2008 CMAA Country Music Awards
Jan 29, 2008
The 2008 CMAA Country
Music Awards were held in Tamworth on Saturday, 26 January 2008 and EMI Music
Publishing Australia is
pleased to advise that our songwriters had an interest in the following
Awards:
MALE ARTIST OF THE
YEAR
Troy
Cassar-Daley
Everything's Gonna Be
Alright (EMI)
GROUP OR DUO OF
THE YEAR
The McClymonts (Brooke
McClymont)
Save Yourself
(Unuiversal)
COUNTRY
MUSIC ROLL OF RENOWN
(presented annually to those
artists who have made a lasting and significant contribution to Australian
country music)
Geoff
Mack
I've Been
Everywhere
Renowned
as one of Australia's most successful country
comedy and variety entertainers, Geoff Mack's thousands of appearances over some
6 decades have endeared him to generations of Australians. In 1959 Geoff
wrote I've Been Everywhere which quickly became one of Australia's
biggest selling songs of all time. It has been recorded by numerous
artists in dozens of languages around the world including America.
Affectionately known as Tangle Tongue, Geoff's performing career, together
with his spectacular songwriting ability, have confirmed him as one of our
nation's most loved and respected entertainers.
