The Webb Brothers (Australian band) explained

Background:group
The Webb Brothers
Origin:Widgee, Queensland, Australia
Genre:Country music
Years Active:–
Label:Rodeo Records, Festival Records, W&G Records, ATA Records, RCA Victor
Past Members:
  • Fabian Webb (1930–2014)
  • Marius Webb (1932–2014)
  • Berard Webb (1934–)

The Webb Brothers were an Australian family country music band originating out of Queensland.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Early life

Fabian (16 July 1930),[6] Marius (19 January 1932)[7] and Berard (4 June 1934) were all born in Gympie, [8] [9] to Mr and Mrs W. S. Webb.[10] The trio grew up in Upper Widgee, on ''Thornside'' Station, a 5000-acre property west of Gympie.[11] [12]

Career

The Webb Brothers was formed in 1953. That same year at the Buddy Williams Show in Gympie, the boys entered Buddy’s talent quest and won first prize – a recording contract with Rodeo Records.

In 1954, the group auditioned for Australia's Amateur Hour and were successful in winning their heat with a massive 13,000 votes from all over Australia.

In 1958, Columbia Records released two of their original songs, ''The Call of the Bellbird'' (written by Berard), which sold 40,000 copies by the end of 1959,[13] and ''Just Sing, Sing, Sing'' (written by Fabian and Marius).

The Gympie Music Muster was first held on 24-26 September 1982. It grew from a plan to celebrate both the centenary of the Webb family's occupation of the rural property Thornside at Widgee, which was selected by George Slater Webb in 1882 combined with celebrating The Webb Brothers' 25 years in the country music industry and their 1982 Golden Guitar Award for their song "Who Put the Roo in the Stew?".[14] [15]

Discography

Albums

!Title !Year!Label!Notes
Clancy Of The Overflow1959W&G Records
Big Country1972ATA Records
I'm Gonna Be A Country Boy Again1974[16]
Call Of The BellbirdFestival Records
Live In New Zealand1975
Town And Country1976
Silver Jubilee Album1982RCA Records

Singles and EPs

!Title!Year!Label!Notes
The Call Of The Bell Bird1958Philips
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
The Battle Of New Orleans1959Festival Records
Riding Down From Bangor[17]
The Jockeys Are Striking1961[18]
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Courtin' In The Rain
The Fox1964Bluebird
The Purple Petrol Eater1966W & G
From A Rich Man To A Beggar
The Call Of The Bell-Bird1972ATA Records
The Webb Brothers1973Hadley Records
Goondiwindi Grey (The Gunsynd Song)ATA Records
The Old Palmer River Song1974Festival Records
June Rose WaltzATA Records
Melodie D'Amour1976Festival Records
The Colonel Put The Lickin' In The Chicken But Who Put The Roo In The Stew1981RCA Victor[19] [20]

Awards

!Year!Award Giving Body!Category!Work!Result
1974Country Music Awards of AustraliaVocal Group or Duo of the YearPalmer River Song (Festival)
1982Country Music Awards of AustraliaTop SellingWho Put The Roo In The Stew

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moore . Tony . 6 August 2016 . Inside the Gympie Muster – from where it all began to the newest songs . 29 October 2022 . Brisbane Times . en . 8 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208065654/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/inside-the-gympie-muster--from-where-it-all-began-to-the-newest-songs-20160805-gqlvd6.html . live .
  2. Web site: NEWS-TIMES . MATTHEW ADKINS . Seaside Arts Council enhances access to art in community . 29 October 2022 . Carolina Coast Online . en . 29 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221029204435/https://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/article_4e26e7c6-548f-11ed-8323-b3163ea21d04.html . live .
  3. Web site: 2 February 2015 . Webb brothers' country music legacy remembered . 29 October 2022 . The Courier Mail.
  4. Web site: 31 March 2004 . The Webb Brothers, Rocket, Leeds . 29 October 2022 . the Guardian . en . 25 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240825232340/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/mar/31/popandrock1 . live .
  5. Web site: The Black Stump is their stage - The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) - 31 May 1961 . 2024-07-20 . Trove . en . 25 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240825232415/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47491953 . live .
  6. News: 1938-06-30 . No title . 2024-07-21 . Queensland Country Life . 25 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240825232510/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97042009 . live .
  7. News: 1954-06-15 . LEG BROKEN . 2024-07-21 . Brisbane Telegraph . 25 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240825232521/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217153858 . live .
  8. Web site: WEBB BROTHERS; WEBB BROTHERS; HOF_1979_WEBB BROTHERS on eHive . 2024-07-21 . eHive . en . 21 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240721123221/https://ehive.com/collections/200851/objects/1461135/webb-brothers . live .
  9. News: 1970-01-09 . Lively ENTERTAINMENT Noosaville . 2024-07-21 . Noosa News . 25 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240825232919/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/260436953 . live .
  10. News: 1933-08-11 . SOCIAL TOPICS. . 2024-07-21 . Brisbane Courier . 25 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240825232924/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22204576 . live .
  11. Web site: BUSH BOYS WITH THE BEAT - With names like Fabian, Marius, and Berard, the Webb Brothers sound more like a rock-n-roll trio than husky cattlemen from Queensland, but these boys are both — so they're known as the harmonising graziers. - The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982) - 30 Dec 1959 . 2024-07-20 . Trove . en . 25 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240825232936/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44024255 . live .
  12. Web site: Singing cattlemen change their style - During a visit to Sydney, in which they arranged for the release of their first LP and appeared on . 2024-07-20 . Australian Women's Weekly . 9 May 1962 . en.
  13. News: Stapleton . Marjorie . 30 December 1959 . Bush Boys with the Beat . 27 . 4 (Teenagers' Weekly) . . 30 . Australia . 12 November 2022 . National Library of Australia . 25 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240825232936/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44024255 . live .
  14. Web site: 40 years of the Gympie Muster . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531185311/https://gympieregionalmemories.com/2022/08/25/40-years-of-the-gympie-muster/ . 31 May 2023 . 2024-08-25 . Gympie Regional Memories . 25 August 2022 . Gympie Regional Libraries.
  15. News: 25 August 2016 . How the Gympie Muster looked in the 1980s . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208065652/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/gympie/how-the-gympie-muster-looked-in-the-1980s/news-story/99c6d270fa472f77765b3eddfb73a3df?nk=d26289a8ce34851b3c294d736f253095-1638946612 . 8 December 2021 . 26 August 2024 . The Gympie Times.
  16. News: 1974-10-10 . COOROY CONCERT . 2024-07-21 . Noosa News.
  17. News: 1959-12-02 . LISTEN HERE — with Ainslie Baker . 2024-07-21 . Australian Women's Weekly . 25 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240825233452/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44024153 . live .
  18. News: 1961-03-22 . LISTEN HERE —with Ainslie Baker . 2024-07-21 . Australian Women's Weekly.
  19. Web site: The Colonel put the lickin' in the chicken, but who put the 'roo in the stew? [music] / words and... - Catalogue National Library of Australia ]. 2024-07-21 . catalogue.nla.gov.au . en . 21 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240721130233/https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/187458 . live .
  20. Web site: NFSA - Search the Collection . 2024-07-21 . www.collection.nfsa.gov.au . 21 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240721130234/https://www.collection.nfsa.gov.au/title/322288 . live .

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