Deniese Morrison

Deniese was born in Tamworth, New South Wales and raised in Kootingal. At the age of 10, she was invited on the stage at Kootingal Town Hall to sing at a Johnny Ashcroft concert. At the age of 13, she started performing with the Geoff Brown Showband.[1]

At the age of 16, she won the female vocal section of the Capital Country Music Association’s Jamboree, (which was the forerunner to the Golden Guitar Awards and the Tamworth Country Music Festival).[1]

In 1973 Morrison was signed to Fable records and released her debut single "No Charge". Morrison said "Signed a contract with Fable Records and released my first single "No Charge", produced by Doug Trevor. Molly Meldrum wrote in TV Week that "No Charge" was the worst record he'd heard all year, but it made the charts of the day and I was pretty chuffed about that!".[1] Morrison released her debut album in 1974.[1]

In 1975, Morrison performed at the Sydney Opera House, followed by a command concert performance for then Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser in Canberra. After recording some songs, Morrison moved on to become a resident singer/compere 6 nights a week at Wrestpoint Casino in Hobart.[1]