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Greg Champion was born on 1955, is an Australian songwriter. Discover Greg Champion's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?
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Greg Champion Height, Weight & Measurements
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Greg Champion Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Greg Champion worth at the age of 69 years old? Greg Champion’s income source is mostly from being a successful Songwriter. He is from . We have estimated Greg Champion's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Greg Champion (born 1955) is an Australian songwriter, guitarist, radio personality and athlete.
Born in Benalla, Victoria, Champion is most recognised for his work as part of the Coodabeen Champions as a songwriter and guitarist.
Greg often appears on the program writing songs about both Aussies rules football and cricket.
He would move to Melbourne in the late 1970s, and beginning in 1981 on Melbourne radio station 3RRR has appeared on various Australian radio stations (especially ABC Local Radio) as part of the Coodabeens team, singing parodies of popular songs and relating them to Australian rules footballers.
Champion has written hundreds of songs (many serious, many humorous) and is a multi-awarded country/folk singer, who after being discovered in the Catacombs (an Adelaide folk club of the 1970s), went on to form the band Tidewater before launching a successful solo career.
They have been held annually since 1973.
The Tamworth Songwriters Association (TSA) is an annual songwriting contest for original country songs, awarded in January at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
He is an avid Australian rules football fan, supporting the Adelaide Crows and since the 1980s has penned many tunes on the Australian game.
Greg Champion has won two awards.
The Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry.
Of these, the most famous is That's the Thing About Football, which has gone down as a classic Australian rules song, and has been used on Seven Network's Australian Football League coverage since Seven bought rights to the song in 1994.
The song would peak at 31 on the ARIA charts following the 1994 AFL Grand Final.
Seven would use the song over a number of seasons, later remixing it with different vocalists.
Greg Champion spent his early childhood in Vienna, before his family moved back to Australia.
He grew up in Hectorville, a suburb of the South Australian capital Adelaide, and was educated at Pulteney Grammar.
Champion's highest-selling album is the 1995 released Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs with Australian country music star Colin Buchanan.
Champion would play his song That's the Thing About Football at both the 1995 AFL Grand Final and 2002 AFL Grand Final matches.
In 1998, Aussie Christmas with Bucko & Champs 2 was released featuring 25 Christmas-themed songs.
In 2006, his song "Been There, Done That" peaked at number 4 on the Country Music Chart, having been released that year as part of The Shack Tapes.
In 2009, Greg released his album Strayana.
In 2010, Champion was awarded Victorian Male Vocalist in the Victorian Country Music Awards for his song "this was my town (Marysville)".
In 2012, just prior to heading off to his 22nd Tamworth Country Music Festival, he surprised many with his album Emergence which had a wide range of musical styles of 11 original songs.
In 2017, Champion headlined the All Star Musical Comedy Showcase at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
In 2021, Champion moved back to Adelaide after more than four decades in Melbourne, forming a new band with Scott Opie, Tom Stehlik and Goof Miller.
Champion was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours.
The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia.
