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 Dargie (centre) performing with an Army swing band, Lae, New Guinea, July 1944 | |
| Born | Horace Andrew Dargie 7 July 1917 Footscray, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 30 August 1999 (aged 82) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 1933–1980s |
| Spouses | Julie Cheffirs (after 1940)Betty Glew
(m. 1955; died 1972) |
| Relatives | William Dargie (brother) |
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Horace Andrew Dargie (7 July 1917 – 30 August 1999) was an Australian musician (harmonica, clarinet), television compère, talent manager, music label founder and music arranger. As a member of Horrie Dargie Quintet he was awarded the first gold record in Australia for their 10-inch live album, Horrie Dargie Concert (1952), which sold 75,000 copies. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he compèred TV variety programmes Personally Yours (1959), BP Super Show (1959–1962) and The Delo and Daly Show (1963–1964). Dargie co-produced teen pop music programme, The Go!! Show (1964–1967), and as well as organising its on-screen performers he established the related Go!! Records label to provide an outlet for artists' singles. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1996. Dargie was married twice.