Felicity Urquhart
Birth name: Felicity Ann Urquhart
Also known as Felicity. Born: 4 May 1976
Origin Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Genres Country Occupation(s) singer-songwriter, radio and television presenter
Instruments guitar
Felicity Urquhart – Official Website
Felicity Ann Urquhart (born 4 May 1976) is an Australian country music singer-songwriter, and a TV and radio presenter. Her single “Big Black Cloud”, co-written with Randy Scruggs, reached No. 1 on Country Tracks National Top 30 Singles Chart in 2007. She has won numerous awards including a Centenary Medal in 2001 “For service to Australian society through country music”. Urquhart married musician and producer Glen Hannah in March 2009. She has been the host of country music show Saturday Night Country on Australian Broadcasting Corporation Local Radio since March 2010.
Felicity Ann Urquhart was born on 4 May 1976 to Rex, an upholsterer, and Patricia “Trish” Urquhart. She grew up in Tamworth in rural New South Wales. Her maternal grandfather, Ernie Walmsley, was a jockey turned horse-trainer and with her grandmother, Anne, ran a pub in Bingara. Urquhart began busking in Peel Street, Tamworth during the Tamworth Country Music Festival at the age of 11. Aside from learning guitar, Urquhart had piano lessons and performed in musicals.
In 1992 Urquhart released her debut self-titled album, Felicity Urquhart on Tamworth-based Hadley Records. Her second album, Follow Me appeared in 1995 on Radio Friendly Music. Nothing to Hide was released in 1999 on EMI with New Shadow issued in 2001. On 1 January she was awarded a Centenary Medal by Prime Minister, John Howard. In 2001, she met Glen Hannah who became her boyfriend. Urquhart performed with western swing group Feral Swing Katz at the Gympie National Country Music Muster in August – the performance was broadcast a year later on Live on Stage by ABC Radio National with Vince Jones presenting. In 2002, she travelled to Nashville to record tracks for a future album with Hannah providing acoustic guitar, harmony vocals and song writing. Album plans fell through and Urquhart left EMI. She recorded a six-track extended play, Turn out the Light on Shock Records which was released in 2004.
Shock Records distributed My Life in 2006, which was produced by Hannah (ex-Kasey Chambers touring band). Her single “Big Black Cloud”, co-written with Randy Scruggs, appeared in November and reached No.1 on Country Tracks National Top 30 Singles Chart on 24 January 2007. On 5 September, Urquhart performed for Howard, United States President George W Bush and Australian Defence Force personnel at a barbecue Garden Island.
Urquhart and Hannah married on 10 March 2009 in Vanuatu. Urquhart released Landing Lights upon return to Australia. Internationally she has opened for country music legends Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings.
From 2005 to 2009, Urquhart was a presenter on Sydney Weekender, a travel show on Seven Network. She has been the host of country music show Saturday Night Country on Australian Broadcasting Corporation Local Radio across Australia since March 2010. She had previously filled-in for retiring host John Nutting who had picked her as his replacement. She lives in Avoca Beach on the New South Wales Central Coast.
Studio albums
Felicity Urquhart (Hadley Records HCDM1308, 1992)
Follow Me (Radio Friendly Music RFMCD003, 1995)
Nothing to Hide (EMI Music Australia 7243 4 99510 2 0, 1999)
New Shadow (EMI Music Australia 7243 5 35015 2 5, 2001)
My Life (Shock Records FU004, 2006)
Landing Lights (Shock Records FU007, 17 January 2009)
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