David "Daisy" Day (1951 – 1 May 2015) was an Australian

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. He is known for his work in

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and for founding the South Australian Music Hall of Fame, also referred to as the SA Music Hall of Fame.

Biography

Day began his

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career at 16 in

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, before moving to

in 1973 to work firstly at 5KA, then

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and, in 1995,

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. In 2013, Day published his autobiography ''Rock Jock''. Day died on 1 May 2015, aged 63.

AMC and the SA Music Hall of Fame

Day was responsible for founding the South Australian Music Hall of Fame at the Goodwood Institute in the inner-south Adelaide suburb of

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, after his friend and colleague, John Vincent, with whom he had discussed the idea, had died in 2009. The SA Music Hall of Fame inducts South Australian, musicians deserving of the recognition, including big names such as

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and

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as well lesser known local musicians. Gary Burrows of the

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(APRA) introduced Day to Enrico Morena, who established the Adelaide Music Collective (AMC), and the two collaborated to mount the AMC Sessions. AMC is a collective of Adelaide music industry professionals who cooperaate and collaborate with the common aim of developing and promoting Adelaide as a musical hub. In December 2015 the SA Hall of Fame moved from the Goodwood Institute building to St Paul's Creative Centre in

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, which also hosts

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and various other music industry bodies. In October 2019 they expanded and moved into an annexe in the centre. The AMC was incorporated as the Adelaide Music Collective Incorporated in July 2016, and has traded as the AMC SA Music Hall of Fame since July 2017.

References

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