Betty McQuade

Elizabeth Rankin McQuade (26 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1941 - 26 ga watan Disamba shekara ta 2011), wacce aka fi sani da Betty McQuade, 'yar Australia ce mai raira waƙa da mawaƙa.

 Tarihin rayuwa 
An haife ta a Paisley, Scotland, McQuade ta koma Ostiraliya tare da iyalinta tana da shekaru takwas, ta zauna a Brisbane. Ta fara raira waƙa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na baiwa da kuma kungiyoyi kamar Cloudland, inda ta lashe babban wasan kwaikwayo na basira a Brisbane City Hall a 1956 lokacin da take da shekaru 15. Fitowarta a kulob din ta zama mafi yawa, ta bayyana a kan takardun kudi tare da Johnny O'Keefe da Bee Gees, kuma ta fito a cikin shirye-shiryen talabijin a matsayin mawaƙa da mai rawa. Ta koma Melbourne a shekarar 1960, kuma ta shiga kungiyar da ke akwai, The Thunderbirds, inda ta maye gurbin Judy Cannon . 

A shekara mai zuwa ta sanya hannu tare da Astor Records a matsayin mawaƙa, ta saki sassan rikodin Wanda Jackson "Tongue Tied" da John D. Loudermilk's "Midnight Bus", wanda Thunderbirds suka goyi bayanta. Waƙar ta ƙarshe ta kai ga mafi yawan sassan yanki a Ostiraliya, an sake buga ta a can sau da yawa, kuma daga baya aka zabe ta a cikin zaben jarida a matsayin waƙar dutse ta # 1 na karni na 20 a Ostiralia. Loudermilk da kansa ya bayyana rikodin McQuade a matsayin "mafi kyawun kisan kai" na waƙar.

McQuade ya bayyana a kai a kai a shirye-shiryen talabijin na Australia a farkon shekarun 1960. A shekara ta 1962 ta shiga tare da Firayim Minista kuma ta saki rikodin ta na karshe a kan lakabin Astor, "Bobby, Bobby, Bobby". Daga nan sai ta shiga cikin Go!! lakabin, wanda ya sake fitar da "Midnight Bus" da kuma wani abu, "Blue Train". Ta koma Queensland a shekarar 1966, kuma ta yi aiki a kai a kai a cikin kungiyoyi, ta fadada repertoire dinta don hada da ka'idoji pop da ballads. Ta yi ritaya a shekarar 1968 kuma ta yi aure, amma bayan haka ta ƙare ta koma raira waƙa a kananan kungiyoyi. A shekara ta 1983, ta koma Melbourne kuma ta fara yin wasan kwaikwayo a abubuwan da suka faru na farfadowa da kuma baƙi a shirye-shiryen talabijin. Ta ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin 2000s, har zuwa wasan karshe a ranar 22 ga Satumba 2007. 

Ta mutu a Brisbane a ranar 26 ga Disamba 2011, tana da shekaru 70, bayan dogon rashin lafiya. An tattara rikodin ta, mai Tarin Betty McQuade Collection, a CD a cikin 2012,  tare da duk kudaden shiga zuwa sadaka don tallafawa masu nishaɗi. 

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2011
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1941