16 Facts About Peter Combe

Peter Charles Combe OAM 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, Newspaper Mama and The Absolutely Very Best of Peter Combe Recorded in Concert and four additional nominations.

Peter Charles Combe was born in Adelaide on 20 October 1948 to Merle and Bern Combe, the third of four children.

Peter Combe formed a folk group and taught himself guitar.

Peter Combe taught junior school music at Prince Alfred College in the late 1970s.

Peter Combe started writing songs for his students and in 1973 he wrote his first "operettas" for them.

In 1975, Peter Combe moved to Sydney and aspired to be the next Paul Simon.

Peter Combe taught at inner Sydney primary schools, performed in pubs and clubs as a singer-songwriter.

In 1977, Peter Combe migrated to England where he became a presenter on Music Time, a BBC Television educational program.

In late 1979, the Peter Combe family moved back to Australia, where he presented Let's Have Music, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio program, which was used for primary school music education.

Peter Combe arranged them with contemporary instrumentation, using his Music Time experience to introduce children to different musical concepts, genres and instruments.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1988 Peter Combe won the inaugural ARIA Award for Best Children's Album category for Toffee Apple.

Peter Combe's albums have received 7 gold and 3 platinum accreditations.

From 1989 to 1991, Peter Combe presented another radio program, Ticklepot, on ABC Radio National.

From 2003 to 2006, Peter Combe read and sang a number of classic fairy tales.

Since 2005, Peter Combe has started playing pub gigs around Australia aimed at young adults who grew up listening to his music.