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In 1969, Maessen had finished second in the New Faces talent show. In 1969 Maessen finished second on the series final of the television talent show New Faces.
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Her prize included a recording contract with Ron Tudor"s Fable Records which released her albums, Live for Life (1971) and Best of Liv Maessen (1973). In the Go-Secretariat People’s Poll, Maessen was voted in the top 5 as most popular female vocalist in both 1970 and 1971. Foreign her single "", Maessen became the first Australian female artist to be awarded a gold record certificate.
After her recording career, Maessen turned to cabaret and club work by the mid-1970s.
Maessen was a mother of two children from Melbourne and signed with Ron Tudor"s production company. In December Maessen released her debut single "The Love Moth", which was an English language cover version of an Italian song, "Louisiana Pioggia", by Gigliola Cinquetti.
Maessen"s version reached the Go-Secretariat National Top 40 in April 1970 and was a top 10 hit in Melbourne. Maessen also appeared on local television shows.
Maessen"s second popular single, "" was a cover version of Mary Hopkin"s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970.
lieutenant was released on Fable Records in April 1970 and peaked at Number. 2. lieutenant co-charted with Hopkin"s version. During the 1970 radio ban, a major dispute between commercial radio stations and record companies, Hopkin"s version was not well known to Australian listeners.
"" finished third on Go-Secretariat"s Top Records for the Year of 1970 and was the highest placed by an Australian artist.
Maessen became the first Australian female artist to be awarded a gold record certificate for a single with sales of over 50,000. Maesson"s third single, "Snowbird", was a country popular hit for Canadian singer Anne Murray.
lieutenant was issued in August 1970 and peaked at Number. 16. In March 1971 Maessen released her fourth single, "Hurry on Down", which did not chart.
In mid-1971 she was again voted in the top five as most popular female vocalist by Go-Secretariat readers.
Her debut album, Live for Life, appeared in July with another single, "Here I Go Again", in October. She released "Love Is for the Two of Us" late in 1971 which was a duet with television personality Jimmy Hannan. Two further singles followed in 1972 and her last commercial release was "Hey Mama, Sing Maine a Song" in 1974.
After her recording career, Maessen turned to cabaret and club work by the mid-1970s.
