 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref>
<ref name="Undercover">Cashmere, Paul. (28 July 2003), {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031215004026/http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2003/20030729_uptight.html |date=15 December 2003 |title="Melbourne Gets Uptight" }}. ''Undercover Music News'' (Undercover Media). Retrieved on 20 November 2010.</ref>


<ref name="Undercover">Cashmere, Paul. (28 July 2003), {{cite web |url=http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2003/20030729_uptight.html |title=Melbourne Gets Uptight |access-date=2007-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031215004026/http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2003/20030729_uptight.html |archive-date=15 December 2003 |df=dmy-all }}. ''Undercover Music News'' (Undercover Media). Retrieved on 20 November 2010.</ref>
<ref name="NLA">{{cite web | url = http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055 | title = Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry | work = catalogue | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] | accessdate = 8 November 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="NLA Complete">{{Citation | author1 = Wyllie, Ross D | title = Ross D. Wyllie: the Complete Collection | date = 2014 | location = [[Collingwood, Victoria|Collingwood, Vic]] | publisher = Aztec Records | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/198360274 | access-date = 11 November 2017 }}</ref>

<ref name="Cashmere">{{cite web | url = http://www.noise11.com/news/ross-d-wyllie-complete-collection-released-20140901 | title = Ross D Wyllie Complete Collection Released | last = Cashmere | first = Paul | date = 1 September 2014 | work = Noise11 | publisher = Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman | access-date = 11 November 2017 }}</ref>

<ref name="NLA">{{cite book | url = http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055 | title = Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry | work = catalogue | year = 2002 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] | isbn = 9781865038919 | access-date = 8 November 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="McFarlane JP">{{Cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Jeff Phillips' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040420000957/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=573 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=573 | access-date = 23 June 2013 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, New South Wales | archive-date = 20 April 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 | url-status=dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

<ref name="Turner">{{cite news | url = http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/content.php/4276-Ross-D-Wylie-The-Complete-Collection-remastered | title = ''Ross D. Wylie The Complete Collection'' remastered | last = Turner | first = Gary | work = Toorak Times | date = 18 September 2014 | access-date = 20 January 2018 }} Note: Last name is incorrectly given as "Wylie", although corrected in first sentence.</ref>


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Ross D. Wyllie
Born (1944-11-21) 21 November 1944 (age 79)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
GenresPop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • television presenter
  • producer
  • public relations officer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1964–present
Labels

Ross D. Wyllie (born 21 November 1944) is an Australian pop music singer, television presenter and producer from the 1960s and 1970s. Wyllie had a top 20 hit with his cover of Ray Stevens' song "Funny Man" and an Australian No. 1 with "The Star", both in 1969.

Wylie hosted, Uptight, a weekly four-hour music series, on Channel 0 in Melbourne from 1967 to 1969. In 1970 he followed with a similar show, Happening '70, and from 1978 to 1980, he presented films on a late-night time slot.

Biography

Ross D. Wyllie was born in Ashgrove, Queensland on 21 November 1944,[1][2] to Harold John Wyllie (1913–), an army sergeant serving during world war 2, and Jean née Jennings (c. 1920–2002).[3][4] He was raised in Brisbane with two siblings.[3][5] As a child he contracted poliomyelitis and for most of his adult life he had a limp.[1] In 1964 he joined a pop band, the Kodiaks, as lead singer.[6] By 1967, as a solo artist, he signed with the Ivan Dayman's label, Sunshine Records, and released his debut single, "Short Skirts".[7] He was backed by label-mates, the Escorts.[6] His next single, "A Bit of Love", followed later that year,[7] using only studio musicians.

Wyllie relocated to Melbourne and, on 28 October 1967, became the host of a new pop music TV show, Uptight, for local Channel 0.[6] He signed with Festival Records and released a non-charting single, "Smile", in April 1968.[6] Uptight ran as a Saturday morning three-hour show until 1969.[6][8] By that time it was being produced by Bob Fraser and the presenter's wife, Eileen Wyllie, for Jardine Productions.[9][10][11] Molly Meldrum was a regular member of the on-air team. Uptight – Party Time, by Ross D. Wyllie and the Uptight Party Team, was issued via Calendar/Festival Records in 1968.[10][12] The record was produced by Roger Savage.[10] It contains two side-long medleys of then-current songs including, "Midnight Hour", "You Are My Sunshine" and "Day Tripper".[13]

Wyllie had a No. 17 hit on Go-Set's National Top 40 in July 1969, with his cover of Ray Stevens' song, "Funny Man".[14][15] His National No. 1 hit, "The Star", followed in November.[16] "The Star", written by Johnny Young, was later covered by United Kingdom act Herman's Hermits as "Here Comes the Star".[8][17]

In 1970 Uptight was replaced on Channel 0 by a one-hour pop music series, Happening '70, with Wyllie retained as host and Eileen as producer.[9] In April he released a double-A-sided single, "Free Born Man" / "My Little Girl", but its sales were affected by the radio ban, during which commercial stations refused to play recordings by Festival Records (among others) from May to October.[18] The singer, presenter left Melbourne to return to Brisbane late in 1970 and was replaced on Happening '71, in April 1971, by Jeff Phillips.[6][19]

In 1971 Wyllie signed with the Fable label and released a single, "He Gives Us All His Love", in April. He followed with "It Takes Time" in August and "Sweet White Dove" in May 1972. He then turned to the pub and club circuit. Later he formed a production company with fellow pop singer, Ronnie Burns, and talent manager, Jeff Joseph. With Tony Healy he created a public relations company. In the late 1970s he presented a late-night movie show on Melbourne's Channel 0–10.[6] During the mid-1970s Wyllie opened and operated a record retail store in Bayswater, Arch Rivals.

In May 1988 Festival Records released, Smile: The Festival Files Volume Ten, a compilation album of Wyllie's singles, as a part of their Festival File series.[10][20] In a review of the collection for The Canberra Times, Stuart Coupe observed, "Star of Uptight, Wyllie's run of hits ended in the early '70s. This is probably the least interesting of the albums in this series, but at worst is a curio item."[20] In August 2003 Wyllie performed an Uptight-themed variety show at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne, reuniting with other 1960s performers.[21]

Aztec Records released another compilation, Ross D. Wyllie: the Complete Collection, in August 2014.[22][23][24] Paul Cashmere of Noise11 described it as "the first definitive career overview of 60s pop star."[23] Toorak Times' Gary Turner observed, "[it features] all the classic hits including 'Funny Man', 'The Star', 'My Little Girl', 'Smile', 'Uptight Party Medley', 'Short Skirts' and many more tracks including tracks live from Festival Hall Melbourne in 1994."[24] Wyllie and Eileen were still living in Melbourne as from September 2014.[24] During November 2016 Wyllie used a crowd funding site to attempt to raise money for a motorised wheelchair.[1]

Discography

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected details
Title Details
Uptight – Party Time (by Ross D. Wyllie and the Uptight Party Team)
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Calendar / Festival (R66-522)
Smile: The Festival Files Volume Ten
  • Released: May 1988
  • Label: Festival (L-19010)
Ross D. Wyllie: The Complete Collection[22]
  • Released: 14 August 2014
  • Label: Aztec (AVSCD071)

EPs

List of EPs, with selected details
Title Details
Funny Man
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Festival (FX11618)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart positions
AUS
[14][16][25]
1967 "Short Skirts" —
"A Bit of Love" —
1968 "Smile" —
1969 "Funny Man" 17
"The Star" 1
1970 "My Little Girl" 65
1971 "He Gives Us All His Love" 42
"It Takes Time" 78
1972 "Sweet White Dove" 99

See also

References

General
  • McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 8 November 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality. Also note: Gives birth year as 1948.
  • Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[26] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. As from September 2010, [on-line] version appears to have an Internal Service Error.
Specific
  1. ^ a b c Knox, David (30 November 2016). "GoFundMe Page for 60s Pop Star Ross D. Wyllie". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2018. Ross contracted polio at an early age and now at age 72 is in need of a customised, motorised wheelchair and a scooter to get around.
  2. ^ "'Childs Dream' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Family Notices". The Sunday Mail. No. 762. Brisbane, Qld. 26 November 1944. p. 8. Retrieved 25 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Wyllie, Harold John Marshall". World War Two Nominal Roll. Commonwealth of Australia. 2002. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Family Notices". The Telegraph. City Final Last Minute News. Brisbane, Qld. 14 July 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 25 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for "Ross D. Wyllie". Archived from the original on 19 April 2004. Retrieved 11 June 2016.. Retrieved 20 November 2010. Note: McFarlane gives birth year as 1948.
  7. ^ a b Kimball, Duncan (2002). "Record Labels – Sunshine Records". Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  8. ^ a b "The Star". Where Did They Get That Song?. PopArchives (Lyn Nuttall). Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  9. ^ a b Nelson, Stuart (2013), Stammer your way to success: From a suburban orphanage to an international career, Xlibris, pp. 56–8, ISBN 978-1-4836-0207-3
  10. ^ a b c d "Uptight". Australian Television Memorabilia Guide. Nodette Enterprises Pty Ltd. 2009. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  11. ^ Nichols, David (2016), Dig: Australian rock and pop music, 1960-85, Portland, OR: Verse Chorus Press, p. 202, ISBN 978-1-891241-61-1
  12. ^ Kimball, Duncan (2002). "Record Labels – Calendar Records". Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  13. ^ Wyllie, Ross D; Uptight Party Team (1960), Uptight Party Time, Calendar, retrieved 11 November 2017
  14. ^ a b Nimmervoll, Ed (19 July 1969). "Go-Set National Top 40 with Ed Nimmervoll". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  15. ^ "Funny Man". Where Did They Get That Song?. PopArchives (Lyn Nuttall). Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  16. ^ a b Nimmervoll, Ed (15 November 1969). "Go-Set National Top 40 with Ed Nimmervoll". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  17. ^ Nichols, David (2006). "'Does the meaning mean a thing?' Johnny Young's Hit Songs of the 60s–70s – DRO". ACH: The Journal of the History of Culture in Australia. 24. Routledge: 163–84. hdl:10536/DRO/DU:30003708. ISBN 1-92084-525-9. ISSN 0728-8433.
  18. ^ Kent, David Martin (September 2002). "Appendix 6: The Record Ban" (PDF). The place of Go-Set in rock and pop music culture in Australia, 1966 to 1974 (MA). Canberra, ACT: University of Canberra. pp. 265–269. Archived from the original (Portable Document Format (PDF)) on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2017. Note: This PDF is 282 pages.
  19. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Jeff Phillips'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 20 April 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  20. ^ a b Coupe, Stuart (29 May 1988). "Music: New Release a Festival of Australian Memories". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995). National Library of Australia. p. 18. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  21. ^ Cashmere, Paul. (28 July 2003), "Melbourne Gets Uptight". Archived from the original on 15 December 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2007.. Undercover Music News (Undercover Media). Retrieved on 20 November 2010.
  22. ^ a b Wyllie, Ross D (2014), Ross D. Wyllie: the Complete Collection, Collingwood, Vic: Aztec Records, retrieved 11 November 2017
  23. ^ a b Cashmere, Paul (1 September 2014). "Ross D Wyllie Complete Collection Released". Noise11. Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  24. ^ a b c Turner, Gary (18 September 2014). "Ross D. Wylie The Complete Collection remastered". Toorak Times. Retrieved 20 January 2018. Note: Last name is incorrectly given as "Wylie", although corrected in first sentence.
  25. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 344. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  26. ^ Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry. National Library of Australia. 2002. ISBN 9781865038919. Retrieved 8 November 2010. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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