Jimmy Manzie Explained

James William Manzie,^[1] known as Jimmy Manzie or Jim Manzie, is an Australian musician (bass guitar, vocals, lead guitar) and songwriter for a variety of bands including rock revival band Ol' 55 (1975–1979), pop groups The Breakers (1979–1982) and The Fives (1982) before turning to solo work, production and composing for film/television scores and soundtracks.^{[2] [3]} As a member of Ol' 55, Manzie wrote "On the Prowl" their top 20 hit single on the Australian Kent Music Report in late 1975, which was followed by their debut album, Take It Greasy which reached No. 3 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart in 1976.^{[4] [5]}

Manzie has composed for soundtracks or scores including original music for the films The FJ Holden (1977), From a Whisper to a Scream (1987), Stepfather II (1989), (1990, with Pat Regan), Eddie Presley (1992), (1994), Night of the Demons 2 (1994) Fear of a Black Hat (1994, with Larry Robinson) and Sleepstalker (1995).^[6] Additionally he has composed songs for soundtracks including "The Way of All Flesh"^[1] for (1990).

References

General

• Encyclopedia: McFarlane . Ian . Ian McFarlane . . [//www.whammo.com.au/index.asp Whammo Homepage ]. 22 February 2010 . 1999 . . . 1-86508-072-1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp . April 5, 2004 . Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
• Book: Spencer, Chris. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Zbig Nowara . Paul McHenry . 1987. 2002. Five Mile Press. Noble Park, Vic.. 1-86503-891-1. ^[7] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . "The Way of all Flesh" at APRA search engine . 22 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120910204941/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=The%20Way%20of%20all%20Flesh . 10 September 2012 .
2. Spencer et al, (2007) Manzie, Jimmy entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
3. McFarlane 'Ol' 55' entry. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
4. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). "On the Prowl" at APRA search engine. 22 February 2010.
5. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book Ltd. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
6. Web site: Jim Manzie > Filmography. AllMovie. Rovi Corporation. 22 February 2010.
7. Web site: Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry. catalogue. National Library of Australia. 22 February 2010.