Andy Upton

Andy Upton is an Australian singer-songwriter from Adelaide, South Australia. In 1976 and 1977, Upton released three singles, all of which peaked within the top 100 on the Australian Kent Music Report. Upton wrote and was the original singer of Here's Humphrey theme.[2]

Andy Upton
BornAustralia
OriginAdelaide, South Australia, Australia [1]
GenresPop music
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
Years active1976-1978, 2000-Present
LabelsWizard Records

Upton later began working for 5KA as a jingle writer during the 1980s.[3]

He returned to performing in 2000 after some years away from the music scene, performing in and around Australia. He performed with the Adelaide-based band The Boys, as their frontman, during a December 2018 event, Jim Slade's Baby Boomers Rock Adelaide.[3][4]

Discography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Catalogue
AUS
[5]
"Rainbow World"/"Michael" 1976 73 Wizard ZS 146
"It Took Me Years"/"Born in a Taxi" 87 Wizard ZS 164
"Stop! In the Name of Love"/"Born in a Taxi" 1977 54 Wizard ZS 175

References
  1. "ANDY UPTON". Music Minder. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. Meldrum, Ian; Jenkins, Jeff (2014). The never, um, ever ending story: life, countdown and everything in between. Farnham, John (preface); Gudinski, Michael (introduction); Masterson, Lawrie (afterword). Crows Nest NSW Allen & Unwin. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-76011-205-9.
  3. ANDY UPTON - Music Minder Online Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  4. The Boys (Australia) Facebook Page - December 13, 2018 post (lists Andy Upton among the members of the group) Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 381. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
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