Peter Combe On Why Children's Music Needs More Influence From The Beatles And Paul Simon

Peter Combe

Peter Charles Combe OAM (; born 20 October 1948) is an Australian children's entertainer and musician. At the ARIA Music Awards he has won three ARIA Awards for Best Children's Album, for Toffee Apple (1988), Newspaper Mama (1989) and The Absolutely Very Best of Peter Combe (So Far) Recorded in Concert (1992) and three additional nominations (Chopsticks (1990), Little Groover (1996) and Live It Up (2017)). His best-known tracks are "Toffee Apple", "Spaghetti Bolognaise", "Mr Clicketty Cane", "Juicy Juicy Green Grass" and "Newspaper Mama". His Christmas Album (November 1990) reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 50.
Albums
1982
Songs for Little Kids
1985
Spaghetti Bolognaise
1987
Toffee Apple
1988
Newspaper Mama
1989
Chopsticks
1990
Peter Combe's Christmas Album
1993
Spook
1999
Best Friends
2002
Tickle Pot: Out and About
2003
Wash Your Face in Orange Juice
2005
Wake Up It's Christmas
2017
Live it Up!
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