(1949-09-04)4 September 1949 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died
27 July 2012(2012-07-27) (aged 62) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Rock, pop
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter
actor
television presenter
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar
Years active
1965–2012
Labels
EMI
Sparmac
Oz
Hammard
Warner Bros.
MGM
20th Century
CBS
Formerly of
The Murmen
Down the Line
Zoot, Darryl and Bee
Frieze
Friends
Cotton, Lloyd & Christian
Darryl Cotton Band
Darryl Cotton & the Charts
Darryl Cotton & the Divers
Burns Cotton & Morris
Cotton Keays & Morris
Musical artist
Darryl Grant Cotton (4 September 1949 – 27 July 2012) was an Australian pop, rock singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor. He was a founding member of Australian rock group Zoot in 1965, with Beeb Birtles, and were later joined by Rick Brewer and Rick Springfield. As a solo artist Cotton released the albums, Best Seat in the House (1980), It's Rock 'n' Good Fun (1984) and Let the Children Sing (1994). In April 1980 his biggest solo hit, "Same Old Girl", which was co-written by Cotton, peaked at No. 6 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. He acted in the TV soap opera, The Young Doctors (1979), and on stage as Joseph in the theatre production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (1983).
He presented TV shows, Summer Rock (1979 and 1980) and The Early Bird Show (1985 to 1989). In 1996 he formed Burns Cotton & Morris with fellow 1960s pop singers, Ronnie Burns and Russell Morris. In 2000 Burns retired from the trio and, with Jim Keays, they became Cotton Keays & Morris. In May 2012, Cotton was diagnosed with liver cancer and died on 27 July 2012, aged 62.
Darryl Grant Cotton (4 September 1949 – 27 July 2012) was an Australian pop, rock singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor. He was a founding...
guitarist left, Birtles took over that instrument and soon they asked DarrylCotton to join on lead vocals. Times Unlimited changed their name to Down the...
guitarist and vocalist in Zoot, with Birtles on bass guitar and vocals, DarrylCotton on lead vocals and guitar, and Rick Brewer on drums. Upon joining Zoot...
joined fellow 1960s singers Ronnie Burns and DarrylCotton and began touring under the name Burns Cotton & Morris. The group released three albums. In...
1992 : ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD for First Fiction : On 'High Cotton'". Los Angeles Times. Darryl Pinckney page at United Artists. Varno, David (2023-02-01)...
Allen 2:39 2. "Keeps Us Off the Streets" Jeff Allen 2:59 3. "She Knows" DarrylCotton, Steve Kipner, Michael Lloyd 2:45 4. "Carol" Chuck Berry 3:49 5. "Then...
Orange Organics His Eyes – Orange Organics Pugwall's Summer (Slow) – DarrylCotton Lately – No Justice A Rock and a Roll – Maurie Fields Somebody To Love...
Roll, in 1999. From 2000, he performed in Cotton Keays & Morris alongside other former 1960s artists DarrylCotton and Russell Morris. In July 2007, Keays...
reference of people often calling the band "The Zoot". LP/Cassette Zoot DarrylCotton - vocals Rick Springfield - guitar Beeb Birtles - bass Rick Brewer -...
Chamberlin Murray Cook & Arj Barker 9 12 April 2006 Ella Hooper & Rich Hall DarrylCotton & Dave O'Neil 10 19 April 2006 Beccy Cole & Stephen K. Amos Rosario...
2012 – R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (b. 1917) 2012 – DarrylCotton, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1949) 2012 –...
2021) 1947 – Paul Sait, Australian rugby league player (d. 2023) 1949 – DarrylCotton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012) 1949 – Dean Pees...
left after the single appeared and was replaced by Andy Buchanan (ex-DarrylCotton Band) who stayed long enough to drum on a few cuts. Their next single...
metal, grind, and drone doom, with guest 1970s balladeer and actor DarrylCotton. Lyden Nå (Norwegian for The Now Sound) was released in April 2007 as...
Cross, and from 2000 he has toured as a member of Cotton Keays & Morris with 1960s artists DarrylCotton from Adelaide's Zoot and Russell Morris from Melbourne's...
directors, rock magazine editors and journalists. Presenters included DarrylCotton, Richard Gower (Racey), John O'Keefe (son of Johnny O'Keefe), John Farnham...
debut single by the short-lived soft rock duo Frieze, consisting of DarrylCotton and Beeb Birtles, both of whom were former members of Zoot. Poparchives...
footballer (St Kilda) 23 July – John Treloar, 84, sprinter 27 July – DarrylCotton, 62, musician (Zoot) and television presenter (The Early Bird Show)...
collated locally by individual radio stations in major cities and towns. DarrylCotton, lead singer of pop group Zoot was concerned that the public would be...
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