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About Johnny Nicol
- Johnny Nicol is a jazz singer born in Ayr, Queensland.Nicol began his career in 1958 as a member of The Maori Troubadours and recorded an album, A Little This, A Little That, with them.
- He then went on to perform in on the Gold Coast then in Italy, Las Vegas and throughout England, then on a cruise ship between New York and the Bahamas.
- Later he proved very popular in South-east Asia. He returned to Australia in 1969, and in 1972 hosted an ABC Radio music show in which he introduced emerging talent Renee Geyer to a wider audience. He featured in a band with Col Nolan called The Col Nolan Soul Syndicate, which released the Live at Jason's LP.
- Following that he released a solo album, Touch of Blue (Phonogram, 1975).
- Nicol has since released four more solo albums, two CDs and a DVD.With Col Nolan he opened the Australian tours for such greats as Benny Goodman's last tour and also the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ).
- Johnny also performed on the American bases throughout Southeast Asia in the early-1970s.Jazz legends Don Burrows and Bob Barnard both name Nicol as their favourite Australian jazz singer. Johnny Nicol is still performing along the eastern seaboard of Australia.
- He is now based in the Cairns area. Johnny Nicol is the father of Emily Nicol who played the role of baby Chloe in the Australian TV production of A Country Practice.
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