Brian Cadd

Brian George Cadd AM (born 29 November 1946) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and label founder. As well as working internationally throughout Europe and the United States, he has performed as a member of numerous bands the Groop, Axiom, the Bootleg Family Band and in America with the Flying Burrito Brothers before carving out a solo career since 1972.

Cadd produced fellow Australian acts Ronnie Burns, Broderick Smith, Tina Arena and Glenn Shorrock. He established his own record label, Bootleg. Cadd composed or performed music for films, Morning of the Earth (1972), Alvin Purple (1973), Alvin Purple Rides Again (1974), Fatal Vision (1983), The Return of the Living Dead (1985) and The Heartbreak Kid (1993) and for television Class of 74 (1974), The Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. He wrote songs for other acts, Burns, the Masters Apprentices, the Bootleg Family Band, the Pointer Sisters, Little River Band and John Farnham.

In 2007, Cadd was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame. He was installed as a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queens Birthday Honours in June 2018 for "significant service to the music industry as a singer, songwriter, performer, mentor and producer, and to professional associations."