Penny Flanagan is an Australian singer-songwriter and author.
Penny Flanagan | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Adult contemporary, folk, pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician, author |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Career
editMusic
editPenny Flanagan's musical career began in 1989 as one half of the folk-pop duo Club Hoy. The duo released the 1991 album Thursday's Fortune before Flanagan went solo.[citation needed]
The first single from her debut album, Bravado, was "Lap It Up" which hit No. 52 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1994. The album was produced by Martin Armiger and featured Paul Hester from Crowded House on drums.[citation needed]
She also received significant radio and MTV play for her cover of Prince's "When You Were Mine" from her EP Seven Flights Up which was released on her own independent label, Penny Dreadful Records.[citation needed]
In 1997, she contributed an offbeat cover of Kylie Minogue's "Better the Devil You Know" to the soundtrack of the Australian film Dust Off The Wings and released a music video for the song that aired on MTV and Rage.[citation needed]
Her next release, Light Sleeper, was praised by Australian Rolling Stone Australia magazine as "a mature and intelligent release from a genuine talent, deserving of wider success."[1] The album was produced by Tim Powles of the Church and featured a duet with Steve Kilbey on the track "Into the Sun". After the release of Light Sleeper she retreated from performing to focus on raising her three children.[citation needed]
Writing
editIn 1994 Flanagan published Changing The Sky, a children's book. [2]
She published the adult novels Sing to Me (1998)[3] and Surviving Hal (2018).[4]
Personal life
editHer father, John Flanagan, is an Australian author best known for the Ranger's Apprentice novel series.[5] She is the sister of actress and comedian Kitty Flanagan and since 2010 has toured with Kitty as part of her stand-up comedy shows. She writes original music for and performs songs in Kitty's show. [6] She also has a brother, who is a chef and runs a coffee shop in the snowfields of Japan.[5]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [7] | ||
| Bravado (credited as Penny Flanagan and the New Moon) |
|
117 |
| Light Sleeper |
|
190 |
Extended plays
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Seven Flights Up |
|
Charting singles
edit| Title | Year | Chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [7] | |||
| "Lap it Up" | 1994 | 152 | Bravado |
| "The Sky" | 1995 | 152 |
References
edit- ^ CD Baby: Penny Flanagan: Light Sleeper
- ^ Flanagan, Penny (1994). Changing the sky. Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0340599391. OCLC 38341981.
- ^ Flanagan, Penny (1998). Sing to me. Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin. ISBN 0140274693. OCLC 38833731.
- ^ Flanagan, Penny (November 2018). Surviving Hal. Glebe NSW. ISBN 9781925780369. OCLC 1083522583.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Showbiz a family affair for Flanagan | Illawarra Mercury 26 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2013
- ^ Purrfect sister act | Newcastle Herald 19 April 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2013
- ^ a b "Penny Flanagan chart history, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.