Brett Goldsmith

{{Short description|Australian songwriter and music producer}}

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| birth_name = Brett Hugh Goldsmith

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|6|4}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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| nationality = Australian

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| occupation = {{hlist|Songwriter|record producer|musician|photographer}}

| years_active = 1980s–present

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| relatives = {{hlist|Olivia Newton-John (aunt)|Tottie Goldsmith (sister)|Emerson Newton-John (half-brother)|Max Born (Great-Grandfather)}}

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Brett Hugh Goldsmith (born 4 June 1961) is an Australian-born songwriter, music programmer/producer and photographer.

Personal life

Goldsmith is the son of British-born actress Rona Newton-John (1941–2013) and Melbourne nightclub owner Brian Goldsmith. His grandfather was University of Melbourne professor Brinley ("Bryn") Newton-John. His great-grandfather was German-Jewish physicist and Nobel Prize winner Max Born.

Olivia Newton-John was his aunt, while singer/actress Tottie Goldsmith is his younger sister and race car driver Emerson Newton-John his younger half-brother.{{cite news|last=McMahon|first=Neil|title=Mother, model was much more than 'Olivia's older sister'|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/mother-model-was-much-more-than-olivias-older-sister-20130525-2n460.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=25 May 2013|access-date=28 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502211918/https://www.smh.com.au/national/mother-model-was-much-more-than-olivias-older-sister-20130525-2n460.html|archive-date=2 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Wilmoth|first=Peter|title=Mr Nightlife|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/16/1095221723753.html|accessdate=28 April 2014|newspaper=The Age|date=19 September 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118190111/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/16/1095221723753.html|archive-date=18 January 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Carbone|first1=Suzanne|title=Remembering Rona|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourne-life/greenie-mixes-with-royal-blue-20130528-2n9ey.html|accessdate=4 August 2014|date=29 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010221236/http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourne-life/greenie-mixes-with-royal-blue-20130528-2n9ey.html|archive-date=10 October 2014|url-status=live}}

Music

{{Main|Chantoozies}}

In the mid 1980s Goldsmith programmed (and played bass guitar & keyboards on) the album Chantoozies for the band Chantoozies, a top ten album which was released through Mushroom Records.

Goldsmith co-wrote the singles "Wanna Be Up" & "Kiss n Tell" with fellow band member Eve von Bibra.{{cite web|title=Australasian Performing Right Association|url=https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch#|publisher=APRA|accessdate=28 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020448/https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=live}}

"Wanna Be Up" peaked at no. 8 on the ARIA singles charts.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992|date=1993|publisher=Australian Chart Book |isbn=0-646-11917-6}} He was also one of the original male members of the band.{{cite web|title=The Chantoozies|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/the-chantoozies/biography/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200611/http://www.mtv.com/artists/the-chantoozies/biography/|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2014|work=mtv.com|accessdate=28 April 2014}}

After leaving Chantoozies, Goldsmith toured with James Reyne as his bass guitarist.{{cite web|last=Gilbert|first=Jessica|title=Interview with Brett Goldsmith|url=http://talentspotlightmagazine.net/2013/07/interview-with-brett-goldsmith-by-jessica-gilbert/|work=talentspotlightmagazine.net|accessdate=28 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503205630/http://talentspotlightmagazine.net/2013/07/interview-with-brett-goldsmith-by-jessica-gilbert/|archive-date=3 May 2014|url-status=dead}} They co-wrote the song Black and Blue World on Reyne's 1991 album Electric Digger Dandy.{{cite web|title=Electric Digger Dandy|url=http://www.discogs.com/James-Reyne-Electric-Digger-Dandy/release/1837474|work=discogs.com|accessdate=28 April 2014}}

In 2013 Goldsmith released a solo album, Ordinary Life though MGM Distribution (Australia).{{cite web|title=MGM Distribution|url=http://www.thegroovemerchants.com/product/79985|work=thegroovemerchants.com|accessdate=28 April 2014}}

The title track was covered by Olivia Newton-John in 2014 on her EP Hotel Sessions, also co-written & produced by Goldsmith.{{cite web|title=Australasian Performing Right Association |url=https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt# |publisher=APRA |accessdate=28 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310233710/https://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt |archivedate=10 March 2013 }}{{cite web|last=Holleran|first=Scott|title=Music Review|url=http://newromanticist.com/2014/scott-hollerans-music-review-hotel-sessions-olivia-newton-john/|work=newromanticist.com|accessdate=28 April 2014}}{{cite web|title=Olivia Newton-John - News|url=http://olivianewton-john.com/news.html|work=olivianewton-john.com|accessdate=28 April 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Carbone|first1=Suzanne|title=The Album You Want|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourne-life/please-chew-but-hold-the-chatter-20121211-2b7nw.html|accessdate=4 August 2014|date=12 December 2012}}

Photography

Goldsmith is also a photographer.{{cite web|title=If You Love Them, Desex Them|url=http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/03/03/aussie-star-tottie-goldsmith-for-peta-if-you-love-them-desex-them/|work=ecorazzi.com|accessdate=28 April 2014|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816075205/http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/03/03/aussie-star-tottie-goldsmith-for-peta-if-you-love-them-desex-them/|archivedate=August 16, 2011}}{{cite news|last=Funnell|first=Nina|title=Treating Women Like Meat Is A Poor Way To Promote Vegetarianism|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/treating-women-like-meat-is-a-poor-way-to-promote-vegetarianism-20110406-1d40s.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140910173925/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/treating-women-like-meat-is-a-poor-way-to-promote-vegetarianism-20110406-1d40s.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2014|accessdate=28 April 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 April 2011}}{{cite news|last1=Carbone|first1=Suzanne|title=Wine News Spreads On Grapevine|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourne-life/its-hip-to-be-square-with-greer-on-qa-20120823-24osp.html|accessdate=4 August 2014|date=24 August 2012}}

References

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