Todd Hunter

For the Texas politician, see Todd Ames Hunter. For the American bishop and author, see Todd Hunter (bishop).

Todd Hunter
Hunter with Dragon at the ARIA Hall of Fame on 1 July 2008
Hunter with Dragon at the ARIA Hall of Fame on 1 July 2008
Background information
Birth nameTodd Stuart Hunter
Born (1951-06-22) 22 June 1951 (age 73)
Waitara, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, manager, producer
Websitedragononline.com.au

Todd Stuart Hunter[1][2] (born 22 June 1951) is a New Zealand musician and composer known for his involvement in the band Dragon. Their best known songs are "April Sun in Cuba", "Are You Old Enough?", "Still in Love With You", and "Rain". Hunter also composed John Farnham's hit song "Age of Reason" with Johanna Pigott and music for film Daydream Believer (1991) and TV series Heartbreak High (1994–1999).[3]

On 1 July 2008 the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) recognised Dragon's iconic status when they were inducted into their Hall of Fame.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "(APRA WebWorks) Works Search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 7 April 2009. NOTE: Requires user to input song title, e.g. POLITICS
  2. ^ "ASCAP - ACE search engine results". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Retrieved 3 October 2007.
  3. ^ "Todd Hunter entry at IMDb". Internet Movie Database b). Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  4. ^ "ARIA Hall of Fame - Dragon". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
  5. ^ Cashmere, Paul (17 May 2008). "Dragon and Russell Morris to be Inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame". Undercover Media. undercover.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
  6. ^ Mangan, John (18 May 2008). "Old rockers never die, says ARIA". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 20 May 2008.