Lionel Long
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Lionel Joaquin Paul Long, OAM
(1939 – 1 January 1998) was an Australian country, Western, folk singer and a television actor.
Long became one of Australia's most successful and talented country/western/folk artists in the 1960s, recognised as one of EMI
's most popular and successful artists releasing over a dozen LPs. More than a singer, Long was also a songwriter, guitarist, actor and artist. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1993 with the citation, for service to the performing and visual arts.
, north of Sydney
, New South Wales
.
After briefly working as a jackeroo in the Hunter Valley, Long's family relocated to Sydney where he attended Hawkesbury Agricultural College
, studying commercial art. He learnt to play the guitar with his long-time friend, Gary Shearston
. Both young men had a fondness for country/folk music and shared song verses at the Long family home at Rose Bay.
, Long's musical talent was recognised by Ron Wills of EMI Columbia and Lionel was signed to the music label. Ron Wills had previously produced the breakthrough Australian country hit "Pub With No Beer
" by Slim Dusty
and had also signed Frank Ifield
to the label. Long's friend Shearston
also went on to fame, recording under the label of CBS.
The 1950s and early 1960s saw folk music
become popular in Australia with the success of American folk revivalists The Weavers
and The Kingston Trio
, and later Bob Dylan
, Joan Baez
and Peter Paul and Mary. The Australian folk music scene's popularity was aided by the international success of Australian band, The Seekers
. Australian musicians and producers started to research and re-discover Australian folk music from the 18th and 19th centuries, such as "Botany Bay", "Bound For South Australia" and the most famous of all Australian folk songs, "Waltzing Matilda
". It was this folk music revival that made EMI Columbia
insist that Lionel move away from his love of country & western music and record folk music.
In 1958, Long released his first singles. Through the EMI Columbia
label, Long released almost a dozen albums from 1961 to 1970, meeting critical acclaim and becoming Australia's most popular performer of traditional "bush music". After his first LP in 1961, Waltzing Matilda, and his second in 1962, Wild Colonial Boy, Long had established himself as a household name. In 1963, he released his third LP, The Bold Bushrangers: Song of Wild Colonial Days, which featured famous Australian artist Sidney Nolan's
Ned Kelly
on the sleeve.
Many of Long's albums featured accompaniment by other musicians including Dave Guard
of The Kingston Trio
(who emigrated to Australia in the early 1960s), guitarist and teacher Don Andrews and jazz legend Don Burrows
.
. In 1962, the famous rocker Johnny O'Keefe
suffered a breakdown after disagreements with the producers of his Johnny O'Keefe Show. While O'Keefe
convalesced, Long took over as host of the show, retitled Sing Sing Sing, for a year. Soon after O'Keefe
returned to host the show in early 1963, Long's popularity was so strong that he was given his own TV programme titled Music Time which aired for a year. Around this time, Long married Carole Newgrosh.
In 1964, Long released another LP, this time not entirely Australian folk songs, Songs of the Sea. This album was dedicated to Long's early memories of fishing off the coast of New South Wales near Port Macquarie and his boyhood adventure of trying to sail from Sydney to Newcastle (130 km) in a rubber dinghy at the age of 10. Long was a keen sailor, having owned boats and spent much time sailing and fishing with friends, many of whom were famous recording artists in their own right.
Long appeared on TV again on the night of 1 August 1964, as one of the stars of This Is It, a show to inaugurate Channel 0, Melbourne's third commercial TV station.
Long was also an acting teacher in the early 1980s for children and teenagers, who worked from firstly a church hall in Bankstown, NSW, with Granville rail disaster survivor Erica Watson (whom was later featured in the mini-series The Day of the Roses
played by Gigi Edgley
) as his assistant coach. The acting class featured in Simon Townsend's Wonder World
, interviewed by Sheridan Jobbins
, in late 1982. Long moved his acting school to the inner city of Sydney
in 1984, working also with adults for the next few years in the Stanislavski Method of acting.
and Riptide), Long went to London in 1964 for a cameo appearance in The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
, a comedy directed by James Bond
director, Terence Young, and starring Kim Novak
as Moll Flanders
.
A Sunburnt Country was Long's next album which returned to Australiana, its title taken from Dorothea Mackellar's
famous poem My Country
which featured on the LP as a spoken track. Banjo Patteron's The Man from Snowy River
also featured as a spoken track.
In 1966, Long's next album was Amberwren and Other Folk Songs. His 1967 release Lionel Long Today included the song Follow the Wind, an unrecorded Bee Gees
song.
Following his success on Homicide (a Crawford Production
), Long appeared on other Crawford productions and many other programmes. Long's TV credits include:
His film roles include:
label, titled Close Up, before signing with RCA
and releasing three folk music albums, The Man From Snowy River, Australia! Australia!, Brandied Plums and The Best of Lionel Long. He also released several singles under RCA
.
Long re-signed with EMI
in 1980 and released his final album titled High, Wild and Handsome which featured famous guitarist Tommy Emmanuel
, a version of Let It Be by The Beatles
and the well-known Kermit the Frog
song Rainbow Connection.
Long also displayed visual artistic talents, producing illustrations for several books and guides.
Long's performed his music well into the 1980s, appearing at the iconic Sydney Opera House
in 1987, and travelling to Nashville
, Tennessee, to work on various recording deals for a few months.
honours, along with the producer who first recognised his talents, Ron Wills. Being one of the highest honours that can be granted to an Australian citizen, this recognised Lionel's contribution to Australian music.
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
(1939 – 1 January 1998) was an Australian country, Western, folk singer and a television actor.
Long became one of Australia's most successful and talented country/western/folk artists in the 1960s, recognised as one of EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
's most popular and successful artists releasing over a dozen LPs. More than a singer, Long was also a songwriter, guitarist, actor and artist. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1993 with the citation, for service to the performing and visual arts.
Early life
The son of an accomplished violinist, Long was born in and grew up in the farming district of the Hunter ValleyHunter Valley
The Hunter Region, more commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney with an approximate population of 645,395 people. Most of the population of the Hunter Region lives within of the coast, with 55% of the entire...
, north of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
.
After briefly working as a jackeroo in the Hunter Valley, Long's family relocated to Sydney where he attended Hawkesbury Agricultural College
Hawkesbury Agricultural College
Hawkesbury Agricultural College was the first agricultural college of New South Wales, Australia. Established by Sydney Smith in Richmond, New South Wales in 1891, the college was incorporated into the University of Western Sydney in 1989....
, studying commercial art. He learnt to play the guitar with his long-time friend, Gary Shearston
Gary Shearston
Gary Shearston is an Australian singer and songwriter who was a leading figure of the folk music revival of the 1960s. He is notable as a performer of Australian traditional folk songs in an authentic style...
. Both young men had a fondness for country/folk music and shared song verses at the Long family home at Rose Bay.
Career
While studying at Hawkesbury Agricultural CollegeHawkesbury Agricultural College
Hawkesbury Agricultural College was the first agricultural college of New South Wales, Australia. Established by Sydney Smith in Richmond, New South Wales in 1891, the college was incorporated into the University of Western Sydney in 1989....
, Long's musical talent was recognised by Ron Wills of EMI Columbia and Lionel was signed to the music label. Ron Wills had previously produced the breakthrough Australian country hit "Pub With No Beer
Pub with No Beer
A Pub With No Beer is the title of a humorous country song made famous by country singers Slim Dusty and Bobbejaan Schoepen ....
" by Slim Dusty
Slim Dusty
David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly eight decades. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson that represented the Australian Bush...
and had also signed Frank Ifield
Frank Ifield
Francis Edward Ifield is an early Australian-English easy listening and country music singer. He achieved considerable success in the early 1960s, especially in the UK Singles Chart, where he had four Number 1 hits between 1962 and 1963....
to the label. Long's friend Shearston
Gary Shearston
Gary Shearston is an Australian singer and songwriter who was a leading figure of the folk music revival of the 1960s. He is notable as a performer of Australian traditional folk songs in an authentic style...
also went on to fame, recording under the label of CBS.
The 1950s and early 1960s saw folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
become popular in Australia with the success of American folk revivalists The Weavers
The Weavers
The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. They sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as blues, gospel music, children's songs, labor songs, and American ballads, and selling millions of records at the height of their...
and The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds...
, and later Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....
and Peter Paul and Mary. The Australian folk music scene's popularity was aided by the international success of Australian band, The Seekers
The Seekers
The Seekers are an Australian folk-influenced pop music group which were originally formed in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States...
. Australian musicians and producers started to research and re-discover Australian folk music from the 18th and 19th centuries, such as "Botany Bay", "Bound For South Australia" and the most famous of all Australian folk songs, "Waltzing Matilda
Waltzing Matilda
"Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's most widely known bush ballad. A country folk song, the song has been referred to as "the unofficial national anthem of Australia"....
". It was this folk music revival that made EMI Columbia
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
insist that Lionel move away from his love of country & western music and record folk music.
In 1958, Long released his first singles. Through the EMI Columbia
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
label, Long released almost a dozen albums from 1961 to 1970, meeting critical acclaim and becoming Australia's most popular performer of traditional "bush music". After his first LP in 1961, Waltzing Matilda, and his second in 1962, Wild Colonial Boy, Long had established himself as a household name. In 1963, he released his third LP, The Bold Bushrangers: Song of Wild Colonial Days, which featured famous Australian artist Sidney Nolan's
Sidney Nolan
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan OM, AC was one of Australia's best-known painters and printmakers.-Early life:Nolan was born in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne, on 22 April 1917. He was the eldest of four children. His family later moved to St Kilda. Nolan attended the Brighton Road State School and...
Ned Kelly
The Trial (Sidney Nolan painting)
The Trial is a painting by the Australian painter Sidney Nolan.This painting depicts Ned Kelly's trial, where Kelly is depicted in handcuffs. A judge and several people look at him in the court...
on the sleeve.
Many of Long's albums featured accompaniment by other musicians including Dave Guard
Dave Guard
Donald David "Dave" Guard was an American folk singer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist. Along with Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane, he was one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio.Guard was educated in Honolulu, Hawaii, at Punahou School in what was then the pre-statehood U.S....
of The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds...
(who emigrated to Australia in the early 1960s), guitarist and teacher Don Andrews and jazz legend Don Burrows
Don Burrows
Donald Vernon Burrows, AO, MBE is an Australian jazz and swing musician, playing the clarinet, saxophone, and flute....
.
Television
During the 1960s Long's profile was boosted by appearances on many TV shows, including the hit Channel 9 music programme BandstandBandstand (Australia)
Bandstand was an Australian musical/variety television show which screened from November 1958 to 1972. It was produced at the studios of TCN-9 in Sydney and eventually became a national program as Nine Network expanded into other Australian cities in the early 1960s.Bandstand was created by Nine...
. In 1962, the famous rocker Johnny O'Keefe
Johnny O'Keefe
John Michael O'Keefe, known as Johnny O'Keefe was an Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s. Some of his hits include "Wild One" , "Shout!" and "She's My Baby"...
suffered a breakdown after disagreements with the producers of his Johnny O'Keefe Show. While O'Keefe
Johnny O'Keefe
John Michael O'Keefe, known as Johnny O'Keefe was an Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s. Some of his hits include "Wild One" , "Shout!" and "She's My Baby"...
convalesced, Long took over as host of the show, retitled Sing Sing Sing, for a year. Soon after O'Keefe
Johnny O'Keefe
John Michael O'Keefe, known as Johnny O'Keefe was an Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s. Some of his hits include "Wild One" , "Shout!" and "She's My Baby"...
returned to host the show in early 1963, Long's popularity was so strong that he was given his own TV programme titled Music Time which aired for a year. Around this time, Long married Carole Newgrosh.
In 1964, Long released another LP, this time not entirely Australian folk songs, Songs of the Sea. This album was dedicated to Long's early memories of fishing off the coast of New South Wales near Port Macquarie and his boyhood adventure of trying to sail from Sydney to Newcastle (130 km) in a rubber dinghy at the age of 10. Long was a keen sailor, having owned boats and spent much time sailing and fishing with friends, many of whom were famous recording artists in their own right.
Long appeared on TV again on the night of 1 August 1964, as one of the stars of This Is It, a show to inaugurate Channel 0, Melbourne's third commercial TV station.
Long was also an acting teacher in the early 1980s for children and teenagers, who worked from firstly a church hall in Bankstown, NSW, with Granville rail disaster survivor Erica Watson (whom was later featured in the mini-series The Day of the Roses
The Day of the Roses
The Day of the Roses is a two part Australian television mini-series, a docu-drama directed by Peter Fisk, based on the events of the 1977 Granville railway disaster...
played by Gigi Edgley
Gigi Edgley
Gigi Edgley is an Australian actress and recording artist. She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series Farscape and Lara Knight in Rescue: Special Ops.-Early life:...
) as his assistant coach. The acting class featured in Simon Townsend's Wonder World
Simon Townsend's Wonder World
Simon Townsend's Wonder World! was a multi-award–winning Australian children's television show that aired on the Ten Network from 1979 until 1986...
, interviewed by Sheridan Jobbins
Sheridan Jobbins
Sheridan Jobbins is an Australian journalist, television presenter and screenwriter.-Life and career:Jobbins was born in Melbourne, Australia. She was educated at Ascham School Edgecliff...
, in late 1982. Long moved his acting school to the inner city of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in 1984, working also with adults for the next few years in the Stanislavski Method of acting.
Film
Having dabbled in acting on TV since 1961 (WhiplashWhiplash (TV series)
Whiplash is a British/Australian television series made by the Seven Network and ATV and ITC Entertainment. Filmed in 1959-60, the series was first broadcast September 1960 in the United Kingdom followed by Australia in February 1961 and had opening titles featuring the Australian locale and...
and Riptide), Long went to London in 1964 for a cameo appearance in The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1722, after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become a recognised novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719...
, a comedy directed by James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
director, Terence Young, and starring Kim Novak
Kim Novak
Kim Novak is an American film and television actress. She began her career with her roles in Pushover and Phffft! but achieved greater prominence in the 1955 film Picnic...
as Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1722, after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become a recognised novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719...
.
Return to music
Long Ago: Folk Songs of the British Isles was Long's 1965 album, and featured him playing a custom-made 6-string lute he purchased in the UK. A photograph of Long with his 6-string lute featured on the album cover for this LP and the following two.A Sunburnt Country was Long's next album which returned to Australiana, its title taken from Dorothea Mackellar's
Dorothea Mackellar
Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar, OBE was an Australian poet and fiction writer.The only daughter of noted physician and parliamentarian Sir Charles Mackellar, she was born in Sydney in 1885...
famous poem My Country
My Country
"My Country" is an iconic patriotic poem about Australia, written by Dorothea Mackellar at the age of 19 while homesick in England. After travelling through Europe extensively with her father during her teenage years she started writing the poem in London in 1904 and re-wrote it several times...
which featured on the LP as a spoken track. Banjo Patteron's The Man from Snowy River
The Man from Snowy River
The Man from Snowy River is an 1890 Australian poem by Banjo Paterson."The Man from Snowy River" may also refer to the following derived works:Film:* The Man from Snow River, a silent black & white film from 1920....
also featured as a spoken track.
In 1966, Long's next album was Amberwren and Other Folk Songs. His 1967 release Lionel Long Today included the song Follow the Wind, an unrecorded Bee Gees
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
song.
Homicide
Long's best known TV role came in 1968 when he appeared on Homicide as Detective Bert Costello. His character was only planned for a few episodes, but Long's popularity was so great that he remained on the hit show all season and appeared in 49 episodes between 1968 and 1969. His character was eventually killed in a mine collapse.Following his success on Homicide (a Crawford Production
Crawford Productions
Crawford Productions is an Australian television production company founded by Hector Crawford; the present incarnation of the company, Crawfords Australia, is now a subsidiary of the WIN television corporation.-History:...
), Long appeared on other Crawford productions and many other programmes. Long's TV credits include:
- The Link MenThe Link MenThe Link Men was an Australian television series shown in 1970.The series was the first drama series made in-house by the Nine Network as part of an attempt to rival the cop shows produced by Crawford Productions such as Homicide and Division 4. The Link Men starred Kevin Miles, Bruce Montague and...
(1970) - The Rovers (1970)
- Matlock PoliceMatlock PoliceMatlock Police was an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network between 1971 and 1975....
(1971) - Division 4Division 4Division 4 was an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network between 1969 and 1975 for 300 episodes....
(1972) - SpyforceSpyforceSpyforce was an Australian TV series produced from 1971 to 1973, based upon the adventures of Australian Military Intelligence operatives in the South West Pacific during World War II...
(1972) - Matlock PoliceMatlock PoliceMatlock Police was an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network between 1971 and 1975....
(1974) - Solo OneSolo OneSolo One is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network and screened in 1976. There were 13 half hour episodes....
(1976) - Chopper SquadChopper SquadChopper Squad is an Australian television series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the 0-10 Network .The series was based around the work of a helicopter rescue team operating on Dee Why beach in Sydney...
(1978) - A Country PracticeA Country PracticeA Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...
(1986)
His film roles include:
- "Inn of the Damned" (1975)
- "Barney" (1976)
Final albums
In 1970, Long released one more album on the EMI ColumbiaEMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
label, titled Close Up, before signing with RCA
RCA
RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...
and releasing three folk music albums, The Man From Snowy River, Australia! Australia!, Brandied Plums and The Best of Lionel Long. He also released several singles under RCA
RCA
RCA Corporation, founded as the Radio Corporation of America, was an American electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. The RCA trademark is currently owned by the French conglomerate Technicolor SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Technicolor...
.
Long re-signed with EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
in 1980 and released his final album titled High, Wild and Handsome which featured famous guitarist Tommy Emmanuel
Tommy Emmanuel
William Thomas "Tommy" Emmanuel AM is an Australian guitarist, best known for his complex fingerpicking style, energetic performances and the use of percussive effects on the guitar. In the May 2008 and 2010 issues of Guitar Player Magazine, he was named as "Best Acoustic Guitarist" in their...
, a version of Let It Be by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
and the well-known Kermit the Frog
Kermit the Frog
Kermit the Frog is puppeteer Jim Henson's most famous Muppet creation, first introduced in 1955. He is the protagonist of many Muppet projects, most notably as the host of The Muppet Show, and has appeared in various sketches on Sesame Street, in commercials and in public service announcements over...
song Rainbow Connection.
Long also displayed visual artistic talents, producing illustrations for several books and guides.
Long's performed his music well into the 1980s, appearing at the iconic Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
in 1987, and travelling to Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, Tennessee, to work on various recording deals for a few months.
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia Medal (OAM) was bestowed upon Long in the 1993 Australia DayAustralia Day
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia...
honours, along with the producer who first recognised his talents, Ron Wills. Being one of the highest honours that can be granted to an Australian citizen, this recognised Lionel's contribution to Australian music.