Renowned for his performance of lovely ballads and for his unparalleled yodelling ability, Noel Parlane has carved out a niche for himself with music lovers throughout this country and overseas.Born on March 19 1951 in Roxburgh, Central Otago, Noel Parlane has always had a strong interest in music and competed in many country music talent quests from a young age. Later, as a teenager, he formed several bands and tried his hand at various forms of music including virtually everything from light country to heavy rock. Fortunately for the New Zealand music industry, Country music kept luring him back. Noël entered many of the big name country music awards and in November 1977 at the South Island Country Music Awards in Christchurch he won the song writing section, and through that went on to win the overall award - The South Island Country Music Scroll - for the highest points. That was to be the start of what is now a country music legend. Only seven months later Noel won both the Best Male and Yodelling sections as well as the Gold Guitar Award for overall highest points at the prestigious New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards. Part of that prize was a chance to audition with Music World Ltd in Christchurch - a big break which was to see his first album "Noel Parlane Country" recorded Since then Noel has recorded several albums with four albums being certified "GOLD" by sales figures - which are Country Heartaches - Old Time Country Music - Trucks & Trains and Country Love.

At the first New Zealand Country Music recording Artists Awards held in Invercargill during November 1980, Noel won the "Top Selling Artist" award for his album "Country Heartaches". This album was also released in Australia where it performed equally impressively selling in excess of 40,000 copies. Since these early days Noel has continued to impress the music industry and his ever-growing number of fans by winning a string of awards including "Best Yodeller" (1981 NZ Country Music Recording Artists Awards), Top NZ Male Vocalist (1984 Nationwide Radio Poll), Top Duet (NZ Recording Awards 1988) and several others.

In 1985 he was inducted into the Hands Of Fame at Tamworth - Australia's Capital of Country Music. Only four years later in 1989, he was given honorary membership to the Pioneer Club in Brisbane Australia alongside other big names in Country music such as Tom T Hall, Charlie Pride and Randy Travis. In another tribute to his musical ability the Gore Gold Guitar Awards committee have inducted Noel into the "Hands of Fame" to be established in New Zealand's Capital of Country Music - Gore.

Several tours of New Zealand and Australia as well as two Australasian tours followed, with interest in his music continuing to spread and attract fans worldwide with the album "Can I Count On You" being signed and released by Hawk Records in Northern Ireland in 1995. This album was released in Gt Britain, Europe and the USA in 1996, and in 1997 Noel was invited to perform in Norfolk Islands and Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

In 1998 Noel travelled to Nashville where he visited the Grand Ole Opry and appeared on the Midnight Jamboree'- a show which went live to 80 million listeners across the USA. He also recorded a track for an Xmas album, which is being released worldwide this year. The new song is tided "Merry Christmas Mama". He will return to Nashville in June this year and will record a new album with a top Nashville company. A three-month tour of the USA and Canada is planned later in the year to promote the new album.

A new CD to be released Late November 2014, Everybody’s Here by Noel, will be his first venture as an independent artist, recorded in Brisbane, a project taking 12 months to complete. It has been worth the time to have a new album with songs such as Honky Tonkin All Night Long which has already been released as a single a great track as well as You Are No Angel.

Both single featuring in the top 10 in the European Top 200 charts Overall a great album of songs that Noel loves to perform. He has produced this project with Shane Hughes’s at his studio Domenic Sound with great session musos such as Ewan Mackenzie, Dallas Southam, Pixie Jenkins, Hugh Curtis etc. Noel has played rhythm guitar and the bass on the CD. This album is due to be released in Australia in November, and then hopefully a release in New Zealand February 2015.

This will be Noel’s 18th album which does includes compilations for Noel, with CDs No Limits & Encore, through the LBS label here in Tamworth Australia.

As Noel’s musical career was building, with more work here in Australia on the club scene, a decision was made to move here in 2000 and with Brisbane as his base, his career has gone from strength to strength.

Today Noel still remains a very popular act and in great demand at Clubs, festivals, shows through out Australia & New Zealand, Noel is doing today what he loves taking his style of music to the people.