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Harold Blair
How Great Thou Art / I'll Walk With God / The Holy City

Single AU 1964 on Crest Record Co label
World (Religious, Vocal)

Rear sleeve notes are as follows: Harold Blair is one of Australia's Best Known tenors. He was born on an Aboriginal reserve in Queensland in 1924, and after a limited period of schooling, he worked on dairy farms, his first job helping to milk 100 cows night and morning for 15/- per week. He next worked in the cane fields where his singing ability was discovered. An audition was arranged for the young Aborigine with the famous Margaret Lawrence, who said "give this lad a chance and he will go a long way". After years of study at the Dame Nellie Melba Conservatorium in Melbourne, and assisted by many white friends, Harold Blair became the first Aborigine to gain a diploma in music. A successful Melbourne fund-raising tour enabled him to continue his studies in the U.S.A., where he sang on Radio and T.V., and in Concerts, climaxed by a Farewell Concert in New York's Town Hall. Mr. Blair has ably striven for the welfare of his people in Victoria, and in 1957 they were granted full Citizenship Rights in that State. His Appointment to the Conservatorium of Music to teach was cut short by an invitation to represent his people at a World Assembly of nations in Switzerland, after which he made a concert tour of 10 European Countries, followed by a further American Tour of six weeks. He played the Lead in a musical adaptation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in Melbourne, and is in continuous demand for Concert, Radio, and T.V. Appearances. Mr. Blair is supported by the Dutch Choral Society conducted by Mr. A. C. Ziegler. The skillful accompaniment is by Horace Weber at the Conn Organ. Side A recorded in Crest Studios, 92 Waverley Rd., Malvern, S.E.5, Vic. 211-1188. The Conn Organ through the courtesy of Fredk. Kilner & Sons Pty. Ltd., Camberwell. Side B recorded in St. Peter's Church, East Bentleigh, by kind permission.

Musicians

	Harold Blair , AU album by
	A.C. Ziegler conductor
	Marcus Herman , AU engineer, sound, photography
	Horace Weber org, organ

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