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Ross D. Wyllie
Bornc. 1944[1]
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
GenresPop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • television presenter
  • producer
  • public relations officer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1964–present
Labels

Ross D. Wyllie (born c. 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. Originally from Brisbane, he 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 and raised in Brisbane.[2][3] In 1964 he joined a pop band, the Kodiaks, as lead singer.[2] By 1967, as a solo artist, he signed with the Ivan Dayman's label, Sunshine Records, and released his debut single, "Short Skirts".[4] He was backed by label-mates, the Escorts.[2] His next single, "A Bit of Love", followed later that year,[4] 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.[2] He signed with Festival Records and released a non-charting single, "Smile", in April 1968.[2] Uptight ran as a weekly four-hour series until 1969.[2][5] 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 1969.[6] It contains two side-long medleys of then-current songs including, "Midnight Hour", "You Are My Sunshine" and "Day Tripper".[7]

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".[8][9] His National No. 1 hit, "The Star", followed in November.[10] "The Star", written by Johnny Young, was later covered by United Kingdom act Herman's Hermits as "Here Comes the Star".[5][11]

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 radio ban, during which commercial stations refused to play recordings by Festival Records (among others) from May to October.[12] The singer, presenter left Happening '70 to return to Brisbane in late 1970.[2]

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.[2] 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.[13] 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."[13] In August 2003 Wyllie performed an Uptight-themed variety show at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne, reuniting with other 1960s performers.[14]

Discography

Compilation albums

  • Uptight – Party Time (by Ross D. Wyllie and the Uptight Party Team) (1969) (Calendar / Festival Records) (R66-522)
  • TV Week Presents: Super Sounds of Happening '71 (1971) Festival Records (SR66-9812)
  • Smile: The Festival Files Volume Ten (May 1988) Festival Records

Singles

  • "Short Skirts" (1967) Sunshine Records (QK-1859)[4]
  • "A Bit of Love" (1967) Sunshine Records (QK-2022)[4]
  • "Smile" (April 1968) Festival Records
  • "Funny Man" (June 1969) Festival Records AUS: No. 17[8]
  • "The Star" (September 1969) Festival Records[15] AUS: No. 1[10]
  • "Free Born Man" / "My Little Girl" (April 1970) Festival Records
  • "He Gives Us All His Love" (April 1971) Fable Label
  • "It Takes Time" (August 1971) Fable Label
  • "Sweet White Dove" (May 1972) Fable Label

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. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
  • 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.[16] 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. ^ Knox, David (30 November 2016). "GoFundMe Pager 60s Pop Star Ross D. Wyllie". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for 'Ross D. Wyllie' at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 April 2004). Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  3. ^ "'Childs Dream' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d Kimball, Duncan (2002). "Record Labels – Sunshine Records". Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b "The Star". Where Did They Get That Song?. PopArchives (Lyn Nuttall). Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  6. ^ Kimball, Duncan (2002). "Record Labels – Calendar Records". Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  7. ^ Wyllie, Ross D; Uptight Party Team (1960), Uptight Party Time, Calendar, retrieved 11 November 2017
  8. ^ a b Nimmervoll, Ed (19 July 1969). "Go-Set National Top 40 with Ed Nimmervoll". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Funny Man". Where Did They Get That Song?. PopArchives (Lyn Nuttall). Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  10. ^ a b Nimmervoll, Ed (15 November 1969). "Go-Set National Top 40 with Ed Nimmervoll". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  11. ^ 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. ISBN 1-92084-525-9. ISSN 0728-8433. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  12. ^ 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. Canberra, ACT: University of Canberra: 265–269. Archived from the original (Portable Document Format (PDF)) on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2017. Note: This PDF is 282 pages.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Cashmere, Paul. (28 July 2003), "Melbourne Gets Uptight" at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 December 2003). Undercover Music News (Undercover Media). Retrieved on 20 November 2010.
  15. ^ Young, Johnny (1969), 'The Star', Edwin H. Morris & Co, retrieved 11 November 2017 {{citation}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |title= at position 1 (help)
  16. ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

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