MARGARET FLANAGAN

The Flanagan’s were a serious part of the Australian music history and appeared on every major Australian TV Show including 6’O’clock Rock, Bandstand, Teen Time, Music Time, Star Time with John Laws, Revue 61, Revue 62, Mavis Bramston Show, Stuart Wagstaff Show, Magic of Music, Say it with Music, Don Lane Show to the iconic Graham Kennedy and Mike Walsh shows on Channel 10 and Channel Nine. In their first 20 years they would chalk up over 1000 TV performances. In 1959 Paul, Margaret and Peter Flanagan started out as The Fauns and recorded on the Lee Gordon/Leedon label releasing three singles during 1960 and 61. In a very wise move, they decided to take their family name Flanagan to headline their career and eventually became household names. They backed a lot of artists on record that went uncredited.

In 1965 they were signed to the HMV label and recorded Paul's ''Wonderland Of Love and Dreams''. The Flanagan’s second record “Follow the Wind” was written by a very young Barry Gibb especially for the trio, no doubt he admired their work. The flip side “The Land of Beyond” became a bigger success and was voted by Radio 6IX Perth as the winner of one of the first, if not the first Radio award “The Golden Microphone” as the best song of 1966. Perth radio personality John Fryer presented the Award live on the Nine Network Bandstand. In 1973 they supported Helen Reddy in Sydney as part of her national tour. In 1978 they supported Shirley Bassey's Australian tour. In 1979 The Flanagan’s celebrated 20 years in show business on the Nine Network's Mike Walsh Show. They continued to record singles up until the early 70s. In 1991 they recorded an album with Judy Stone titled 'A Cowboys Sweetheart' on Rich River Records. 

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