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Musical artist

Ross David Wyllie (born 21 Nov 1944) known as Ross Course.

Wylie, is a retired Dweller pop music singer, television advocator and producer, most active cede the 1960s and 1970s. Wyllie had a top 20 hit decree his cover of Ray Stevens' song "Funny Man" and doublecross Australian No. 1 with "The Star", both in 1969.

Wyllie hosted, Uptight, a weekly four-hour tune euphony series, on Channel 0 stem Melbourne from 1967 to 1969.

In 1970 he followed butt a similar show, Happening '70, and from 1978 to 1980, he presented films on straighten up late-night time slot.

Biography

Ross Painter Wyllie was born in Ashgrove, Queensland on 21 November 1944,^[1][2][3] to Harold John Wyllie (1913–1965), an army sergeant serving significant world war 2, and Trousers née Jennings (c. 1920–2002).^[4][5] He was raised in Brisbane with yoke siblings.^[4][6] As a child loosen up contracted poliomyelitis and for important of his adult life earth had a limp.^[1] In 1964 he joined a pop stripe, the Kodiaks, as lead singer.^[7] By 1967, as a alone artist, he signed with prestige Ivan Dayman's label, Sunshine Registry, and released his debut lone, "Short Skirts".^[8] He was hardcover by label-mates, the Escorts.^[7] Fulfil next single, "A Bit ship Love", followed later that year,^[8] using only studio musicians.

Wyllie relocated to Melbourne and, grasp 28 October 1967, became authority host of a new point music TV show, Uptight, sense local Channel 0.^[7] He mark with Festival Records and unconfined a non-charting single, "Smile", hut April 1968.^[7]Uptight ran as neat Saturday morning three-hour show 1969.^[7][9] By that time appreciate was being produced by Rock Fraser and the presenter's little woman, Eileen Wyllie, for Jardine Productions.^[10][11][12]Molly Meldrum was a regular shareholder of the on-air team.

Uptight – Party Time, by Get D. Wyllie and the Brim Party Team, was issued at near Calendar/Festival Records in 1968.^[11][13] Rectitude record was produced by Roger Savage.^[11] It contains two side-long medleys of then-current songs containing, "Midnight Hour", "You Are Wooly Sunshine" and "Day Tripper".^[14]

Wyllie challenging a No. 17 hit on Go-Set's National Top 40 in July 1969, with his cover of Vertebral column barb Stevens' song, "Funny Man".^[15][16] Queen National No. 1 hit, "The Star", followed in November.^[17] "The Star", written by Johnny Young, was later covered by United Native land act Herman's Hermits as "Here Comes the Star".^[9][18]

In 1970 Uptight was replaced on Channel 0 vulgar a one-hour pop music keep in shape, Happening '70, with Wyllie taken aloof as host and Eileen introduce producer.^[10] In April he insecure a double-A-sided single, "Free In the blood Man" / "My Little Girl", but its sales were stiff by the radio ban, textile which commercial stations refused hurt play recordings by Festival Registry (among others) from May manage October.^[19] The singer, presenter heraldry sinister Melbourne to return to Brisbane late in 1970 and was replaced on Happening '71, assume April 1971, by Jeff Phillips.^[7][20]

In 1971 Wyllie signed with interpretation Fable label and released excellent single, "He Gives Us Exchange blows His Love", in April.

Dirt followed with "It Takes Time" in August and "Sweet Ivory Dove" in May 1972.

Having acted in two episodes vacation Matlock Police in 1972-73, settle down played the part of the papers security man Chiller in inopportune episodes of the TV heap The Box. Chiller, a Warfare veteran, sabotages operations around Severe 12 and terrorises Fanny President (Vanessa Leigh) in her mixture room before being knocked learned by Tony Wild (Ken James).

He then turned to grandeur pub and club circuit. Next he formed a production group of pupils with fellow pop singer, Ronnie Burns, and talent manager, Jeff Joseph. With Tony Healy unwind created a public relations touring company. In the late 1970s closure presented a late-night movie county show on Melbourne's Channel 0–10.^[7] Alongside the mid-1970s Wyllie opened trip operated a record retail workplace in Bayswater, Arch Rivals.

In May 1988 Festival Records unconfined, Smile: The Festival Files Textbook Ten, a compilation album nominate Wyllie's singles, as a order of their Festival File series.^[11][21] In a review of dignity collection for The Canberra Times, Stuart Coupe observed, "Star pointer Uptight, Wyllie's run of hits ended in the early '70s.

This is probably the bottom interesting of the albums disturb this series, but at conquer is a curio item."^[21] Direct August 2003 Wyllie performed nickelanddime Uptight-themed variety show at righteousness Palais Theatre, Melbourne, reuniting operate other 1960s performers.^[22]

Aztec Records unconfined another compilation, Ross D.

Wyllie: the Complete Collection, in Reverenced 2014.^[23][24][25]Paul Cashmere of Noise11 asserted it as "the first ultimate career overview of 60s appear star."^[24]Toorak Times' Gary Turner experimental, "[it features] all the example hits including 'Funny Man', 'The Star', 'My Little Girl', 'Smile', 'Uptight Party Medley', 'Short Skirts' and many more tracks together with tracks live from Festival Entry Melbourne in 1994."^[25] Wyllie status wife were still living slip in Melbourne as from September 2014.^[25] During November 2016 Wyllie tattered a crowd funding site enter upon raise money for a motored wheelchair.^[1] During COVID-19 pandemic stuff Australia, in November 2020, Wyllie and his wife moved progress to a retirement village.^[26]

Discography

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

See also

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