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'''Michael Brady''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 28 February 1948) is an Australian musician, most commonly associated with the [[Australian rules football]] anthems "[[Up There Cazaly]]", referring to 1910s St Kilda and 1920s South Melbourne player [[Roy Cazaly]], and "[[One Day in September (song)|One Day in September]]". "Up There Cazaly" topped the Australian singles charts in September 1979 and briefly held the record as best-selling Australian single. Both songs have become synonymous with [[Australian rules football]] and are traditionally sung on [[AFL Grand Final]] day in September.
'''Michael Brady''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 28 February 1948) is an Australian musician, most commonly associated with the [[Australian rules football]] anthems "[[Up There Cazaly]]", referring to 1910s St Kilda and 1920s South Melbourne player [[Roy Cazaly]], and "[[One Day in September (song)|One Day in September]]", which were released by [[The Two-Man Band]]. Both songs have become synonymous with [[Australian rules football]] and are traditionally sung on [[AFL Grand Final]] day in September.


==Biography==
==Early life and career==
===1948-1977: Early life and early releases===
Brady was born in England in 1948 and migrated to Australia in the 1950s with his family. His first job was at the [[Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation]] factory in [[Port Melbourne, Victoria]], as a sheet metal worker.<ref name="Early">[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/queens-birthday-honours-2013/brady-gets-up-their-into-the-honours/story-fniq0r66-1226660956234 Brady gets up there into the honours | The Australian 10 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013]</ref> He started performing when he was 15 and he was one-third of the 1960s pop act MPD Ltd. (which stood for Mike, Pete and Danny) which had hits in Australia including "[[Little Boy Sad]]" and "Lonely Boy". The band toured Australia and the U.K. Brady also toured Vietnam entertaining troops, with a different band which included Wayne Duncan, Gary Howard and country brother and sister act Ricki and Tammy. After the breakup of MPD Ltd., Brady continued to record occasionally and had a top 10 hit with "Sympathy".
Brady was born in England in 1948 and migrated to Australia in the 1950s with his family. His first job was at the [[Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation]] factory in [[Port Melbourne, Victoria]], as a sheet metal worker.<ref name="Early">[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/queens-birthday-honours-2013/brady-gets-up-their-into-the-honours/story-fniq0r66-1226660956234 Brady gets up there into the honours | The Australian 10 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013]</ref> He started performing when he was 15 and he was one-third of the 1960s pop act MPD Ltd. (which stood for Mike, Pete and Danny) which had hits in Australia including "[[Little Boy Sad]]" and "Lonely Boy". The band toured Australia and the U.K. Brady also toured Vietnam entertaining troops, with a different band which included Wayne Duncan, Gary Howard and country brother and sister act Ricki and Tammy. After the breakup of MPD Ltd.,


In the early 1970s, Brady continued to released a number of singles, including two which reached the Australian top 50.<ref name=aus/>
===Discography===
* [[Up There Cazaly]] (1979) <small> credited as 'The Two-Man Band' </small>
* The Cube (1981)
* Mike Brady Presents: The Songs of Football's Greatest Sons (1981)
# Goodbye Doc (Darrel Baldock)
# The All Bionic Football (Peter Moore)
# One Goal to Beat 'Em All (Peter Hudson)
# Big Gun From Over West (Polly Farmer)
# It All Sounds Like Football to Me (Ted Whitten)
# Bobby Dazzler (Bobby Skilton)
# Flyin' High to Glory (John Coleman)
# The Infamous Captain Blood (Jack Dyer)
# The Ballad of the Paleface Kid (Keith Greig)
# The Heart of the Lion (Kevin Murray)
# Those Cold Blue Eyes (John Nicholls)
# Kiss of Death (Lou Richards)
# Man of Iron (Ron Barassi)
* You're Here to Win (1982)
* [http://www.mikebradybloodlines.com.au/ Bloodlines] (2014) The Australian Irish Story


In the mid-1970s, Brady started his own record company called "Full Moon Records" and a publishing company called "Remix Publishing".{{cn|date=September 2020}}
==Up There Cazaly==
Brady started working as a jingle writer and was very successful. He also started his own record company called "Full Moon Records" and a publishing company called "Remix Publishing".


===1978-1980: Two-Man Band & "Up There Cazaly"===
In 1979, the [[Seven Network]] approached Brady to write a jingle to promote the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League (VFL)]]. The Mojo Singers had reached the top of the Australian charts with the single "[[C'mon Aussie C'mon]]" which had been written to promote [[World Series Cricket]] shown on [[Nine Network|Channel Nine]] and Seven was looking for a jingle to promote its Australian Rules broadcasts.
{{main|Two-Man Band}}
In 1978, [[Mojo (advertising)|The Mojo Singers]] had reached the top of the Australian charts with the single "[[C'mon Aussie C'mon]]" which had been written to promote [[World Series Cricket]], shown on [[Nine Network|Channel Nine]]. [[Seven Network]] reached out to Brady to write a jingle for the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League (VFL)]], which Brady wrote "[[Up There Cazaly]]", referencing footballer [[Roy Cazaly]]. He worked with Pete Sullivan on recording the jingle.


The popularity of the jingle led to the release of the song in July 1979 credited to the [[Two-Man Band]] and it reached #1 on the Australian charts in September 1979 and was the most popular single recorded by an Australian artist that year.<ref name=aus/> It sold 250,000 copies.
Brady wrote "[[Up There Cazaly]]", referencing footballer [[Roy Cazaly]]. He worked with Pete Sullivan on recording the jingle.


Two-Man Band released a further three top 100 singles in 1980 and 1981.
The popularity of the jingle led to the release of the song credited to the [[Two-Man Band]]. It reached #1 on the Australian charts in September 1979 and was the most popular single recorded by an Australian artist that year. It sold 250,000 copies.


===1981-present: Continued success===
==Later career==
In July 1981, Brady released, ''Mike Brady Presents: The Songs of Football's Greatest'', an album referencing numerous VFL players. the album peaked at number 44 on the ARIA Charts.
Brady had established recording studios in [[Melbourne, Australia]]. In July 1980, in Brady's studios, [[Joe Dolce]] and his group the [[Joe Dolce Music Theatre]] recorded the song "[[Shaddap You Face]]", which had been a success in Dolce's cabaret show. Dolce took the song to [[Mushroom Records]] and [[Festival Records]] but neither label was interested. Dolce went back to Brady who agreed to finance the record. The song would sell four million copies worldwide.


In 1982 Brady wrote "You're here to win" as the theme song for the XII Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.
In 1982 Brady wrote "You're Here to Win" as the theme song for the [[1982 Commonwealth Games]].


Since then Brady has continued to work in advertising, writing jingles such as "Dodo, Dodo, internet that flies" for Dodo Internet and "Lucky you're with AAMI".<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/Livewire/Settling-the-score/2005/06/14/1118645815412.html "Settling the score" by Denis Brown, ''Melbourne Age'' 16 June 2005]</ref> He continued to write material for the VFL. In the early 1980s he reworked "Up There Cazaly" into a theme song for the [[Sydney Swans]]' relocation into Sydney. He wrote "One Day in September" about the VFL grand final and recorded versions of many of the VFL team's theme songs for an album in 1987. Brady also co-wrote and produced another popular AFL (Australian Football League) jingle, "That's What I Like About Football", sung by [[Greg Champion]]. "Up There Cazaly" was reworked in 1999 with Haley White for its 20th anniversary but failed to make the same impact. It was reworked as "Up There Australia" to show support for Australian troops in the [[War of Iraq]] in 2003.
Brady has continued to work in advertising, writing jingles such as "Dodo, Dodo, internet that flies" for Dodo Internet and "Lucky you're with AAMI".<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/Livewire/Settling-the-score/2005/06/14/1118645815412.html "Settling the score" by Denis Brown, ''Melbourne Age'' 16 June 2005]</ref>


In 1987, Brady recorded versions of all of the VFL team's theme songs for an album in 1987. Brady also co-wrote and produced another popular AFL (Australian Football League) jingle, "That's What I Like About Football", sung by [[Greg Champion]].
Brady has written songs for popular Australian artists such as [[John Farnham]] and [[Tina Arena]] and produced albums by Arena and [[Colleen Hewett]]. He also wrote the song "Courage in their Eyes" for the Seven Network's Olympics coverage.

In 2003, "Up There Cazaly" was reworked as "Up There Australia" to show support for Australian troops in the [[War of Iraq]] in 2003.


In addition to his jingle writing and performing, Brady also works at Melbourne radio station, [[3AW]] He is the host of ''Mike to Midnight'', Saturday nights from 6pm until Midnight, during the non-football months and occasionally fills in on other 3AW programs such as ''Nightline''.<ref>[http://www.3aw.com.au/mike-brady-profile/20080823-40vt.html Mike Brady: Profile | 3AW website. Retrieved 11 June 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426085516/http://www.3aw.com.au/mike-brady-profile/20080823-40vt.html |date=26 April 2013 }}</ref>
In addition to his jingle writing and performing, Brady also works at Melbourne radio station, [[3AW]] He is the host of ''Mike to Midnight'', Saturday nights from 6pm until Midnight, during the non-football months and occasionally fills in on other 3AW programs such as ''Nightline''.<ref>[http://www.3aw.com.au/mike-brady-profile/20080823-40vt.html Mike Brady: Profile | 3AW website. Retrieved 11 June 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426085516/http://www.3aw.com.au/mike-brady-profile/20080823-40vt.html |date=26 April 2013 }}</ref>
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Brady has for a number of years sung the Australian national anthem before the start of the Puffing Billy Great Train Race in [[Belgrave, Victoria|Belgrave]].<ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/racing-billy-leaves-thousands-puffing-20130505-2j1ig.html "Racing Billy leaves thousands puffing" by Caroline Zielinski, ''The Age'' 5 May 2013]</ref>
Brady has for a number of years sung the Australian national anthem before the start of the Puffing Billy Great Train Race in [[Belgrave, Victoria|Belgrave]].<ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/racing-billy-leaves-thousands-puffing-20130505-2j1ig.html "Racing Billy leaves thousands puffing" by Caroline Zielinski, ''The Age'' 5 May 2013]</ref>

==1982 re-recording==
{{BLP unsourced section|date=June 2013}}
In 1982 "Up There Cazaly" was rewritten and released as "Up There Old England" by [[Cliff Portwood]] and members of the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] team. Cliff Portwood was a long-time friend of Mike Brady and had permission to use this song along with Peter Sullivan, Cliff's pianist in Australia for the World Cup in 1982. Mike flew to England to help Cliff record the song, but unfortunately it was never released, due to the B side of the song having a portion of "Land Of Hope Glory" on it, creating a minor licensing issue just as it was getting major airtime on the radio.


==Honour==
==Honour==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Brady lives in Melbourne, Australia. He has four children.
Brady lives in Melbourne, Australia. He has four children.

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=44}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Invisible Man''
|
* Released: 1979
* Label: Full Moon Records <small>(FML 1001)</small>
| align="center" | -
|-
! scope="row" | ''Mike Brady Presents: The Songs of Football's Greatest''
|
* Released: July 1981
* Label: Full Moon Records <small>(FML 12003)</small>
| align="center" | 44
|-
! scope="row" | ''Country to Country''
|
* Released: 17 July 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/country-to-country/259527771|title=Country to Country|website=Apple Music|accessdate=14 September 2020}}</ref>
* Label: Bradyworks <small>(BW01)</small>
| align="center" | -
|-
! scope="row" | ''Bloodlines (The Australian Irish Story)''
|
* Released: 19 October 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/bloodlines/914509249|title=Bloodlines (The Australian Irish Story)|website=Apple Music|accessdate=14 September 2020}}</ref>
* Label: Full Moon Records <small>(FMRBLOO1)</small>
| align="center" | -
|}

===Extended Plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
! Title
! EP details
|-
! scope="row" | ''Up There Mike Brady''
|
* Released: 1982
* Label: Full Moon Records <small>(BIG 1)</small>
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:25em;" | Title
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1970
! scope="row" | "Finger Poppin'" / "Big White Bird"
| style="text-align:center;" |76
| rowspan="4" {{n/a|non album single}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Sympathy ‎"
| style="text-align:center;" |42
|-
| 1971
! scope="row" | "Oh Lord, Why Lord"
| style="text-align:center;" |50
|-
| 1972
! scope="row" | "Hello Mum"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| 1981
! scope="row" | "The Cube" / "The Headless Horsemen"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|
|-
| 1982
! scope="row" | "You're Here to Win"
| style="text-align:center;" | 49
|
|-
| 1988
! scope="row" | "We'll Be There"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|
|-
| 1995
! scope="row" | "The Diggers Legacy (How Could We Forget)"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| rowspan="6" {{n/a|non album single}}
|-
| 1998
! scope="row" | "Courage in Their Eyes"
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| 2014
! scope="row" | "Up There Cazaly" (re-release)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/up-there-cazaly-35th-year-anniversary-2014-single/919032113|title= Up There Cazaly|website=Apple Music|accessdate=15 September 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| 2017
! scope="row" | "Come My Children" {{small|live - featuring [[Russell Morris]])}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/come-my-children-live-feat-russell-morris-single/1264257493|title= Come My Children|website=Apple Music|date=May 2017|accessdate=15 September 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| 2018
! scope="row" | "This Place"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/this-place-single/1439762462|title= This Place |website=Apple Music|date=October 2018|accessdate=15 September 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| 2019
! scope="row" | "When I Was Young"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/when-i-was-young-single/1481174371|title= When I Was Young |website=Apple Music|date=September 2019|accessdate=15 September 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
<references/>
<references/>
*"Mike Brady" article, WebsterWorld ''Encyclopaedia of Australia 2004'' page 96


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 08:38, 14 September 2020

Mike Brady
AM
Born
Michael Brady

(1948-02-28) 28 February 1948 (age 76)
Vereinigtes Königreich
Occupation(s)Musician
Radio presenter

Michael Brady AM (born 28 February 1948) is an Australian musician, most commonly associated with the Australian rules football anthems "Up There Cazaly", referring to 1910s St Kilda and 1920s South Melbourne player Roy Cazaly, and "One Day in September", which were released by The Two-Man Band. Both songs have become synonymous with Australian rules football and are traditionally sung on AFL Grand Final day in September.

Biography

1948-1977: Early life and early releases

Brady was born in England in 1948 and migrated to Australia in the 1950s with his family. His first job was at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation factory in Port Melbourne, Victoria, as a sheet metal worker.[1] He started performing when he was 15 and he was one-third of the 1960s pop act MPD Ltd. (which stood for Mike, Pete and Danny) which had hits in Australia including "Little Boy Sad" and "Lonely Boy". The band toured Australia and the U.K. Brady also toured Vietnam entertaining troops, with a different band which included Wayne Duncan, Gary Howard and country brother and sister act Ricki and Tammy. After the breakup of MPD Ltd.,

In the early 1970s, Brady continued to released a number of singles, including two which reached the Australian top 50.[2]

In the mid-1970s, Brady started his own record company called "Full Moon Records" and a publishing company called "Remix Publishing".[citation needed]

1978-1980: Two-Man Band & "Up There Cazaly"

Main article: Two-Man Band

In 1978, The Mojo Singers had reached the top of the Australian charts with the single "C'mon Aussie C'mon" which had been written to promote World Series Cricket, shown on Channel Nine. Seven Network reached out to Brady to write a jingle for the Victorian Football League (VFL), which Brady wrote "Up There Cazaly", referencing footballer Roy Cazaly. He worked with Pete Sullivan on recording the jingle.

The popularity of the jingle led to the release of the song in July 1979 credited to the Two-Man Band and it reached #1 on the Australian charts in September 1979 and was the most popular single recorded by an Australian artist that year.[2] It sold 250,000 copies.

Two-Man Band released a further three top 100 singles in 1980 and 1981.

1981-present: Continued success

In July 1981, Brady released, Mike Brady Presents: The Songs of Football's Greatest, an album referencing numerous VFL players. the album peaked at number 44 on the ARIA Charts.

In 1982 Brady wrote "You're Here to Win" as the theme song for the 1982 Commonwealth Games.

Brady has continued to work in advertising, writing jingles such as "Dodo, Dodo, internet that flies" for Dodo Internet and "Lucky you're with AAMI".[3]

In 1987, Brady recorded versions of all of the VFL team's theme songs for an album in 1987. Brady also co-wrote and produced another popular AFL (Australian Football League) jingle, "That's What I Like About Football", sung by Greg Champion.

In 2003, "Up There Cazaly" was reworked as "Up There Australia" to show support for Australian troops in the War of Iraq in 2003.

In addition to his jingle writing and performing, Brady also works at Melbourne radio station, 3AW He is the host of Mike to Midnight, Saturday nights from 6pm until Midnight, during the non-football months and occasionally fills in on other 3AW programs such as Nightline.[4]

Brady is also the chairman of Cogmetrix, a predictive people analytics company that uses cognitive neuroscience software for talent management; recruitment, productivity and organisational development.

Brady has for a number of years sung the Australian national anthem before the start of the Puffing Billy Great Train Race in Belgrave.[5]

Honour

In the 2013 Queens Birthday Honours List, Mike Brady was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) "For significant service to the community, and to music as a composer and performer".[6] In 2017 he was named Victorian of the Year by the Victoria Day Council.[citation needed]

Community and charity work

Brady is a board member on the Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia Victorian Board and has performed at many men's health events.[7] He has been a board director of Variety Victoria and is a Life Member of the organisation.[8]

Brady is a patron of the Bali Children Foundation and the Australian Huntington's Disease Association (Vic), and is involved with the Bluearth Foundation, Melbourne Legacy and the Yooralla Society. He is also an Australia Day ambassador.[1][7]

Personal life

Brady lives in Melbourne, Australia. He has four children.

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Titel Album details Peak chart
positions
AUS
[2]
Invisible Man
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Full Moon Records (FML 1001)
 -
Mike Brady Presents: The Songs of Football's Greatest
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Full Moon Records (FML 12003)
 44
Country to Country
  • Released: 17 July 2007[9]
  • Label: Bradyworks (BW01)
 -
Bloodlines (The Australian Irish Story)
  • Released: 19 October 2014[10]
  • Label: Full Moon Records (FMRBLOO1)
 -

Extended Plays

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Titel EP details
Up There Mike Brady
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Full Moon Records (BIG 1)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Titel Peak chart
positions 		Album
AUS
[2]
1970 "Finger Poppin'" / "Big White Bird" 76 non album single
"Sympathy ‎" 42
1971 "Oh Lord, Why Lord" 50
1972 "Hello Mum" -
1981 "The Cube" / "The Headless Horsemen" -
1982 "You're Here to Win" 49
1988 "We'll Be There" -
1995 "The Diggers Legacy (How Could We Forget)" - non album single
1998 "Courage in Their Eyes" -
2014 "Up There Cazaly" (re-release)[11] -
2017 "Come My Children" live - featuring Russell Morris)[12] -
2018 "This Place"[13] -
2019 "When I Was Young"[14] -

References

  1. ^ a b Brady gets up there into the honours | The Australian 10 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013
  2. ^ a b c d Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 44. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Settling the score" by Denis Brown, Melbourne Age 16 June 2005
  4. ^ Mike Brady: Profile | 3AW website. Retrieved 11 June 2013 Archived 26 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Racing Billy leaves thousands puffing" by Caroline Zielinski, The Age 5 May 2013
  6. ^ Queen's Birthday Honours List 2013 | Herald Sun 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013
  7. ^ a b Jingle writer takes charity seriously | The Age 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013
  8. ^ Variety Life Members | Variety Victoria. Retrieved 10 June 2013 Archived 19 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Country to Country". Apple Music. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Bloodlines (The Australian Irish Story)". Apple Music. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Up There Cazaly". Apple Music. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Come My Children". Apple Music. May 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  13. ^ "This Place". Apple Music. October 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  14. ^ "When I Was Young". Apple Music. September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

Further reading

  • Noel Delbridge Up There, Mike Brady, Coulomb Communications Port Melbourne Victoria ISBN 0-9580737-4-0
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