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Pop sensation Christie Allen dies
British-born Australian singer Christie Allen, one of the pop sensations of the Countdown era, has died following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Her death, at her home in country Western Australia early on Tuesday, was announced in a statement by her former promoter, Mushroom Records founder Michael Gudinski.
Born in Britain in 1954, Allen shifted to Perth with her family and was signed to Mushroom Records by Gudinski in the late 1970s.
She had three top 20 singles in the Australian charts in 1979 and 1980 - Falling In Love, Goosebumps and He's My Number One - and followed up with a gold album, Magic Rhythm.
Goosebumps and He's My Number One were Mushroom's two highest selling singles at the time, and Allen was voted the most popular female singer at the Countdown Awards in 1979 and 1980. But her career declined following a long illness and several unsuccessful singles in
the 1980s.
Allen had resurrected her music career by the 1990s, singing with country music bands, before Gudinski sought her out via an appeal on national radio to perform at a concert for the 25th anniversary of Mushroom Records in 1998. She retired following that performance, before a huge crowd at the MCG on November 14 that year. Allen was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March this year and remained at home with her husband Mark, daughter Christa Lea and relatives caring for her.
Born in Britain in 1954, Allen shifted to Perth with her family and was signed to Mushroom Records by Gudinski in the late 1970s.
She had three top 20 singles in the Australian charts in 1979 and 1980 - Falling In Love, Goosebumps and He's My Number One - and followed up with a gold album, Magic Rhythm.
Goosebumps and He's My Number One were Mushroom's two highest selling singles at the time, and Allen was voted the most popular female singer at the Countdown Awards in 1979 and 1980. But her career declined following a long illness and several unsuccessful singles in
the 1980s.
Allen had resurrected her music career by the 1990s, singing with country music bands, before Gudinski sought her out via an appeal on national radio to perform at a concert for the 25th anniversary of Mushroom Records in 1998. She retired following that performance, before a huge crowd at the MCG on November 14 that year. Allen was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March this year and remained at home with her husband Mark, daughter Christa Lea and relatives caring for her.
