Melinda Schneider is a country music singer. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 7 October 1971, and has performed on the stage since she was a child. In 1995 she won a Mo award, in 2000 she won a Golden Guitar award from the Country Music Association of Australia, and in 2001 she won an Australian Club Entertainment award; in fact, Melinda has won quite a few ACE, CMAA, and Mo awards, including six Golden Guitars.
Melinda Schneider has had several hit songs, including “The Story of My Life”, an autobiographical song, for which she received a CMAA Golden Guitar for Female Vocalist of The Year in 2003.
Melinda Schneider – The Story of My Life [live]
Melinda Schneider – Be Yourself
Melinda Schneider – Bridle on the Wall
Melinda Schneider – Dream Him Home
(written by Melinda Schneider)
Melinda Schneider – Mary’s Boy Child
Melinda Schneider – Men in Trucks
Melinda Schneider – Real People
Melinda Schneider – Smack Dab
Melinda Schneider – Wish You Were Here
(written by Melinda Carr and Michael Carr)
Adam Brand and Melinda Schneider – Love Away the Night
Mary Schneider and Melinda Schneider – [yodeling]
(performed by Melinda Schneider and her mother, Melinda Schneider, who was a well-known singer in the yodeling scene; on The Midday Show With Ray Martin, 1992)
Melinda Schneider – I Just Wanna Yodel Like You
(Melinda Schneider, at 8 years old, singing with her mother, Mary Schneider)
Melinda Schneider and Olivia Newton-John– Courageous
(from the Olivia Newton-John and Friends Gala Concert at the State Theatre in Sydney, on 30 September 2008, an event to raise money for the fight against cancer)
Melinda Schneider and Paul Kelly – Still Here
Russell Morris & Melinda Schneider – Hush
(recorded live on Rockwiz; first aired 28 April 2007, season 4, episode 10)
Discography:
Albums:
July 2000: My Oxygen
July 2002: Happy Tears
Oct. 2003: The Kitchen Table Tapes (EP)
May 2004: Family Tree
Aug. 2006: Stronger
July 2008: Be Yourself
Mar. 2008: Hits & Rarities (compilation)
July 2010: Live at Tamworth
July 2010: Melinda Does Doris: A Tribute to Doris Day
Oct. 2011: Life Begins At 40: The Ultimate Melinda Schneider Collection
Nov. 2011: Wish You Were Here (EP)
References and further information:
Melinda Schneider: The Official Website (accessed 11 February 2013)
Melinda Schneider, Wikipedia (accessed 11 February 2013)
Performer – Melinda Schneider, 702 ABC Sydney, 1 March 2009 (accessed 11 February 2013)
The Australian Country Music Hands of Fame: Melinda Schneider, 2004, Australian Country Music Hall of Fame [lists Melinda Schneider’s many awards] (accessed 11 February 2013)
Melinda Schneider, Compass Bros. Records (accessed 11 February 2013)
Schneider, Melinda, Country Music Association of Australia (accessed 11 February 2013)
Winners – 20th Mo Awards 1995, Australian Entertainment ‘Mo’ Awards (accessed 11 February 2013)
Melinda Schneider [search results] Sanity, (accessed 11 February 2013)
Melinda Schneider [PDF], Harry M Miller Group (accessed 11 February 2013)
Dave’s Diary – 9 August 2006 – Melinda Schneider Interview, Nu Country TV (accessed 11 February 2013)
Episodes; 4 August 2008: Mary and Melinda Schneider, Enough Rope With Andrew Denton [transcript], ABC (accessed 11 February 2013)
Melinda Schneider, Music Minder (accessed 11 February 2013)
4th Australian Club Entertainment Award Nominees & Winners 2001, Australian Club Entertainment Awards (accessed 11 February 2013)
Melinda Schneider Official Fan Page, Facebook (accessed 11 February 2013)
The Official Melinda Schneider YouTube Channel, YouTube (accessed 11 February 2013)
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