Benjamin Hugg
{{short description|Australian singer-songwriter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Benjamin Hugg
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| birth_name = Benjamin Hugg
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| instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano
| genre = pop
| occupation = Singer, musician, songwriter
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| label = Astor, Wizard
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Benjamin Hugg is an Australian singer-songwriter, who had an Australian hit single in 1974 with "Thank God You're Here with Me" which reached No.36 on the Australian Kent Music Report.
In 1974, Hugg won "Best new Talent" at the King of Pop Awards.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136994168 |title=Redfern is 'King of Pop' | newspaper = The Canberra Times | volume = 49 |issue=13,897 |date=28 October 1974 |accessdate=10 September 2016 | page = 6 | via = National Library of Australia}}
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart |
| scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=143}} |
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| scope="row" | Early One Morning
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| align="center" | 68 |
| scope="row" | What's Been Happening?
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| align="center" | - |
=Singles=
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Title ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
| scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS |
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| rowspan="2"|1974
! scope="row" | "Thank God You're Here With Me" | style="text-align:center;" | 36 |rowspan="2"| Early One Morning |
| scope="row" | "Michinberry Walk"
| style="text-align:center;" | - |
| 1976
! scope="row" | "What's Been Happening" | style="text-align:center;" | - | What's Been Happening |
Awards and nominations
=King of Pop Awards=
The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of TV Week. The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978.{{Cite web | url = http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | title = Australian Music Awards | publisher = Ron Jeff | accessdate = 16 December 2010 | archive-date = 30 June 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120630220831/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | url-status = dead }}
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| 1974
| himself
| Best New Talent
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References
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Category:Australian male singer-songwriters