Ron Tudor
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Ron Tudor MBE |
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| Birth name | Ronald Stewart Tudor |
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18 May 1924 Toora, Victoria, Australia |
| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Years active | 1956–1990 |
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Ronald Stewart Tudor (born Toora, 18 May 1924) MBE is an Australian former producer, engineer, label owner and record industry executive. He started his career with W&G Records in 1956 as a sales representative; he became their in-house producer and A&R agent before leaving in 1966. He briefly joined Astor Records as their promotions manager until 1968 when he created his own production company, June Productions. He followed with his own record label, Fable Records, late in 1969 and continued as its CEO until he sold the company in July 1984. In June 1979 Tudor was installed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire with a citation, "For service to the recording industry". At the APRA Music Awards of 1996 he received the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999 he received a Special Achievement Award, which was shared with Bill Armstrong of Armstrong Studios.
Ronald Stewart Tudor was born in 1924 in Toora, a rural town in a dairy farming district. During World War 2 he enlisted in the Australian Army in February 1943 and was discharged in May 1946 with the rank of Gunner.
Tudor became a sales representative for W&G Records in 1956. As the label's A&R and in-house producer he signed and recorded early material for Ernie Sigley, "Love Is a Golden Ring" (1957); Diana Trask, "Going Steady" (1958); and the Seekers, Introducing the Seekers (1963). He recorded an instrumental track, "Wild Weekend" (February 1961), by rock-and-rollers, the Thunderbirds, after they had been recommended by local radio DJ, Stan Rofe.
Tudor later recalled, "We had a very good relationship with [Rofe] at 3KZ. He was a wonderful supporter of us and he always said, 'It's about time someone got into local talent'." Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, opined, that it was "one of the most successful Australian instrumental singles of all-time" alongside the Atlantics' "Bombora". Tudor produced further work by the Thunderbirds and used them to back other artists on their recordings.
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