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Full Name: Anthony Arthur Barber
Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer, Australia
Known For: Hit song “Someday”
Instruments: Vocals, Guitar
Music Styles: Rock
Location Born: United Kingdom
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Tony Barber
An Australian singer, songwriter born in England.
He was a member of the band “Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs” in the 1960s.
He charted in Australia with the song “Someday” which was a major hit for him Ausralia wide during the sixties.
After leaving The Aztecs, Tony and fellow Aztec Vince Maloney formed the shortlived Vince & Tony’s Two, with John Shields on bass and Jimmy Thompson on drums.
In late 1965 Tony was signed as a solo artist to the newly formed Everybody’s label, which had been established by Clyde Packer’s Consolidated Press.
Tony’s solo debut single (produced by Nat Kipner) was a thumping beat original called “Someday”, which it was one of the first (and only) four singles issued on Everybody’s.
He wrote several children’s books in the 1980s under the name A. A. Barber including The Puggle Tales. He also started and operated The Lost Forests stores.
He appeared on the children’s television show The Music Shop as Tony the Toymaker.
In 2002, after more than thirty years away from the limelight, Tony reunited with Billy and the original Aztecs for the historic Long Way To The Top concert tours.
His experiences inspired him to write a memoir of the tour and his early days as a pop musician, entitled Long Way Til You Drop.
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