Stephen Donald Cummings was born on 13 September 1954 and is an Australian rock singer and songwriter.
19 Facts About Stephen Cummings
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Stephen Cummings was the lead singer of Melbourne-based rock band the Sports from 1976 to 1981, followed by a solo career which has met with critical acclaim but has had limited commercial success.
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Stephen Cummings has written two novels, Wonderboy and Stay Away from Lightning Girl, and a memoir, Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy.
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Stephen Cummings was born in 1954 in Melbourne and grew up in the suburb of Camberwell.
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Stephen Cummings was the vocalist for Ewe and the Merinos.
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Stephen Cummings brought in Martin Armiger on guitar, vocals and songwriting to replace Bates in August 1978.
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Stephen Cummings spent the rest of 1982 co-writing tracks with Ian Stephen and waiting out his contract.
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Stephen Cummings released his debut solo single, "We all Make Mistakes" on Phantom Records, in December 1982 and followed with "Stuck on Love" in May 1983.
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In September 1987, Stephen Cummings dueted with Pendlebury on "She Set Fire to the House".
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Stephen Cummings changed labels to True Tone Records for his next album, A New Kind of Blue, which was released in March 1989 and produced by Stephen Cummings and O'Mara.
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Stephen Cummings has supplemented his income by writing advertising jingles: he co-wrote Medibank Private's theme "I Feel Better Now", with Goodge.
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Later in 1994, the Toni Childs and Stephen Cummings duet, "Fell from a Great Height", was released as a single.
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Also in 1996, Stephen Cummings published his first novel, Wonderboy, which deals with relationships especially those between a father and son.
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Stephen Cummings had his second novel, Stay Away from Lightning Girl, published in 1999, which described an ageing musician and his band.
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In 2019, Stephen Cummings released his 20th studio album, Prisoner of Love.
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In February 2023, Stephen Cummings announced the forthcoming release of 100 Years from Now for 5 May 2023.
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In March 2020, Stephen Cummings had a stroke, but partially recovered and began releasing work in 2023.
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Stephen Cummings is easily one of our great storytellers, capable of creating lives in miniature.
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Debonair, romantic and sensitive, Stephen Cummings owns a voice that allows vulnerable yearning qualities as much space as an authoritative voice of experience.