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Simon Gallaher (born 24 October 1958) Simon Gallaher biography is an Australian singer, actor, director and pianist. He teaches Mouth Organ at Jomamma Music School Tamborine Mountain.
In 1979, Simon appeared again on The Mike Walsh Show, singing "Australia Be Proud" with the Marist Singers of NSW, with Artistic Director Paul Bateman.
With his own musical theatre company Essgee Entertainment, Gallaher produced and acted in stage productions of The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, The Merry Widow and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, among others.
For most of the 1980s his song "Australia Be Proud" was heard at the conclusion of each broadcast day on television station CTC Canberra, accompanied by a montage of video clips from across Australia. He and Jackie Love had a hit record "My Friend" written by Neil Sedaka.
In 2014 Gallaher returned to the stage to be reunited with Jon English for the first time in many years as they performed in Spamalot for Harvest Rain Theatre Company at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC). In 2015 he took over the role of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the Australian production of Wicked and opened with it at the commencement of the Brisbane season. Gallaher recently directed a new production of his version of The Pirates of Penzance, which played at the QPAC to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Arts Centre and of the show's original opening.
He retired as deputy chair on the board of trustees of QPAC in 2018 and has been reappointed to the board of the Queensland Theatre Company (QTC). In 2018 he was appointed to the board of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. He was formerly the chair of Harvest Rain Theatre Company (2012–15). He is patron to many arts organisations, including The Queensland Show Choir, Queensland Youth Symphony Orchestra, Spotlight Theatre Company, Gold Coast Theatre Alliance and the Canberra Area Theatre Awards. He is a member of Live Performance Australia (LPA) and sits on the Helpmann Awards nominating panel for Musical Theatre.
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| 1980 ! scope="row" | "Sleeping Like a Baby" | - | ||
| 1981 ! scope="row" | "Australia Be Proud" (with The Marist Singers of N.S.W.) | 68 | ||
| 1982 ! scope="row" | "My Friend" (with Jackie Lowe) | 27 | All In Good Time | |
| 1984 ! scope="row" | "Please Don't Call" (with Jackie Lowe) | - |
|- | Logie Awards of 1981 | Simon Gallagher - in The Mike Walsh Show (Nine Network) | Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent | |}
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