Allan Caswell Is Australia’s Most Recorded Songwriter
By Phillip Doring for Country Music News International Magazine
Allan Caswell, is an English-Australian songwriter and performer, author, record producer, freelance journalist and teacher. Caswell wrote “On the Inside” (the theme from the television series Prisoner) and recorded by Lynne Hamilton. It was a hit record in Australia and New Zealand in 1979.
Caswell won his first Golden Guitar in Tamworth for Best New Talent in 1980.
Caswell has released multiple albums inclusive of the following :
What Happened to Love – 1982 ; Warm January Morning (Live) – 1986 ;
Handwritten – 1987 ; Heart Written 1990 ; Different Eyes – 1995 ;
Caswell Sings Caswell – 2001 ; Don’t Count on It – 2002 ;
Al’s Bar And Grill – 2006 ; Rules for Love – 2008 ; Rules for Love – 2008 ;
Behind Bars – 2010 ; Just Kidding – 2012 ; It’s a Country Song – 2012 ;
Sometimes When Lose When You Win 2014 ; My Version of the Truth – 2015 ;
50 Years in Oz – 2016 ; Carpenter Caswell – 2017 ; Mexico – 2018 ;
Tequila Amnesia – 2020
Allan has had a massive 49 nominations for the Golden Guitar Awards to date.
Winning Golden Guitars for the following :
1980 “King of the Rodeo” – New Talent of the Year.
1981 “One Armed Bandit” (with Brian Caswell) Song of the Year
1983 “ Used to Be a Gold Song” (with Keith Potger) Song of the Year
1986 “The Garden” Song of the Year
1988 “Black Jack Blues Again” Male Vocalist of the Year
2007 “A Little Bit of Country in Us All” (with Drew McAlister)
Vocal Collaboration of the Year
2016 “One Last Muster” Bush Ballad of the Year
2020 “Country Copper” Bush Ballad of the Year
Allan has won multiple Tamworth Songwriters Association Awards :
1988 – “Black Jack Blues Again” by Allan Caswell
Contemporary Song of the Year
1988 – “When We Were Kids” by John Williamson and Allan Caswell
Country Song of the Year
1989 – Allan Caswell – Contemporary Song of the Year
1990 – “You Still Take My Breath Away” by Allan Caswell
Contemporary Song of the Year
Country Song of the Year
1991 – “Panda” by Allan Caswell and Don Morrison
Children’s Song of the Year
“Proud” by Allan Caswell
Contemporary Song of the Year
2011 – “Behind Bars” by Allan Caswell
Country Song of the Year
Contemporary Song of the Year
2012 – “The Road That Brought Me Here” by Karen Lynne and Allan Caswell
Contemporary Song of the Year
2013 – “Skin” by Allan Caswell
Comedy/ Novelty Song of the Year
Caswell is Australia’s most recorded songwriter with well over 750 of his songs being released around the world by artists of the calibre of The Living End, Slim Dusty, James Blundell, Jasmine Rae, McAlister Kemp, Graeme Connors, The Wolfe Brothers, Anne Kirkpatrick, Chad Morgan, Beccy Cole, Amber Lawrence & Ella Hooper amongst many many others. Allan shares his skills through his teachings, co-writes and workshops.
It is quite common to find an Allan Caswell written or co-written song amongst the songs upon the Australian Country Charts at any given week ongoing.
Allan is the proud recipient of the 2024 Achiever Award for Songwriter of the Year.
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