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Jack O'Hagan – 'The Road to Gundagai' composer

This week marks 120 years since the birth of Australian singer-songwriter Jack O'Hagan, who wrote over 600 songs including 'Along The Road To Gundagai' and 'Our Don Bradman'.

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Jack O'Hagan oral history

In this excerpt from a 1982 interview with his son-in-law Bill Gray, Jack O’Hagan talks about the start of his songwriting career, penning his first song with pianist and composer Henri Penn in 1917...

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Don't Say Gin Say Gilbey's - Jack O'Hagan

This jingle for Gilbey's Gin was composed by Jack O'Hagan in the 1940s or 50s. After the Second World War, O’Hagan’s catchy comedic and topical songs declined in popularity. He successfully moved...

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A Lone Girl Flier by Bob Molyneux

A 1930s song about female aviator Amy Johnson, written by Jack O'Hagan and sung by Bob Molyneux. Embassy 8097. Cover image: Fairfax Corporation 1930, 'Amy Johnson with her aeroplane Jason, New South...

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After the Dawn by Sydney Simpson and His Wentworth Cafe Orchestra

'After the Dawn' was one of Jack O’Hagan’s most popular early compositions. Its popular success saw a spate of recordings – by O’Hagan himself and, in one of the earliest recordings produced by the...

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That Old Bush Shanty Of Mine by Billy Desmond

Jack O’Hagan’s ‘That Old Bush Shanty of Mine’ was first recorded by British baritone Billy Desmond for Aco in 1925, with subsequent recordings by Donn Reynolds and His Westerners, Doug Owen, Alan...

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I Want You: Waltz by Jack O'Hagan

This waltz was written by Jack O’Hagan to music by Tom Swift, and was recorded by the Diamond Trio featuring vocals by Roy O'Connor. The Beeda label was made for sale exclusively by the long-...

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Carry On by The Sundowners

The foxtrot 'Carry On', written and composed by Jack O’Hagan, was recorded by The Sundowners Harmony Quartette in 1931. The Sundowners were Melbourne radio entertainers of long standing and high...

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When A Boy From Alabama Meets A Girl From Gundagai by Joy Nichols and The Youth Show Band

The third and last of Jack O’Hagan’s popular songs about Gundagai, after 'Along the Road to Gundagai’ (1922) and ‘Where the Dog Sits on the Tuckerbox (Five Miles from Gundagai)’ (1938), was ‘When a...

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Jack O’Hagan sings Along the Road to Gundagai

In his only filmed performance, broadcaster, singer, composer and performing artist Jack O’Hagan recites his most famous composition 'Along the Road to Gundagai’ (1922). This performance was filmed...