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Christa Hughes
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Birth name
| Christa Teresa Hughes
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Also known as
| KK Juggy, Spark Jug
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Born
| Sydney
,
New South Wales
, Australia
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Genres
| Alternative rock
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Occupation(s)
| Singer, circus performer, comedian
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Instrument(s)
| Vocals
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Years active
| 1985?present
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Website
| www
.christahughes
.net
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Musical artist
Christa Teresa Hughes
is an Australian singer, circus performer and comedian. She utilises wild on-stage antics and a powerful voice. From age 15, she has performed gigs with her father,
jazz
pianist, journalist and broadcaster, Dick Hughes. At age 17 had a regular set at Sydney's Shakespeare Hotel. She was the vocalist for the band
Machine Gun Fellatio
(as
KK Juggy
) from 2000 to 2005. Alongside her solo career, Hughes was also the Ring Mistress with
Circus Oz
(2006?08) and has issued an album,
21st Century Blues
(2010) with her father.
Biography
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Christa Hughes was raised in the
Sydney
suburb of
Vaucluse
.
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Her father,
Richard "Dick" Hughes
, was a journalist and sometime jazz pianist. Hughes later recalled that her parents "were hard-working people, we just happened to live in a posh suburb. In fact, I think the suburb tried to have us moved out several times because we were the noisiest household on the block."
[1]
She is a granddaughter of the journalist and writer,
Richard Hughes
(1906?1984) and his wife, May Hughes
nee
Bennett.
[2]
She started singing at the age of 15 with her father. She opened and sang with international blues artists when they were in Sydney such as
Brownie McGhee
, Swamp Boogie Queen Katie Webster and Champion Jack Dupree. After she turned 21, Hughes travelled the world, singing in New York, Edinburgh, London and Paris. Hughes returned to Australia in 2000. She wrote and starred in musical theatre, cabaret shows,
Sleepless Beauty
(June 2002),
Beer Drinking Woman
[3]
(June 2003) and Temptation.
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She was also singing and dancing, as KK Juggy (KK for knickers and knockers, respectively) or Spark Jug for
Machine Gun Fellatio
from 2000 to 2005.
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[6]
From 2006 to 2008 she was the ring mistress with
Circus Oz
. In 2010 Christa and her father, Dick Hughes, released an album,
21st Century Blues
. A documentary,
You Only Live Twice
, by Brendan Young, about her family's life was broadcast.
[7]
In November 2011 Christa released
Shonky
with the Honky Tonk Shonks.
Discography
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Albums
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Extended plays
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Awards and nominations
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ARIA Music Awards
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The
ARIA Music Awards
is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of
Australian music
. They commenced in 1987.
References
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Elphick, Nicole (9 January 2015).
"My Secret Sydney: Christa Hughes"
.
The Sydney Morning Herald
.
Fairfax Media
. Retrieved
1 August
2016
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Torney-Parlicki, Prudence (2007).
"Hughes, Richard Joseph (1906?1984)"
.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
. National Centre of Biography,
Australian National University
. Retrieved
1 August
2016
.
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Moore, Tony (2012). "Boho to Pomo".
Dancing with empty pockets: Australia's bohemians since 1860
. Millers Point, N.S.W.: Pier 9. p. 334.
ISBN
9781741961447
.
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"Contributor: Christa Hughes"
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AusStage
. Retrieved
2 August
2016
.
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Macgregor, Jody.
"Machine Gun Fellatio | Biography & History"
.
AllMusic
. Retrieved
2 August
2016
.
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Machine Gun Fellatio
(29 September 2000),
Bring it on!
, Sputnik Records;
Mushroom
, retrieved
2 August
2016
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Young, Brendan; Duthie, Amanda (2013),
You only live twice
, retrieved
2 August
2016
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ARIA Award previous winners.
"ARIA Awards Best Jazz Album"
. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
. Retrieved
25 June
2022
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