Christie Allen (born as June Allen, 12 September 1954 – 12 August 2008) was an English-born pop singer who had a successful career in Australia. Her top four hits on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart were "Goosebumps" (October 1979) and "He's My Number One" (February 1980). Allen was voted the Most Popular Female Performer at the TV Week / Countdown Music Awards for 1979 and 1980. At the 1979 awards, "Goosebumps" also won the Best Songwriter award for Terry Britten. Allen and her partner, Mark, had a daughter Christa Lea; the couple married in 1998. Allen died on 12 August 2008 of pancreatic cancer, aged 53.
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