{{short description|Australian pop singer}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bev Harrell | honorific_suffix = OAM | image = | caption = | image_size = <!-- Only for images smaller than 220 pixels --> | birth_name = Beverley Anne Harrell | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|10|24|df=y}} | birth_place = North Adelaide, South Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} | instrument = Vocals | genre = pop, musical theatre | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1951–present | label = {{hlist|EMI Music Australia|Columbia|Bell|Polydor|RCA}} | past_member_of = The Vibrants, The Clefs | website = }}
'''Beverley Anne Harrell''', {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|OAM}} (born 24 October 1946) is an Australian pop singer and musical theatre performer, most famous for her 1966 Australian hit "What Am I Doing Here with You?".
==Biography== Harrell was born on 24 October 1946 in North Adelaide to Reg Harrell, a carpenter, and Dot (née Borlace), an amateur musician.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/93124482|title=Family notices|work=The Chronicle|date=31 October 1946|page=16|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="cornesy">{{cite web|last=Cornes|first=Graham|author-link=Graham Cornes |url=https://gb.ivoox.com/en/conversations-with-cornesy-bev-harrell-audios-mp3_rf_24858092_1.html|title=Bev Harrell|date=9 June 2017|work=Conversations with Cornesy|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref> She sang for the 5AD children's radio show ''Kangaroos on Parade'' at the age of six.<ref name="adelaidenow">{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adelaide-remember-when-our-city-birth-to-all-these-great-music-acts/news-story/de63d317abde608f421b97ea1c4bde55|title=Adelaide, Remember When our city birth to all these great music acts?|work=Adelaide Now|date=14 February 2014|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref> She appeared on ''Australia's Amateur Hour'' at the age of nine, coming second. At the age of twelve she came second on the radio/television show ''Swallow's Juniors''; she also toured with the Mickey Mouse Club when they were in Australia, along with Lucky Starr.<ref name="cornesy"/><ref name="haze">{{cite web|last=Black|first=Nick |url=https://www.southernfm.com.au/show/purple-haze/the-purple-haze-archive-presents-dynamic-australian-singer-bev-harrell-on-podcast/|title=The Purple Haze archive presents dynamic Australian singer Bev Harrell on podcast|publisher=88.3 Southern FM|work=Purple Haze|year=2016|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref>
In 1965, while working as a secretary and studying at night school, she began performing with local bands such as the Harts and the Vibrants, before briefly joining the Clefs; she was managed by her best friend Darryl Sambell (who would later go on to manage a young John Farnham) and later Ron Tremaine. She signed with the EMI record label and became a regular performer on television shows such as ''Bandstand'', ''Kommotion'', and ''Uptight''.<ref name="haze"/><ref name="milesago">{{cite web|url=http://www.milesago.com/artists/harrell.htm|title=Bev Harrell|work=milesago|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/nodes/view/702|title=This is Bev|publisher=State Library of South Australia|access-date=19 March 2020}}</ref>
Her first single, released in late 1966 under EMI Music Australia, "What Am I Doing Here with You?" written by P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri, was a cover version of Johnny Rivers's album track from ''In Action'' (1964).<ref name="milesago"/><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.poparchives.com.au/279/bev-harrell/what-am-i-doing-here-with-you | title = 'What Am I Doing Here with You' – Bev Harrell (1967) | work = Where Did They Get That Song? | publisher = PopArchives | first = Lyn | last = Nuttall | access-date = 5 March 2020}}</ref> Her version, which was paired with the B-side "You Really Didn't Mean It", peaked at No. 13 on the ''Go-Set'' National Top 40 in 1967 and #1 in her native Adelaide.<ref name="milesago"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1967/19670308.html | last1 = Nimmervoll | first1 = Ed | author-link1 = Ed Nimmervoll | work = Go-Set | title = National Top 40 | publisher = Waverley Press | date = 8 March 1967 | access-date = 3 March 2020}}</ref> The success of the single led to her winning the Major Broadcasting Network's 1966 award for Best Female Recording Artist.<ref name="adelaidenow"/><ref name="womensweekly">{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48518484|title=Won with first disc|work=The Australian Women's Weekly|date=12 April 1967|first=Jackie Lee|last=Lewes|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> Shortly after the release of the single, she began performing as a support act for such artists as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Winifred Atwell, the Rolling Stones, and Roy Orbison, along with appearing in an advertisement for Hills Hoist clothes lines.<ref name="milesago"/>
In 1967 she released an EP, ''Come On Over To Bev's Place'', and an album, ''This is Bev'', which was named Album of the Year at the Major Broadcasting Networks awards. Two of her seven subsequent singles released between 1967 and 1970 for EMI and its Columbia imprint charted in the top 40 in Australia, and were her last singles to do so: "Come On Over To Our Place"/"You Don't Love Me" (March 1967) and "One in a Million"/"Give Me Time" (February 1968). "Come On Over to Our Place", written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, was also recorded by the Drifters, while "One in a Million" was written by Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch, frequent collaborators with Petula Clark, who subsequently released the song on her album ''Petula''.<ref name="adelaidenow"/><ref name="milesago"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/petula-mw0000841223|title=Petula – Petula Clark|work=AllMusic|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref> In 1967 and 1970 she went to Vietnam to perform for troops in the Vietnam War.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-24/wartime-entertainers-recall-their-stories/7350508|title=Anzac Day: South Australian performers and singers recall their wartime stories|work=ABC News|date=24 April 2016|first=Simon|last=Royal|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref> She was named three times as the most popular Australian female vocalist in the pop magazine ''Go-Set'', coming 2nd in 1967, 1st in 1968, and 3rd in 1969.<ref>{{Cite thesis|type=MA|title=The place of Go-Set in rock and pop music culture in Australia, 1966 to 1974 |last1=Kent |first1=David Martin |publisher=University of Canberra |date=September 2002 |location=Canberra |url=http://erl.canberra.edu.au/uploads/approved/adt-AUC20050509.095456/public/02whole.pdf |pages=255–264 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904073704/http://erl.canberra.edu.au/uploads/approved/adt-AUC20050509.095456/public/02whole.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2015 }}</ref> She was known for her small stature, being {{height|m=1.45|abbr=mos}} tall.<ref name="womensweekly"/>
Between 1970 and 1972 she toured around the world, travelling to Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, South Africa, and South East Asia. During this period, she had her own television show ''Two New'' in Toronto and released two singles. Her first was "Back To The People"/"Travelling Easy" (Bell); the A-side was written by Maurice Gibb and Billy Lawrie, Lulu's brother, and the single was produced by Gibb. Representing the United Kingdom, she sang "Bringing Back Those Memories" at the 1971 World Popular Song Festival, where she won the awards for Best Performance and Best Composition; it was released as a single in Japan as "Bringing Back Those Memories"/"Sing" (Polydor).<ref name="haze"/><ref name="milesago"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yamaha-mf.or.jp/history/e-history/wpsf/wpsf2.html|title=第2回世界歌謡祭 World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo '71|publisher=Yamaha Music Foundation|access-date=4 March 2020|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Bringing back those memories (Music, 1970s)|publisher=WorldCat|oclc=221592458}}</ref> In 1972 she returned to Adelaide. . She released three singles with RCA in 1973 and 1974, along with an album, ''I Believe in Music'' (1974). In 1989 and 1990 she performed the role of Grizabella in the musical ''Cats'' in Australia and New Zealand. She has continued to perform on stage and for clubs, corporate functions, and cruiseships into the 21st century.<ref name="milesago"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acaentertainment.com.au/bevharrell_1.html|title=Bev Harrell|publisher=ACA Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030525202113/http://www.acaentertainment.com.au/bevharrell_1.html|archive-date=25 May 2003}}</ref> She has been married twice, to Brian Braidwood, a talent manager, and Gary Grant, a singer.<ref name="cornesy"/>
At the 2006 Australia Day Honours, she received a Medal of the Order of Australia "For service to the entertainment industry as a singer and to the community in the support of ex-service welfare organisations".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1131700|title=Ms Beverley Anne Harrell, OAM|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> In 2014, she was inducted into the South Australian Music Hall Of Fame.<ref name="SAHoF">{{cite web|url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/adelaide-music-collectives-inauguaral-year-a-triumph/|title=Adelaide Music Collective's Inauguaral Year A Triumph!|publisher=Adelaide Music Collective|date=26 November 2014|first=Darren|last=Hassan|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Details |- ! scope="row"| ''This is Bev'' | * Released: 1967 * Label: EMI Music Australia (OCLP-7663) |- ! scope="row"| ''I Believe in Music'' | * Released: 1974 * Label: RCA (MVPL-0017) |}
===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Details |- ! scope="row"| ''Come on Over to Bev's Place'' | * Released: 1966 * Label: EMI Music Australia (7EGO 70078) |}
===Singles=== *"What Am I Doing Here with You"/"You Really Didn't Mean It" (1966), EMI Music Australia *"Come on Over to Our Place"/"You Don't Love Me No More" (1967), EMI Music Australia *"You Baby"/"You Are the Love of My Life" (1967), EMI Music Australia *"One in a Million"/"Give me Time" (1968), Columbia *"Mon Pere"/"At Times Like These, Mama" (1968), Columbia *"One Way Ticket"/"I Am the World" (1968), Columbia *"Everybody Needs Love"/"My Little One" (1969), Columbia *"The Looking Glass"/"Yes I'm Ready" (1970), Columbia *"Back to the People"/"Travelling Easy" (1971), Bell *"Bringing Back Those Memories"/"Sing" (Polydor, 1971/1972) *"It was Easy"/""The Right Thing to Do" (1973), RCA *"Carols By Candlelight"/"You've Got To Save Me" (1973), Columbia *"Mon Pere"/"I Believe in Music" (1974), Columbia
==Awards and nominations== ===Go-Set Pop Poll=== The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, ''Go-Set'' and was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll during 1966 to 1972 of its readers to determine the most popular personalities.<ref name="Top40TV">{{Cite web | url = http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | title = Australian Music Awards | publisher = Ron Jeff | access-date = 16 December 2010 | archive-date = 30 June 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120630220831/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>
{{awards table}} |- | 1967 | herself | Female Vocal | style="background:silver;"| 2nd |- | 1968 | herself | Female Vocal | style="background:gold;"| 1st |- | 1969 | herself | Female Vocal | style="background:tan;"| 3rd |- {{end}}
===South Australian Music Awards=== The South Australian Music Awards is coordinated by Music SA, a non-profit organisation whose aims are to promote, support and develop contemporary music in South Australia.<ref name="SAHoF"/>
{{awards table}} |- | 2014 | herself | ARIA Hall of Fame | {{yes2|inductee}} {{end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{cite book|last=Gazzo|first=Jane|author-link=Jane Gazzo|title=John Farnham: The Untold Story| publisher=Penguin Random House Australia|location=North Sydney, New South Wales|year=2015|isbn=9780857986573}}
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