Before their 2006 event, ARIA announces another two Hall Of Fame inductees.
The 2006 ARIA Hall Of Fame ceremony will take place on August 16 and in the lead up to the big night, the association has announced that this year's inductees will include such legendary Australian acts as Icehouse, Divinyls and Daddy Cool.Now two more acts have been announced as inductees: feminist folk icon Helen Reddy and pub rock stalwarts Rose Tattoo.
Reddy is probably best known for recording what became the unofficial anthem of the feminist movement in the '70s, 'I Am Woman'. In 1965 she won Channel Nine's Bandstand "Starlight" competition and scored a trip to the US. By the end of her career she'd scored four US number ones, sold 15 million albums and was the first Australian singer to win a Grammy.
Sydney's Rose Tattoo have always been in the shadow of big brothers AC/DC but their barroom rock was no less gutsy and authentic. These rock n' roll outlaws won fans across Australia and are still recognised internationally for the raw bluesy guitar of the recently departed Pete Wells and the underdog spirit of vocalist Angry Anderson.
The ARIA Hall Of Fame event will be broadcast on pay channel VH1 on August 20.
