12 Facts About Graeme Connors

Graeme Connors was born on 29 April 1956 and is an Australian country music singer, songwriter, and performer.

In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, Graeme Connors was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for his role as an "Influential Artists".

In 2016, Graeme Connors was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown.

Graeme Connors commenced his music career in the mid-1970s doing support vocals for many well-known acts of the day.

Graeme Connors spent the first half of the 1980s writing songs based on truck driving which became hits for Slim Dusty such as "I'm Married to My Bulldog Mack" and "Dieseline Dreams".

In 1988, Graeme Connors had recorded and released the breakthrough single "A Little Further North", featured on his first album on the Australian ABC Records label, North.

In 1995 - Graeme Connors released the album The Here and Now and won three golden guitars at the CMAA Awards, including Album of the Year.

In 1995, Graeme Connors won MO Award for Male Country Performer of the Year and was Inducted into the Hands of Fame.

In 1998 Graeme Connors wrote the Cowboys Theme song "The Cowboys are my Team".

In 2000, Graeme Connors performed at both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2000 Paralympics and he wrote their theme song "Being Here".

In 2011, Graeme Connors was awarded Album of the Year at the 2011 Tamworth Country Music Festival for Still Walking.

Graeme Connors has won fourteen Golden guitar awards at the Tamworth Country Music Awards of Australia and was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown.