1. Beccy Cole's related single, "Poster Girl ", expresses her support for the troops.
28 Facts About Beccy Cole
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Beccy Cole was born as Rebecca Diane Thompson on 27 October 1972 in Glenelg.
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Beccy Cole's mother is a country music singer, Carole Sturtzel, and her father, Jeff Thompson, was saxophonist for the Strangers.
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Beccy Cole performed solo on the South Australian festival circuit.
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In 1991, Beccy Cole joined a country music group, Dead Ringer Band, led by Bill Chambers; she had met his daughter, Kasey Chambers, in Adelaide in mid-1989.
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Beccy Cole moved to Sydney in 1993 to pursue her music career and to record a single.
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Beccy Cole was advised by studio owners Deniese and Martin Cass that her self-penned tracks were not good enough, so she recorded "Fooling' Around", which was written by Perth songwriter Mark Donahoe.
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At the 1994 Country Music Awards of Australia, Beccy Cole won the Golden Guitar trophy for Best New Talent.
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Beccy Cole supplied backing vocals for an album, The Circle Game, by country music duo Rod McCormack and Mick Albeck; another guest vocalist was Gina Jeffreys.
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In 1996, Beccy Cole signed a new record deal with Harvestone Records on the Sony label and began working on her debut album.
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Beccy Cole issued two singles, "Hearts Changing Hands" and "Rest in Pieces".
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On 11 July 1997 her debut album, Beccy Cole, was released and peaked at number 122 on the ARIA Charts in November.
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Beccy Cole married Mick Albeck late in 1997 and gave birth to a son on 2 March 1999.
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Later in 1999, Beccy Cole began touring with Darren Coggan, Felicity, and Adam Harvey as the 'Young Stars of Country'.
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Beccy Cole co-wrote eight of its tracks with Tamara Stewart.
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On 2 August 2004, Beccy Cole issued a video album, Just a Girl Singer, which included interviews, live concert footage, music videos and archival footage.
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On 17 March 2007, Beccy Cole appeared on celebrity music quiz show RocKwiz, performing "Rockabilly Fever" and a duet with Mark Lizotte on "A Good Year for the Roses".
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On 12 October 2007, Beccy Cole issued her debut live album, Live @ Lizotte's, with guest appearances by Chambers, Jeffreys and Sara Storer.
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In May 2013 Cole released her first compilation album, Beccy's Big Hits.
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Beccy Cole promoted the album with an Australian tour and invited aspiring artists to perform a song on stage, via the Beccy's Search for a Shiny Star competition.
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In 2014, Cole released Great Women of Country a duet album with Melinda Schneider was released, a tribute and covers album of Beccy's idols and legendary female country singers and songwriters.
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation announced on 22 January 2021 that Beccy Cole would become the new host of Saturday Night Country, its long-running national country music radio program, heard on regional ABC stations and on ABC Country.
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On 13 February 2021, Beccy Cole commenced presenting the program from studios at ABC Radio Adelaide.
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In 2022, Beccy Cole was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown.
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Beccy Cole was married to Albeck for one-and-a-half years, writing songs as Rebecca Diane Albeck.
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In October 2013, Beccy Cole was the inaugural ambassador for the Adelaide-based Feast Festival, and in the following month, she presented her show The Queer of Country.
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Beccy Cole published her autobiography, Poster Girl, in the previous month.
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Beccy Cole was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 and the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours.