1. Melinda Schneider was born on Melinda-Jane Bean; 7 October 1971 and is an Australian country music singer.
19 Facts About Melinda Schneider
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Melinda Schneider has been performing since she was three and sang with her mother, yodelling country artist Mary Schneider, on the album The Magic of Yodelling at the age of eight.
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Melinda Schneider studied dance as a child and made her acting debut on the popular Australian drama A Country Practice when aged thirteen.
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Melinda Schneider sang the theme music for the ABC TV series Something in the Air.
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Unsure of what kind of singer she wanted to be, Melinda Schneider foundered, eventually quitting Festival without making an album.
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In 1999, Melinda Schneider performed the duet "Love Away the Night" with Adam Brand.
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In 2000, Melinda Schneider released her debut studio album, My Oxygen.
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In July 2002, Melinda Schneider released her second studio album, Happy Tears, which peaked at number 94 on the ARIA charts and was certified gold.
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In 2003, Melinda Schneider won her the first solo Golden Guitar for Female Vocal of the Year.
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In May 2004, Melinda Schneider released Family Tree, which peaked at number 64 on the ARIA charts and was certified gold.
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In 2006, Melinda Schneider was invited by Deborah Conway to take part in the Broad Festival project with three other Australian female artists.
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In 2010, Melinda Schneider was a participant on the ABC Television program Bush Slam and a celebrity contestant on the Channel 7 show Dancing with the Stars partnered by Serghei Bolgarschii in Season 10.
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In 2011, Melinda Schneider starred in the theatre show Doris: So Much More Than the Girl Next Door, written by Melinda Schneider and David Mitchell.
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In November 2014, Melinda Schneider released Great Women of Country, a collaboration with Beccy Cole.
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In 2022, Melinda Schneider performed a two-hour show titled Love Songs, celebrating the love she has found with her long-time partner, Mark Gable.
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In May 2022, Melinda Schneider released a compilation album of the same name.
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Melinda Schneider is the daughter of singer-songwriter and yodeller Mary Melinda Schneider.
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Melinda Schneider attended St Joseph's Kogarah for her high school years.
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Melinda Schneider is married to Mark Gable, the lead singer of the Choirboys.