associated_acts death_date death_place years_active birth_place label article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
pendulum 12 august 2008 western australia , australia 1962 -- 1998 england mushroom christie allen
 christie allen solo_singer 12 september 1954 vocals pop , disco , country christie allen.jpg perth , western australia , australia june allen singer
christie allen

christie allen -lrb- born june allen ; 12 september 1954 12 august 2008 -rrb- was an english-born australian pop singer who had a successful career in australia .
her top four hits on the australian kent music report singles chart were `` goosebumps '' -lrb- october 1979 -rrb- and `` he 's my number one '' -lrb- february 1980 -rrb- .
allen was voted the most popular female performer at the `` tv week '' / `` countdown '' for 1979 and 1980 .
at the 1979 awards , `` goosebumps '' also won the best songwriter award for terry britten .
allen and her partner , mark , had a daughter christa lea ; the couple married in 1998 .
allen died on 12 august 2008 of pancreatic cancer , aged 53 .
