Tony Mitchell (born 5 September 1951 in Sydney, Australia) is a songwriter and bass guitarist who rose to fame in the 1970s with the Australian rock band, Sherbet. Tony co-wrote (with Garth Porter) some of Sherbet's biggest hits, including 'Howzat' and 'Magazine Madonna'.
Howzat [link]
In 1976, someone suggested to Tony Mitchell and keyboardist Garth Porter that Howzat might make a good title for a song because some of the members of Sherbet loved cricket. Despite Mitchell not being a good cricketer, he sat down with Garth Porter at Porter's Rose Bay home to work on the idea. Mitchell soon came up with the "doo-doo, doo-doo" bass riff, after which the first thing that came into Porter's mind was the phrase "I caught you out."[1]
The song became Sherbet's biggest hit, rising to #1 on the Australian charts, and #4 in the United Kingdom.
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- ^ "I write the songs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2003-01-28. https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/27/1043534002655.html. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
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Tony Mitchell
Tony Mitchell may refer to:
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Tony Mitchell (director)
Tony Mitchell (born Aug 9th 1961) is a British/Canadian film and television director, born in Toronto. He has directed many high-end event mini-series, movies and episodic television shows: "A.D. The Bible Continues" (2015), The Bible (2013), Atlantis (2011), Episodes 3.1, 3.3, of Primeval (2009), Flood (2007), Supervolcano (2004) . He has also directed numerous award winning factual documentaries: Threads of Life BBC1, Niagara Falls" PBS/CH4, Wild Thing - Chimpanzee's CH4 and Ancient Egyptians CH4.
He holds both Canadian & British passports and a US Green Card, and has homes in London, Cape Town and Belfast.
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Tony Mitchell (basketball, born 1989)
Tony Mitchell (born August 7, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Serie A.
High school career
As a junior at Swainsboro High School, Mitchell averaged 19 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots. For his effort, he was named the 2007 Georgia Sports Writers Association Class AA Player of the Year and was voted all-state. He averaged 27 points, eight rebounds and five assists per game his senior year and lead his team to a 2008 regional title. Coming out of high school, Mitchell was rated as a four-star prospect and the #10 overall small forward by Scout.com and a four-star player and the #8 overall small forward by Rivals.com.
College career
In June 2007, Mitchell committed to then head coach Mark Gottfried and the University of Alabama over the University of South Carolina and the University of Cincinnati. His enrollment with Alabama was delayed, however, due to academic issues and he was unable to join the team for the 2008–09 season. He instead played one season with Central Park Christian, a preparatory school in Birmingham, Alabama.
