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Allison Durbin (born Auckland, New Zealand, 24 May 1950) is a New Zealand-born Australian former pop singer. In the early 1970s, Durbin's visual 'trademark' was her lustrous waist-length auburn hair. ==Biography== Durbin began performing in public in her early teens and after winning a talent contest at an Auckland ballroom, she was signed to Eldred Stebbing's Zodiac Records at the age of 14 and issued a number of singles on the label. Her third Zodiac single, a cover of Herman's Hermits "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat", out-sold the original in New Zealand and became her first chart hit.〔(New Zealand Music - Allison Durbin )〕 She built up a following in New Zealand, recording and fronting the Mike Perjanik Group and she travelled with them to Australia in 1966 for residencies in Sydney. After nine months in Sydney she left the group to establish a solo career, making numerous appearances on Australian TV pop and variety shows.〔(New Zealand Music - Allison Durbin )〕 Durbin's first single for New Zealand HMV, "I Have Loved Me A Man", became a No.1 hit in New Zealand and also a hit in Australia. The song won her the New Zealand music award, the 1968 Loxene Golden Disc and she was named New Zealand Entertainer of the Year in 1969.〔(New Zealand Music Allison Durbin )〕 For three years running (1969, 1970 and 1971), she won Australia’s "Queen Of Pop" award for Best Female Artist.〔(''Melbourne Age'' "Fall of a pop royal" 5 February 2006 )〕 In 1971, she recorded a duet album, ''Together'', with John Farnham, who had been voted Australia's "King Of Pop" during the same years Durbin received her awards.〔(New Zealand music Allison Durbin )〕 Other songs include: * "Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man" * "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" * "If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" (included in the 2001 compilation album ''The Very Best of Kiwi Country'') * "Amerikan Music" (included in ''Kiwi Classics Volume 6'') * "Don't Come Any Closer" (included in "Give It A Whirl"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allison Durbin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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