Brett Hugh Goldsmith (born 4 June 1961) is an Australian-born songwriter, music programmer/producer and photographer.

Personal life

Goldsmith is the son of British-born actress Rona Newton-John (1941–2013) and Melbourne nightclub owner Brian Goldsmith. His grandfather was

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

professor Brinley ("Bryn") Newton-John. His great-grandfather was German-Jewish physicist and Nobel Prize winner

Max Born Max Born (; 11 December 1882 – 5 January 1970) was a German-British theoretical physicist who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics, and supervised the work of a ...

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress. With over 100 million records sold, Newton-John was one of the List of best-selling music artists#100 million to 119 million record ...

was his aunt, while singer/actress

Tottie Goldsmith Caroline "Tottie" Goldsmith (born 27 August 1962) is an Australian actress and singer, known for her roles as Trixie Sheldon in '' Starting Out'', Toni Sheffield in '' The Young Doctors'', Marilyn "Tex" Perez in ''Fire'', and Cassandra Freedm ...

is his younger sister and race car driver Emerson Newton-John his younger half-brother.

Music

In the mid 1980s Goldsmith programmed (and played bass guitar & keyboards on) the album ''

Chantoozies The Chantoozies are an Australian pop group, formed in 1986. The group featured four female vocalists: Eve von Bibra, Angie La Bozzetta, Ally Fowler and Tottie Goldsmith, and four male musicians: Brett Goldsmith (bass guitars, keyboards, progr ...

'' for the band

, a top ten album which was released through

Mushroom Records Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival ...

. Goldsmith co-wrote the singles " Wanna Be Up" & "Kiss n Tell" with fellow band member

Eve von Bibra Eve Sarah von Bibra (born 27 June 1966) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress. From 1986 to 1991, she was a member of the pop group, Chantoozies, as one of four female lead vocalists. She co-wrote their hit, " Wanna Be Up", which peaked ...

. "Wanna Be Up" peaked at no. 8 on the ARIA singles charts. He was also one of the original male members of the band. After leaving Chantoozies, Goldsmith toured with

James Reyne James Michael Nugent Reyne Order of Australia, OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian musician. He achieved fame as the lead singer of Australian Crawl, and subsequently went on to a successful solo career. Biography Early years Reyne was born ...

as his bass guitarist. They co-wrote the song ''Black and Blue World'' on Reyne's 1991 album '' Electric Digger Dandy''. In 2013 Goldsmith released a solo album, ''Ordinary Life'' though MGM Distribution (Australia). The title track was covered by Olivia Newton-John in 2014 on her EP '' Hotel Sessions'', also co-written & produced by Goldsmith.

Photography

Goldsmith is also a photographer.

References

External links

Personal Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsmith, Brett 1961 births Living people Australian people of German-Jewish descent Australian photographers Australian male songwriters Australian record producers Chantoozies members