Mike Brady

Mike Brady has an extensive career spanning decades as a musician, composer, and radio presenter, achieving significant recognition for his contributions to Australian music and culture. After composing ‘Up There Cazaly’ for the Seven Network’s Victorian Football League (VFL) program in 1978, Mike Brady went on to see the song, released by The Two-Man Band in July 1979, achieve number one on the Australian charts by September 1979. It became the highest-selling Australian single at the time, exceeding 240,000 sales by October 1979 and over 260,000 by the end of 1980. Brady’s professional music career commenced in the 1960s as one-third of the pop act MPD Ltd, known for hits like ‘Little Boy Sad,’ which led to extensive tours across Australia and the U.K.

Dedicated to community and charity work, he holds positions as a board member for the Prostate Cancer Foundation Australia Victorian Board and a Life Member of Variety Victoria. He is also a patron of the Bali Children Foundation and the Australian Huntington’s Disease Association (Vic), and an Australia Day ambassador.