Born of a Scottish father and English mother, Ian B. MacLeod first set foot on Australian soil whilst with the Merchant Navy when he and some fellow crew members appeared on 2UW's Amateur Hour and won it, only to be disqualified later when it was discovered that they weren't residents!

This was all the incentive Ian needed and when he got back home, he packed his guitar and bags and set sail for Australia. At the Great Northern Hotel in Chatswood he won his first talent contest and headed straight for the A.B.C. and Johnny O'Keefe who after hearing him sing, booked him for A.B.C. Radio's "Rockville Junction" and "Six O'Clock Rock". He was "ADAM - Teenage Idol", a product of Australia's early rock era and probably the first true Rockabilly artist to emerge. It was now 1960 and a forty year career in Country music was about to begin.

From 1960-1964 he enjoyed the fleeting success of the artists of that era with over a hundred T.V. shows, national tours and guest spots at every teenage dance in town.
The bubble burst in 1964 on a new style of music heralded in by The Beatles and similar groups, and for the next three years Ian started again from the bottom as an unknown singer, fronting various bands that played Country and Rockabilly music.

In 1967, he decided it was time to go solo again and by 1968, Ian was back in demand on numerous television shows, with Club dates and offers of country tours pouring in.

The early seventies saw Ian cruising with Sitmar, taking Country music to the cruising public for the first time. He continued up until 1978 when he decided to stay ashore to concentrate on his record company.
Over the intervening years, Ian has toured from Perth to Mt. Isa and back again, worked the Club circuit in all states and still found the time to record fourteen albums and twelve singles. He was part of the official opening of the Sydney Opera House, performing alongside such Country stars as Jimmy Little and Nola Hirst and has hundreds of awards from Charity Organisations acknowledging his unselfish support of their various causes.

Dubbed "Australia's King of Rockabilly", the warmth, charisma and magnetism of Ian B. MacLeod still shines through today whether he's dressed in black leather belting out "Blue Suede Shoes" or in rhinestones and fringes crooning "Love Song of the Waterfall". Performing at over two hundred concerts a year, supported by his band "The Rockabilly Express" and his singer/dancers "The Living Dolls", Grandmas through to teeny-boppers love his style; young musicians look to him for advice; greats like Frank Ifield and Alan Dale admire and respect his professionalism. The ultimate accolade came in 1988 when Ian recorded his seventh album "Thank You, Mr. Perkins" - a tribute to THE "King of Rockabilly", Carl Perkins - who personally wrote from Jackson, Tennessee to say, "I've listened to your album, man, I'm very impressed, it sounds great...."
Following Carl's untimely death in January, 1998, Ian re-released the album on CD & with the support of his band, "Rockabilly Express" & "The Living Dolls" has put together "Blue Suede Shoes" a wonderful tribute show to Carl Perkins - The Godfather of Rockabilly.

In June, 2000, Carl's son Stan, arrived in Australia as a special guest of the Wintersun Festival on the Gold Coast & starred in a series of shows throughout Qld. & NSW with Ian. During the Wintersun Festival, Ian was presented with an Award & inducted into the "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame".
Stan also recorded an album, "Pickin' Like Perkins", here with Ian and The Sonic Aces; a classic Rockabilly album featuring many of Carl's great hits, plus a couple of originals written by Stan and Ian.

In October, 2000, Ian was inducted into the "International Rockabilly Hall of Fame" - yet another great milestone for Rockabilly music and Ian's career that has spanned almost four decades.
2001 saw Ian return to the road after many years away from touring & he made several personal appearances at Country Music Festivals, as well as major Clubs. Ian's latest album "Waterfall" received rave revues when it was released in September, 2001 at the World's largest Independent Country Music Festival in Mildura, Vic. In 2002 two of the singles were lifted from the album, "Waterfall" & "Mountain Lowry Call", and they are currently enjoying airplay on numerous radio stations throughout Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the UK, Canada & the US.

In September, 2002, Ian released "Songwriter", a compilation of songs that he has either written or co-written with other artists. It covers the whole spectrum of Ian’s music from traditional country through to rockabilly. In 2003, one of the tracks "Pickin Like Perkins" was released in Canada through darkHorse Records in Ontario on their Rockabilly compilation album "Blue Suede Mel" as a prelude to what proved to be a very successful European Tour for Ian in March/April, 2003.