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1987 ARIA Music Awards

{{Short description|Annual Australian music awards}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}

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| name = 1987 ARIA Music Awards

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| date = {{start date|1987|03|02|df=yes}}

| venue = Sheraton Wentworth Hotel,
Sydney, New South Wales

| host =

| website = {{url|http://www.ariaawards.com.au/}}

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| runtime =

| most_wins = John Farnham (6)

| most_nominations = John Farnham (10)

| previous =

| main = {{nowrap|ARIA Music Awards}}

| next = 1988

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The First Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) was held on 2 March 1987 at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in Sydney with Elton John as the host. The awards were introduced by ARIA Chairman, Paul Turner, who explained the nomination and voting procedures. Presenters of the 20 awards included Slim Dusty, Basia Bonkowski and Donnie Sutherland. The ceremony was not televised. The most successful artist was John Farnham with his album (Whispering Jack) and its associated single, "You're the Voice" helping him win six awards.

History

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974–1987,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ELACebeQEgcC |title=The dictionary of performing arts in Australia |last=Atkinson |first=Ann |author2=Linsay Knight|author3=Margaret McPhee |publisher=Allen & Unwin |year=1996 |isbn=978-1-86373-898-9 |access-date=25 May 2009 }} it presented music awards from 1979–1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week which had sponsored the previously existing 'King of Pop' Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.milesago.com/Performance/kingofpop.htm |title=TV Week "King of Pop" Awards |publisher=Milesago |year=2002 |access-date=2008-12-03 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.televisionau.com/top40tv.htm |title=Top 40 TV |publisher=Televisionau.com |access-date=2008-12-03 }} After Cold Chisel performed at the 1980 awards ceremony, and then trashed their instruments and the set,{{cite web |url=http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/webgirl/main&cmd=list&range=64,8&cmd=all&Id=154 |title=Countdown Show no.:241 Date: 22/3/1981 |publisher=Countdown Archives |access-date=2008-12-03 }} sponsors TV Week withdrew their support and Countdown held its own awards ceremonies until the 1986 awards which were broadcast in 1987. The awards ceremony was co-produced by Carolyn James (aka Carolyn Bailey) during 1981–1984 in collaboration with the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA),{{cite web|url=http://www.wam.asn.au/wamifest05-media.htm |title=WAM Scene |publisher=Western Australia Music Industry Association Incorporated |year=2005 |access-date=2008-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720003842/http://www.wam.asn.au/wamifest05-media.htm |archive-date=20 July 2008 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://countdown.interactive.net.au/the_show.asp |title=The Countdown Story |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |year=2006 |access-date=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725080219/http://countdown.interactive.net.au/the_show.asp |archive-date=25 July 2008}}{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/the-quirks-that-made-it-work/2006/08/04/1154198331689.html |title=The quirks that made it work |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2006-08-05 |access-date=2008-12-10 }} which provided peer voting for some awards. Countdown provided coupons in the related Countdown Magazine for viewers to vote for some awards including 'Most Popular Male Performer', 'Most Popular Female Performer', 'Most Popular Group' and 'Most Popular International Act'.{{cite news|url=http://www.countdownmemories.com/magazines/pdfs/1986_01.pdf|title=Countdown Magazine|date=January 1986|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=2009-02-07}} At the 1985 awards ceremony (held in April 1986) fans of INXS and Uncanny X-Men scuffled and as a result ARIA decided to hold their own awards.

ARIA instituted its own entirely peer-voted Australian Record Industry Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/10/arias-hall-of-infamy.html |title=ARIAs hall of infamy |last=Knox |first=David |website=TV Tonight |date=2007-10-17 |access-date=2008-12-03 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081020030842/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/10/arias-hall-of-infamy.html| archive-date= 20 October 2008 | url-status= live}}{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnfp4K4G4o | title = ARIA Awards 1987.mov | publisher = YouTube. ARIA Official YouTube Account | date = 13 November 2011 | access-date = 5 December 2013 }} The first awards ceremony was held on 2 March 1987 at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in Sydney with Elton John as the host.{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235700/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1987| url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1987 | title = Winners by Year 1987 | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | archive-date = 26 September 2007 | access-date = 5 December 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1987-aria.htm|title=Australia 1987 ARIA Awards|publisher=ALLdownunder.com|access-date=5 December 2009}} The awards were introduced by ARIA Chairman, Paul Turner, who explained the nomination and voting procedures. The eligibility period was for material released in the previous calendar year with the final five nominees determined by independent auditors, Deloitte, Haskin & Sells. Presenters of the 20 awards included John, Turner, promoter-manager Glenn Wheatley, Country music veteran Slim Dusty, Music Around the World host Basia Bonkowski, and Sounds Unlimited host Donnie Sutherland. The 1987 ceremony was not televised, host John recommended that it not be televised in future:

{{quote|if you want to keep these awards fun. The only reason I agreed to do this is because it's not on television. If, in future years, you keep it like that, I think it means something more because it's much more personal.{{cite book|url=http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41896781|title=Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia|last=Jenkins|first=Jeff|author2=Ian Meldrum|author2-link=Ian Meldrum|page=228–229|year=2007|publisher=Wilkinson Publishing|location=Melbourne, Vic|isbn=978-1-921332-11-1|access-date=25 May 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090624000314/http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41896781| archive-date= 24 June 2009 | url-status= live}}|Elton John}}

Anthony O'Grady, an Australian music journalist, cited ARIA founder and spokesperson Peter Rix, "Not that the first awards would have been allowed on TV ... The boys and girls really let their hair down that night – every acceptance speech was crammed with expletive-deletives."{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20001216041000/http://www.aria.com.au/ariaawards/awards/before/1986.htm | url = http://www.aria.com.au/ariaawards/awards/before/1986.htm | title = The First Annual ARIA Music Awards | last = O'Grady | first = Anthony | author-link = Anthony O'Grady | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association | archive-date = 16 December 2000 | access-date = 20 October 2020 | url-status = dead }} John Farnham was the most successful artist on the night, with his album Whispering Jack and its associated single, "You're the Voice" winning six awards from ten nominations.

Awards and nominations

Winners are listed first and bolded, other final nominees (where known) are listed alphabetically.

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References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090305093113/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/home.php ARIA Awards official website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235700/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1987 List of 1987 winners]

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Category:ARIA Music Awards

Category:1987 music awards

Category:1987 in Australian music

Category:1980s in Sydney

Category:Events in Sydney