''Dancing Daze'' is a 1986 Australian mini series about two sisters from

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who leave their family pig farm to make it as dancers in the big city.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p186 At the

ARIA Music Awards of 1987 The First Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 2 March 1987 at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in Sydney with Elton John as the host. The awards were ...

, Matthews was nominated for

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for the title track. Martin Armiger was nominated for

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for the album.

Soundtrack

Dancing Daze soundtrack was released in February 1986. SIDE A: # " Dancing Daze" (

Sharon O'Neill Sharon Lea O'Neill (born 23 November 1952) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and pianist, who had an Australasian hit single in 1983 with " Maxine" which reached No. 16 on both the Australian Kent Music Report and Recording Industry Association ...

) performed by

Wendy Matthews Wendy Joan Matthews (born 13 January 1960) is a Canadian-born Australian singer-songwriter who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist. She released Top 20 hit singles in the 1990s including " Token Angels", " ...

and Jenny Morris. # "Can I Dance" (Mick Walter, Glen Muirhead - G. Lungren) performed by Mark Williams. # "Second Opinion" (Jenny Morris, Richard Fataar) performed by Mark Williams. # "Dare to Be Bold" (Sharon O'Neill) performed by Wendy Matthews. # "You're So Curious" (Jennifer Hunter-Brown, Michael Hegarty) performed by

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. # "Disaster" (Stephen Cummings, Dean Richards) performed by Jane Clifton. SIDE V: # "Against the Dance" (

Martin Armiger John Martin Armiger (10 June 1949 – 27 November 2019) was an Australian musician, record producer and composer. He was one of the singer-songwriters and guitarists with Melbourne-based rock band the Sports from August 1978 to late 1981, which ...

) performed by Mark Williams. # "I Love It When We're Dancing" ( Greg Macainsh, David Briggs) performed by Martin Armiger and Sherlie Matthews # "Might Have Been" (Martin Armiger, Michael Cove) performed by Jenny Morris, Mark Williams, Wendy Matthews. # "Phoebe" (Martin Armiger) performed by Marc Hunter. # "Casanova Club" (

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) performed by Larry Van Kriedt. # "Lost in a Dancing Daze" (Martin Armiger) performed by Wendy Matthews.

References

External links

* Australian television films 1986 soundtrack albums Films directed by Peter Fisk Films directed by Jane Campion {{Australia-tv-film-stub