Jenine Vaughan

Jenine Vaughan
GenresCountry

Jenine Anne Vaughan (born 1972) is an Australian country music singer and former television presenter.

After performing locally in Rockhampton, Queensland, Vaughan's breakthrough came in 1988 when she won the Toyota Star Maker Quest at the 1988 Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth, New South Wales, beating out 19 other finalists.[1] As part of her prize, RCA Records produced her debut single, "Gypsy Man", which tells the story of a woman being left at home while her partner travels around the country.[1]

Vaughan subsequently won the "New Talent of the Year" category at the following year's awards ceremony.[2]

"Gypsy Man" was nominated for a 1989 ARIA Award for Best Country Album[3] and she appeared on Breaking Ground - New Directions in Country Music which was nominated for the same award in 1991.[4]

Prior to her success, Vaughan was already a regular face on local television in Central Queensland, having commenced work as a presenter in 1987 at Rockhampton station RTQ, where she hosted a children's television program called Small Talk.[1]

  1. ^ a b c A female singer and her 'Gypsy Man', The Canberra Times, 6 October 1988. Retrieved from National Library of Australia 7 December 2017.
  2. ^ Williamson wins two country music prizes, The Canberra Times, 29 January 1989. Retrieved from National Library of Australia 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ "ARIA Awards Best Country Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ^ Chenery, Susan (25 January 1997), "Yeeha! I'm A Star", Sydney Morning Herald