Australian
Country Music
Foundation
Building Australia's
Country Music
Hall of Fame
Formed to collect, preserve and display Australia's country music heritage.
To promote knowledge of and interest in the history and heritage of Australian country and traditional music.
Custodians of the Country Music Roll of Renown and the Country Music Hands of Fame.
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Australasian
Country Music
Roll of Renown
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TIM
McNAMARA
Inducted January 1981
Born into a musical family near Orange
NSW in 1922, Tim McNamara was a young cowboy who sang with a
warm, mellow voice. A win on Australia's Amateur Hour
brought work on radio and hall shows, and in 1948 he recorded
for EMI. From 1949, his famous 2SM radio show gave enormous exposure
to young artists with the associated talent quest in 1951 packing
Sydney Town Hall. In 1950 he signed with the Rodeo label moving
to Festival in 1956, returning to EMI for one album in 1971,
and another for Picture Records in 1974. Tim is remembered as
much for his promotions as for his considerable talent, so evident
in Campfire Of Dreams. Tim died in 1983.
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