ROB E.G. / ROBIE PORTER Behind The #1 Hits

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1 ROB E.G. / ROBIE PORTER Behind The #1 Hits Robie Porter is Australia's All-time #1 Hit maker, Logie Award Winner, This Is Your Life Honouree, multiple Hall Of Famer, International Star-maker, and formerly Australia's #1 Hit Record Artist (as "Rob E.G.") he has done it all. Known internationally as The Wizard from Oz, Porter has reached the #1 position in virtually every facet of the Music/Entertainment Industry in the U.S. & Australia - as a Recording Artist: Singer and Instrumentalist, Record Producer, Songwriter, Music Publisher, and Record Company Owner. He was also a renowned TV & movie actor in the U.S., and Network TV Series Host in both the U.S. and Australia. As Rob E.G. he was Australia s #1 Hit record artist from , winning the Logie Award for Australia s Top Recording Artist in 1964, as well as all of the Australian radio station and Listeners Awards. He also hosted his own TV Series (SurfSound - 7 Network; and Opportunity Knocks - 9 Network) and played concert tours throughout Australia & New Zealand. In 1964, soon after having his first Top 10 hit as a singer - When You re Not Near - he left for England, basing himself in London. As Robie Porter, he signed with MGM Records (USA) & the MGM Movie Company as a singer and actor. He charted in the Top 40 with his first single in the U.K., appeared on British Television ( Ready Steady Go, the BBC, etc.) and traveled regularly from London to New York & Los Angeles for TV appearances. In 1966, he moved to the U.S., where he was based for the next 46 years. Australian musical artists discovered, signed, produced and launched internationally by Robie Porter and his Wizard Records company include Daddy Cool, Marcia Hines, Air Supply, Rick Springfield, Tommy Emmanuel, Hush, Colleen Hewett...and Rob E.G. - all of whom had #1 Hits in Australia and/or the USA, all produced by Porter. Page 1 of 5

2 Under his guidance and direction, these artists have won U.S. Grammy and ARIA Awards, U.S. Song Of The Year, numerous Single of the Year and Album Of The Year Awards, and The Australian Record of The Century Award (The Kent Report) - Eagle Rock. Five of those artists have been inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame, culminating in the recent induction of Air Supply, along with Rick Springfield receiving his Star on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk Of Fame. These multi-platinum selling, iconic artists were signed by Porter to major international recording contracts, and have reached #1 on the charts on multiple occasions in Australia and/or the U.S. and around the World, collectively selling over 90 Million records worldwide. Porter s Hit singles and albums as a producer, recording artist, songwriter, and music publisher in Australia, the U.S. and throughout the world include the timeless #1 Gold & Platinum Hits Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool, I Just Don t Know What To Do With Myself - Marcia Hines, All Out of Love - Air Supply, Jessie s Girl - Rick Springfield, Bony Maronie Hush, Dreaming My Dreams With You - Colleen Hewett, Dare To Be Different - Tommy Emmanuel and many others. His own #1 and Top 10 Hit singles as an artist include: 55 Days At Peking, Si Senor, Jezebel, When You re Not Near, Whiplash, Gemini, Zero, plus 5 Gold & Platinum albums. Robie Porter / Rob E.G. The GREATEST HITS Rob E.G. at The Basement, Sydney, breaking the mid-week attendance record Page 2 of 5

3 Robie Porter s over 60 Number 1, Top 10, Top 20 and Top 40 Hit singles & albums as a producer, recording artist, songwriter, and music publisher in Australia, the U.S. and around the world include: * Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool * Jessie s Girl - Rick Springfield * All Out of Love - Air Supply * 55 Days At Peking - Rob E.G. * I Just Don t Know What To Do With Myself - Marcia Hines * Dreaming My Dreams With You - Colleen Hewett * Dare To Be Different - Tommy Emmanuel * Jezebel - Rob E.G. * Bony Maronie - Hush * Shining - Marcia Hines * Come Back Again - Daddy Cool * When You re Not Near - Rob E.G. * Don t Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield * What I Did For Love - Marcia Hines * Lost In Love - Air Supply * Si Senor - Rob E.G. * Glad All Over - Hush * You - Marcia Hines * Bom Bom - Daddy Cool; Lollipop - Daddy Cool * Every Woman In The World - Air Supply * From The Inside - Marcia Hines * Speak To The Sky - Rick Springfield; * Something s Missing In My Life - Marcia Hines * Gemini - Robie Porter * Hi Honey Ho - Daddy Cool * Whiplash - Rob E.G. * Stop In The Name Of Love - Andy Upton * Sail Down To Australia Genevieve Davis * Zero Rob E.G. * Daddy Who? Daddy Cool * Marcia Shines - Marcia Hines * Working Class Dog - Rick Springfield * Ladies and Gentlemen - Marcia Hines * The Best Of Rob E.G. * C Mon We re Taking Over - Hush * Determination - Tommy Emmanuel * Live Across Australia - Marcia Hines * Living In Oz - Rick Springfield; * Rough Tough n Ready - Hush * Up From Down Under - Tommy Emmanuel Page 3 of 5

* Jezebel & 11 Others Rob E.G. * Touche - Hush * Ooh Child - Marcia Hines * Beginnings - Rick Springfield * Play The Guitar With Rob E.G. * Marcia Hines Greatest Hits Vol.

4 * Jezebel & 11 Others Rob E.G. * Touche - Hush * Ooh Child - Marcia Hines * Beginnings - Rick Springfield * Play The Guitar With Rob E.G. * Marcia Hines Greatest Hits Vol.1 * Daddy Cool s Greatest Hits * Air Supply s Greatest Hits * The Guitar Sounds Of Rob E.G. * Nothing Stays The Same Forever - Hush. * Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven - Daddy Cool * The Last Drive-In Movie Show Daddy Cool Live! * Daddy s Coolest - Daddy Cool * Marcia Hines Greatest Hits Vol. 2 * What Would The Children Think, and Hooky Jo - Rick Springfield * Railroadin - Rob E.G.; Soul - Rob E.G.; Comanche Sunset - Rob E.G And many more Page 4 of 5 Rob E.G. / Robie Porter breaking his own previous attendance record at Wests Cardiff Rob E.G./ Robie Porter breaking his own previous attendance record at Wests Cardiff

5 The Rob E. G. Behind The # 1 Hits Show - also featuring Nicki Gillis, Josh Needs, Anthea Wikstrom

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