Lisa Edwards

Australian vocalist Lisa Edwards has focused chiefly on support vocals for major local acts while also issuing a handful of independent singles, among them the 1992 release “Cry,” which stands as her most successful solo outing.

She first appeared on record in 1981 with the single “&Centre Spread”/“&Power.” Four years afterward came the duet “&You Are My Melbourne”/“&Melbourne the Beginning,” recorded with Adrian Campbell. During the middle years of the decade Edwards lent her voice to White Light Orchestra, the Turbo Luv Nuns, and Short Circuit, before becoming a member of the John Farnham Band ahead of Farnham’s well-received return to prominence in 1987.

Her contributions can be heard on Short Circuit’s 1988 album Waiting for the Big One as well as on that group’s singles “He’s Got It” (May 1987), “Waiting for the Big One” (May 1988), and “Burning for You” (December 1988). Edwards next stepped forward with the solo single “Cry,” her interpretation of the Godley and Crème composition, which reached number five in July 1992; “So Dangerous” appeared soon afterward. The full-length Thru the Hoop, her first solo album, followed in August 1993. Two additional tracks from the set, “Until the Day” and “Lose Myself in You,” were issued before she resumed her role as a backing singer for John Farnham.