On Australia Day ( 26 January ) 1986 , Meldrum was made a Member of the Order of Australia , with a citation for " service to the fostering of international relief and to youth " . At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 , he received a Special Achievement Award to acknowledge his contributions to popular music . In 1994 at the Australasian Performing Right Association ( APRA ) Awards he obtained the Ted Albert Award ( named in honour of Ted Albert ) . Music journalists , Toby Creswell and Samantha Chenoweth describe Meldrum as " The single most important person in the Australian pop industry for forty years " in their 2006 book , '' 1001 Australians You Should Know '' . In November 2014 , he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame , together with his TV show , '' Countdown '' , he became the first non-artist to receive the accolade
ARIA Music Awards of 1993
ARIA Music Awards of 1993
Molly Meldrum