earned four platinum records. He went on to be general manager of EMI Australia in the mid-1980s. In 1986, he was appointed general manager of music publisher J. Albert & Son, running its London office. The death of CEO Ted Albert precipitated Dawkins' return to Australia and another change of employment. In 1990, Dawkins opened Giant Studios Balmain, Sydney, and started his second label (through BMG) called Nova. The earlier Giant name was bought by Irving Azoff, who was starting a label in the United States with the same name. Dawkins' development of Parkinson's disease meant that he had to gradually cease work over the next few years, with the shut-down of the studio in the mid-1990s. In 2005, he was able to afford further medical treatment, deep brain stimulation, after extensive fund-raising by his friends in the music industry. As part of that effort, in 2006, Sony/BMG issued a compilation album of Dawkins' productions, For Pete's Sake, which included the Matt Finish hit Short Note, and a new song, "Understand", written by Dawkins' son Paul and the late Matt Moffitt, and sung by the Little River Band's Glenn Shorrock. It was produced at Sony Studios in Sydney and mixed by noted engineer Richard Lush. The CD included liner notes by rock music historian Glenn A. Baker. Dawkins died on 3 July 2014, from injuries sustained in a fall. Selective list of Peter Dawkins' productions Shane: "St. Paul" – Dawkins' first New Zealand #1 hit (1969) The Fourmyula: "Nature" (1969) Russell Morris: "Wings of an Eagle" (1972) Spectrum: Testimonial (1973); Terminal Buzz (1973) John Farnham: "Rock Me Baby" (1972); "Don't You Know It's Magic" (1973) Ariel: A Strange Fantastic Dream (1973); Rock 'n' Roll Scars (1974) Patch: The Star Suite (1973) Ross Ryan: "I Am Pegasus" – AUS: No. 9 (1973) Slim Dusty: Australiana (1973), Lights on the Hill (1974) Billy Thorpe: "It's Almost Summer" (1975) Air Supply: "Love and Other Bruises" (1976) Dragon: "This Time" (1976); "April Sun in Cuba" (1977); "Are You Old Enough?" (1978); and album O Zambezi (1978) Mi-Sex: "Computer Games" (1979) MEO 245: Screen Memory Sharon O’Neill: "How Do You Talk to Boys?" (1980) Matt Finish: Short Note (1981) Little Heroes "The Little Heroes" (1981) Australian Crawl: Sirocco (1981) – Australian No. 1 Pseudo Echo: "Listening" (1983) Awards and nominations King of Pop Awards The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of