Long’s best known TV role came in 1968 when he appeared on Homicide as Detective Bert Costello.
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Lionel Joaquin Paul Long
Description: Vocalist, Australia
Known For: Long Ago: Folk Songs of the British Isles was Long.
Instruments: Vocals
Music Styles: Folk, Pop
Location: Australia
Date Born: 1939
Location Born: Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Date Died: 1st January 1998
Location Died: Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Memorial: He was cremated in a small service at the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park in Matraville, Sydney.
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Lionel Long OAM
An Australian country, Western, folk singer and a television actor.
Long was born in and grew up in the farming district of the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, New South Wales.
The son of an accomplished violinist, 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.
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.
The Australian folk music scene’s popularity was aided by the international success of Australian band, The Seekers.
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”.
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.
During the 1960s Long’s profile was boosted by appearances on many TV shows, including the hit Channel 9 music programme Bandstand.
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.
Having dabbled in acting on TV since 1961 (Whiplash 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.
Long’s best known TV role came in 1968 when he appeared on Homicide as Detective Bert Costello.
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.
The Order of Australia Medal (OAM) was bestowed upon Long in the 1993 Australia Day honours.
Long died on 1 January 1998 in the Sacred Heart Hospital at Darlinghurst, Sydney.
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