Karen Boddington and Mark Williams

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Karen Boddington and
Mark Williams
OriginAustralia
GenresMale/Female vocal duet
LabelsFirst night

Karen Boddington and Mark Williams formed the Australian vocal duet that sang the original theme tune for the TV soap Home and Away. Mark Williams has performed with several other groups, while Karen Boddington was a vocalist for Almighty Records' Hi-NRG ABBA covers project Abbacadabra, alongside other singers such as Tracy Ackerman, Belle Lawrence and Martin Jenkins.[1]

Charts[]

The theme tune is entitled "Home and Away", and it was released on the First Night label. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 2 September 1989, and remained in the charts for only one week, reaching position 79.[2]

Issue[]

It was used as the theme tune to the show from 1988 until 1995. There have been 7 different full versions of the theme song used, including 2 by The Robertson Brothers.

References[]

  1. ^ "Abbacadabra".
  2. ^ Rice, Tim; Rice, Jonathan; Gambaccini, Paul (1990), Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness World Records and Guinness Publishing, ISBN 0-85112-398-8
    (Note: misprinted as "Baddington")


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