Allan Caswell
| Allan Caswell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Allan Caswell 9 March 1952 Chester, UK |
| Residence | Medlow Bath, Australia |
| Years active | 1966~present |
David Allan Caswell, publishing under pen name Allan Caswell is an English Australian songwriter and performer, author, record producer, freelance journalist and teacher. He has had over 1200 songs published and over 650 recordings of his songs worldwide in a career lasting over 40 years.
His best-known song is “On The Inside” (the theme from the television series Prisoner). It was a No. 1 record in Australia and New Zealand. It reached No. 3 in the UK and also featured on the Billboard Country charts in the USA.
Allan has been awarded with 7 Golden Guitars at the Country Music Awards of Australia. As a songwriter he has received 2 gold single awards an APRA award, and an ARIA award. He also has been awarded 1 platinum and 3 gold records for his writing and production work on a series of children's albums featuring Don Spencer.
He has performed as an artist in every state of Australia, as well as appearing on stages in the US and New Zealand. He has performed for Australian troops stationed in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.
He currently resides in Medlow Bath in the NSW Blue Mountains and continues to write and record songs. He also worked for 10 years with children in juvenile detention and behavioral schools (on behalf of the Australian Children’s Music Foundation) teaching music and songwriting as a way for young people to integrate into the community.
Allan Caswell, was born in Chester and grew up in North Wales, Berkshire and South London before migrating to Australia in 1966. He was educated at Wimbledon County Secondary School and later at South Sydney Boys High School. He has worked full-time in the Australian Music Industry since 1979.
Allan Caswell’s songwriting career started in 1973 when Chris Gilbey signed a song he had written with his brother Brian Caswell to Albert Music in Sydney. However it was 6 years later when Allan Caswell had a song recorded. Again he was signed by Chris Gilbey, this time to the newly formed Australian subsidiary of ATV Music Limited - ATV Northern Songs. The first song signed was “On The Inside” which became the theme for the television series “Prisoner” and later a major international hit song. The success of “On The Inside” triggered a succession of recordings by artists of the caliber of Patti Page, Cilla Black, The Irish Rovers, Max Bygraves and Acker Bilk, Slim Dusty, The Living End, Chad Morgan, Lynne Hamilton, James Blundell, Anne Kirkpatrick, Don Spencer, Graeme Connors, The Delltones, Doug Ashdown and Ricky May.
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