Brett Goldsmith

Brett Hugh Goldsmith (born 4 June 1961) is an Australian-born songwriter, music programmer/producer and photographer.

Goldsmith is the son of British-born actress Rona Newton-John and Melbourne nightclub owner Brian Goldsmith. His grandfather was University of Melbourne professor Brinley ("Bryn") Newton-John. His great-grandfather was German physicist and Nobel Prize winner Max Born. Olivia Newton-John is his aunt, singer/actress Tottie Goldsmith is his younger sister and race car driver Emerson Newton-John his younger half-brother.

In the mid 1980s Goldsmith programmed (and played bass guitar & keyboards on) the album Chantoozies for the band Chantoozies, which was released through Mushroom Records and finished at no. 41 on the ARIA charts in 1988. Goldsmith co-wrote the singles Wanna Be Up & Kiss n Tell with fellow band member Eve von Bibra.Wanna Be Up reached no. 8 on the ARIA singles charts. He was also one of the original male members of the band. After leaving Chantoozies, Goldsmith toured with James Reyne as his bass guitarist. They co-wrote the song Black and Blue World on Reyne's 1991 album Electric Digger Dandy. In 2013 Goldsmith released a solo album, Ordinary Life though MGM Distribution (Australia). The title track was covered by Olivia Newton-John in 2014 on her EP Hotel Sessions, also co-written & produced by Goldsmith.

In the early 2000s Goldsmith began his professional photography career and has volunteered his time to photograph images for PETA.

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