Wendy Stapleton's stage debut came in 1963 at the tender age of 9, appearing in a production of Noel Coward's Sail Away at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne.
Since then she has made records, appeared in numerous TV shows (notablyNeighbours, Halifax f.p. and Blue Heelers) and regularly starred in Australian musical theatre productions, including a
Scottish-born Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was lead singer of legendary Aussie rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his untimely death in 1980, from acute alcohol poisoning and "death by misadventure".
He wasn't AC/DC's original singer; he replaced founding vocalist Dave Evans who was thought to be too glam rock for the band's image.
In 2004 British rock
Sixto Diaz Rodriguez is one of the most enigmatic musicians of our times. His career was initially short-lived, with just two little-sold albums and two tours (both to Australia) in the early 1970s before he quit the music industry and worked in demolition.
His debut album Cold Fact became somewhat of a cult hit throughout South Africa and
Suzanne Vega wrote poetry at the age of nine, and composed her first song at age 14. She graduated from New York's prestigious High School of Performing Arts in 1977, having studied modern dance.
In 1984 she became one of the first folk music artists to break out on a major label when she signed with A&M to record her self-titled debut
Australian blues musician Matt Taylor is best-known for his work with blues legends Chain, and for his 1973 hit single I Remember When I Was Young.
Self-taught on guitar and harmonica, Taylor played with two of Australia's first blues bands, Bay City Union, and Wild Cherries, before joining Chain in late 1970. He then quit the band to live on a