Melanie Susan Oxley is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and primary school teacher. Oxley was a member of the dance pop group, The Sparklers (from 1985 to 1989), which in October 1988 released their debut album, Persuasion.
Since 1989 Oxley teamed with keyboardist, Chris Abrahams to perform and record as a soul pop duo, Melanie Oxley & Chris Abrahams. They have released four studio albums, Welcome to Violet, Coal, Jerusalem Bay and Blood Oranges. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 Welcome to Violet was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Independent Release.
Biography
Early life
Melanie Susan Oxley is the daughter of Eric and Jan Oxley. Eric, an art teacher, was originally from Manchester and had migrated to Sydney before the Oxley family settled in the rural northern beach community of Kingscliff in 1965.
- Label: Remote Music (Rem 1)
- Format: CD
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! scope="row"| Coal
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- Released: October 1994
- Label: Remote Music (Rem 2)
- Format: CD
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! scope="row"| Jerusalem Bay
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- Released: December 1998
- Label: Remote Music (Rem 4)
- Format: CD
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! scope="row"| Blood Oranges
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- Released: April 2003
- Label: Remote Music (Rem 5)
- Format: CD, digital
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!Moment of Truth
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- Released: April 2023
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