Can't believe some have not heard of her....great female artist from late 70's/early 80's.
Love GOOSEBUMPS (I have it on my iPod!!). Its a very catchy little tune.
The song was huge in Adelaide too. I think it charted the highest out of all captial cities in Australia at the time.
RIP Christie!!!!!xx
Christie Allen (12 September 1954 - 12 August 2008[1]) was an English-born pop singer who had a successful career as a recording artist in her adopted homeland Australia.
Allen was performing with a band in Perth when she came to the attention of songwriter and record producer Terry Britten after virtually knocking on his door, according to an interview she gave on Sounds. Britten, a former member of The Twilights, had previously worked with Cliff Richard and would go on to write "What's Love Got To Do With It" for Tina Turner. Impressed by Allen's vocal ability and bubbly personality, he began working with her and a recording contract with Mushroom Records resulted.
Her first three singles from her debut album Magic Rhythm were substantial hits. The first single was a ballad "Falling In Love With Only You", reaching number 20 in 1979. Her next two singles were strongly influenced by the popular disco style - "Goosebumps" reached number 3 in 1979, and "He's My Number One" reached number 4 in 1980. With sales of 60,000, "Goosebumps" would be Allen's greatest success and was one of Mushroom Record's highest selling singles at that time.
Allen was voted the country's most popular female performer at the Countdown Awards in 1979 and 1980.
Allen was also the voice and star of the commercials for the soft drink Tarino.
In 1980 and 1981 Christie Allen released a handful of singles - "Switchboard", "Baby Get Away" and "Don't Put Out The Flame" - from her second and final album Detour, produced by John Hudson, but they were only mildly successful. Terry Britten had now moved on and was having success with Tina Turner and also writing songs for The Pirate Movie starring Kristy McNichol. A long illness prevented Allen from adequately promoting her career and she subsequently retired. By the 1990s she had resumed her singing career and performed as a vocalist with country music bands. She appeared in a televised tribute concert for the Mushroom record label singing "Goosebumps".
Allen was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2008 and died at her home in country Western Australia on 12 August 2008. [2]
Albums
Magic Rhythm - 1979
Detour - 1980
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:28 pm
- Christie Allen. There was more to her than Goosebumps. Anyone remember "he's my number one"?