Darryl Cotton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Darryl Cotton

Australian singer-songwriter, TV presenter

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1949

Place of Birth: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Date of Death: 27-Jul-2012

Profession: composer, singer, television presenter, television actor

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Darryl Cotton

  • 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.

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