Deborah Ann Conway (born 8 August 1959) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top-5 hit "

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". Conway performs solo and has a top-20 hit single with " It's Only the Beginning" (1991). The associated album, '' String of Pearls'', also peaked in the top 20. She won the

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at the 1992 awards. Her next album, '' Bitch Epic'', reached the top 20 in November 1993. Conway organised and performed on the Broad Festivals from 2005 to 2008—show-casing contemporary Australian female artists.

Early life and education

Deborah Ann Conway was born on 8 August 1959 in

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, Victoria. Her father Carl was a lawyer, entrepreneur, realtor and stockbroker in

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(died 2011). Conway attended Lauriston Girls' School—photos of her as a schoolgirl were displayed at the

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. She started Media Studies at

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(RMIT) but left in 1979. Next, she attended

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for an arts degree with modelling and singing to support her way through. A billboard campaign for Bluegrass jeans featured Conway's nude backside and the phrase "Get yours into Bluegrass". Other ads with Conway as a model include

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and

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Career

1959–1980: Early years and The Benders

At the age of 18, Conway started playing guitar, and in 1980 she joined the Benders as a vocalist whilst still at university. Her father was so concerned when she joined the pop band that he sent her to a psychiatrist. Other members of The Benders included Neville Aresca (bass guitar), Les Barker (guitars, vocals), Dorland Bray (drums, vocals), John Campbell, Daniel Solowiej and Greg Thomas (guitar, keyboards). They performed mostly in Melbourne pubs playing original material—mostly written by Conway and Thomas as well as Blondie and

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cover versions. Conway also wrote songs with Bray. Conway had minor roles in the films ''Mallacoota Stampede'' (1979) and '' Hard Knocks'' (1980).

1981–1991: Do-Ré-Mi to Rose Amongst Thorns

In 1981, Conway and Bray relocated to

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and formed pop rock band Do-Ré-Mi, with Helen Carter on bass guitar and Stephen Philip on guitar. They recorded two albums, ''Domestic Harmony'' (1985) and ''The Happiest Place in Town'' (1988), and eight singles. Their best performed hit, "Man Overboard", peaked at No. 5 on the Australia

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Singles Chart and became the eighth-highest-positioned Australian song on the 1985 End of Year Chart. In the early 1980s, Conway was the domestic partner of

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—drummer for Deckchairs Overboard and then

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—before he left for

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in 1985 and formed

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there. Conway played the lead role of "Julie" in an Australian teenage road movie called '' Running on Empty'', which was released in 1982. In late 1983, Conway supplied vocals for actor Tracy Mann's singing in the

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series ''

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'' (1984), including the hit title song, "Sweet and Sour". Two soundtrack albums and three singles from the series were credited to The Takeaways (and various artists). Conway sang lead vocals on half the songs and backing vocals on almost all the rest. Conway had a minor role in '' The Coca-Cola Kid'' (1985). In 1986 Conway performed with The Rock Party, a charity project initiated by The National Campaign Against Drug Abuse, which included many Australasian musicians:

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, Eddie Rayner,

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and Hester (all from Crowded House); Geoff Stapleton, Robbie James and Mark Callaghan (all from GANGgajang); Reg Mombassa and Martin Plaza (both from

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); Andrew Barnum and Lissa Barnum ( Vitabeats); Mary Azzopardi (

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), Michael Barclay,

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, Jenny Morris, Danny De Costa, Greg Herbert (The Promise), Spencer P Jones, Sean Kelly (

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), John Kennedy, Paul Kelly, Robert Susz (

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) and Rick Swinn ( The Venetians). The Rock Party released a 12" single "Everything to Live For", which was produced by Joe Wissert, Phil Rigger and Phil Beazley. Do-Ré-Mi disbanded in 1988 not long after their second album was released. ''Rolling Stone'' (Australia) named Conway 'Best Australian Female Singer' for that year. While Do-Ré-Mi were working in England in 1988, Conway became involved in

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's project '' The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend''. Shortly afterwards she recorded an album of dance music in Los Angeles which was not released except for a solo single, a cover of

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's " Feel Like Makin' Love" (1990), produced by Scott Cutler. In 1990, Conway formed ''Drawcards'' as a semi- acoustic band with Vika and Linda,

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, Dror Erez, Tim Finn, Ross Hannaford, Peter Jones, Shane O'Mara and Chris Wilson. Almost immediately it split with half its members—Conway, Hester, Erez, Jones and Wilson—forming Rose Amongst Thorns as a pub rock band from 1990 to 1991.

1991–1996: ''String of Pearls'' & ''Bitch Epic''

In 1991, Conway played Juno in

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's '' Prospero's Books'', singing a setting of

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from ''

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'' to music by

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. Deborah Conway's debut solo album was released in October 1991, titled '' String of Pearls'', which peaked at No. 20 on the

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. The album was produced by Richard Pleasance, Joe Hardy and

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. Singles from the album include " It's Only the Beginning" which reached No. 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart in August, " Under My Skin" (December) and " Release Me" (February 1992), all three of which were co-written with Scott Cutler. For her work on the album, she won

at the

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. To support the releases, Deborah Conway and the Mothers of Pearl was formed with Alan Harding (keyboards), Peter Jones (drums, ex-Drawcards and Rose Amongst Thorns), Bill McDonald (bass guitar) and Willy Zygier (guitar). Conway and Zygier became domestic partners and have written and performed much of Conway's subsequent material. Conway released her second album '' Bitch Epic'' in 1993, which peaked at No. 18 and was produced by Jim Rondinelli and Zygier. The cover features an upper body shot of a topless Conway, covered in

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and cream, as she is about to eat a slice of cake thereby illustrating the concept of Gluttony for ABC TV mini-series ''

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'' (1993). Conway, Paul Kelly, Vika Bull and Renée Geyer provided vocals and song writing for the related soundtrack. An eight-track extended play of live songs was added to ''Bitch Epic'' to form 1994's ''

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'', which was produced by Zygier. Her backing band were Zygier, Harding, McDonald and Hughie Benjamin (ex-

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) on drums. Ultrasound, an experimental band, with Conway, Zygier, McDonald and Hester, recorded and produced their self-titled album, ''Ultrasound'' (1995).

1997–2003: ''My Third Husband'' to ''Only the Bones''

Conway recorded a new album '' My Third Husband'' with Dave Anderson producing and, after returning to Australia in mid-1997, it was released in October 1997. In May 2000, Conway released her fourth studio album, '' Exquisite Stereo'', on

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. Her backing band, Deborah Conway and the City of Women, was Zygier, Cameron Reynolds ( samples), Edmond Amendola (bass guitar) and Dave Williams (drums)—the latter two are members of

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. This was much more of a rock record than previous releases, it "was a mature album featuring a wide variety of styles, from acoustic love song ("You Come to Earth") and Radiohead-styled epics ("Interzone") to full tilt rockers ("I Lay Down on My Pillow and Cried All Night")". Following '' Exquisite Stereo'', Conway played the lead role of

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in the Australian stage production of ''Always... Patsy Cline'' and recorded a covers album of Cline's songs, called '' PC: The Songs of Patsy Cline'' (2001), which was produced by Zygier and Reynolds. She supported the release by touring as Deborah Conway and the Patsy Clones which contained Zygier and Reynolds, and Gerry Hale. '' Only the Bones'' is Conway's

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which was released in 2002. The cover showed Conway at a table picking over a meal. The album was re-titled ''Definitive Collection'', with a different cover, and re-released in 2004. Conway performed ''Dreaming Transportation: Voice Portraits of the First Women of White Settlement at Port Jackson'' which was scripted and directed by Andrée Greenwell. The performance premiered at the Sydney Festival in 2003 and a year later was staged again, at the

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. Performing with Conway were Susan Prior, Christine Douglas, Amie McKenna and Jeannie Van de Velde and musicians, Hope Csuturos (violin), James Nightingale (clarinet, saxophone), Jane Williams (cello), Kim Poole (guitar/mandolin), Denise Papaluca (piano), Mardi Chillingworth (double bass) and Jared Underwood (percussion). The work was inspired by a series of poems by Jordie Albiston.

2004–2016: Conway and Zygier

In August 2004, Conway released '' Summertown'', under the name of Conway and Zygier on the Another Intercorps label and was produced by Conway, Zygier and Hale. It has a 1960s folk-pop sound to it. Conway and Zygier supported sales by appearing in fans' homes. Brisbane group, '' george'', recorded Do-Ré-Mi's hit single "

", with Conway providing vocals, on their 2004 single " Still Real". Katie Noonan from ''george'' also performed with Conway in 2005. In 2005, Conway provided vocals for Man Bites God's single "Bride of the Dragon" from their album ''The Popular Alternative''. From 2005 to 2008, Conway collaborated with different female artists to tour Australia as part of the Broad Festival project. Each year's roster performed their own and each other's songs: Sara Storer, Katie Noonan,

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, Conway, and Clare Bowditch in 2005; Melinda Schneider, Mia Dyson, Kate Miller-Heidke, Conway, and Ella Hooper in 2006; Anne McCue,

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, Conway, Jade Macrae, and Abbe May in 2007; and Laura Jean, Elana Stone, Liz Stringer, Dianna Corcoran, and Conway in 2008. In 2008, Conway was appointed artistic director of the Queensland Music Festival, which runs biennially in late July in odd-numbered years. In May 2010, Conway and Zygier released ''Half Man Half Woman'', which was produced by James Black (from stage band for ''

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'') who also provided keyboards. The album included a track, "Into the Blue" recorded with Conway and Zygier joined by their three daughters, Syd, Alma and Hettie on vocals. ''

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''s Michael Dwyer observed that Conway and Zygier did not compromise, "from ygier'sjaunty Wes Montgomery-styled instrumental overture to a charming banjo lullaby featuring their three daughters, it fairly saunters with a relaxed resolve to be whatever it wants to be". ''Stories of Ghosts'', released in February 2013, explored

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themes, and received positive reviews in the Australian music press. In August 2016, Conway announced the release of her ninth studio album ''Everybody's Begging'' on 2 September 2016. The album is a collection of mainly acoustic songs about an unbeliever's take on Old Testament themes from a Jewish perspective. This was accompanied by a tour in August and September.

2023: ''Book of Life''

In September 2023, Conway and Zygier premiered their musical theatrical show, ''Songs From The Book of Life'', at the Brisbane Festival, based on Conway's forthcoming memoir. On 3 October 2023, Conway published her memoir, ''Book of Life''. It was shortlisted for the 2024

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Portraits and other recognition

In 1996, a portrait of Conway as

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, painted by Rosemary Valadon, was a finalist in the

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. The prize is awarded for the "best portrait painting preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics". A portrait of Conway by Lewis Miller was a finalist in the 2022

Personal life

Conway was in a relationship with

before he moved to

in 1985. Conway is married to guitarist and musical collaborator Willy Zygier. The pair had met in 1991 when Conway was vetting guitarists for her touring band, they formed a domestic partnership in that decade and married in 2007. As of September 2016, they have three adult daughters, Syd, Alma and Hettie, who are all musicians.

Discography

Studio albums

Soundtrack albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

Charity singles

Awards and nominations

Conway was honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia in January 2020, "For significant service to the performing arts as a singer, songwriter and producer." In December 2022 she was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation and achievement across all genres of

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Australian Women in Music Awards

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Countdown Music Awards

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Don Banks Music Award

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in honour of Don Banks, Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board. , - , 2020 , Deborah Conway , Don Banks Music Award , , -

Helpmann Awards

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is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group ''Live Performance Australia'' since 2001. Note: 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the

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, Deborah Conway - ''The Beginning & The End'' (with Willy Zygier) , Best Australian Contemporary Concert , , , -

Music Victoria Awards

The

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National Live Music Awards

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