One of Australia‘s most awarded female singers, Gina Jeffreys‘ remarkable career has not only taken her to the top of the country music industry — where she still reigns supreme — but continued to bring new surprises and successes for this talented and vivacious woman.
After releasing her first single Slipping Away through BMG Music, Gina signed a record deal with ABC Music, and released her first single for the label Two Stars Fell in 1993. The song went straight to No.1 and the career of Gina Jeffreys was launched. The album The Flame went platinum, and the following January Gina won her first Golden Guitar for Female Vocalist of the Year.
During her time with ABC Country, Gina has enjoyed a dream run. She released five albums, each one rocketing to the top of the Country charts, and along the way gathered an impressive collection of four Golden Guitars, four MO Awards for live performance, an APRA Award, two Victorian Country Music Awards and CMT Video of the Year for Dancin’ With Elvis. Gina’s albums — The Flame, Up Close, Somebody’s Daughter, Christmas Wish and Angel — have all been smash hits with her loyal band of fans, collecting a steady stream of Gold and Platinum awards.
Gina has also been one of the most in-demand performers in Australia, both live and on television, appearing at everything from civic receptions to Carols by Candlelight, a string of corporate functions and, of course, all the major country music festivals Australia-wide. International highlights have included performing at Fan Fair in Nashville, on a New Year’s Eve Television Special in Shanghai, China, to over 2 billion people, and the Tour of Duty Concert in East Timor.
Gina‘s tours are always sell-out successes, with the fans seemingly unable to get enough of Gina’s performances. And Gina is the first to admit she leads a charmed life — performing the music she loves, and sharing the experience with the love of her life, husband Rod McCormack.
But magic doesn’t just happen by itself — Gina has worked incredibly hard over the past decade to develop her career, and continues to emerge with fresh new sounds and stunning new looks to delight her fans and win over new supporters for her music.
And as the hard-working patron of the Australian Leukaemia Foundation, she and Rod have quietly been helping sick children for several years now.
As a new era — and the new role of motherhood — unfolded for Gina Jeffreys, the remarkable achievements of this talented woman were brought together on a must-have album for her fans: The Best of Gina Jeffreys … So Far.
Gina and Rod are the proud parents of baby Jackson and while Gina has been taking some time out of the limelight to enjoy her new role and to settle into a new house on the NSW Central Coast. Gina made her long-awaited return to big-stage festival performing with appearances at some of the major festivals during 2004.
Gina released “Somebody‘s Daughter”, which was recorded in the United States with Gina‘s long time producer Garth Porter in June 2005. The album reinforces Gina‘s country roots with the first single “Dancing With Elvis”, yet still highlights her exceptional talent with ballads on tracks such as “Have We Forgotten What Love Is?”, the duet with Nashville recording artist Billy Dean.