Morgan contributed one verse to the Gordon Parsons song " Pub With No Beer". Morgan has appeared in three films, Newsfront (1978), Dimboola (1979), and the biographical documentary I'm Not Dead Yet (2011). In 1987 Morgan was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown, and was awarded an OAM in 2004. He has been prolific in his recorded output and live performances.
Morgan has toured extensively, including with the Slim Dusty Show, the All Star Western Show and his own Chad Morgan Show. After their marriage Morgan gave up drinking and smoking completely. Morgan married again on 14 September 1985 to Joanie, whom he had met the year before.
Morgan's first wife was Pam Mitchell, with whom he had three children - Allan, Chad Jr. Morgan's songs are peppered with Australian slang one CD compilation is called Sheilas, Drongos, Dills and Geezers. He began recording with Regal Zonophone Records (a subsidiary of EMI) in 1952, while completing his national service obligation in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Morgan was discovered through Australia's Amateur Hour, a radio talent contest, where he sang his original song " The Sheik of Scrubby Creek" and was a finalist. Morgan left school at age 12 and found work cutting timber.
After his grandfather died in 1945, he and his grandmother moved back to Scrubby Creek to live with his parents and siblings. From an early age he was raised by his grandparents, Bill and Eva Hopkins. Morgan was born in Wondai, Queensland, the eldest of 14 children to Dave and Ivy Morgan.
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