Barry Crocker

Barry Crocker
AM
Born (1935-11-04) 4 November 1935 (age 89)
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupations
  • Singer
  • television personality
  • actor (theatre, television and film)
  • variety entertainer
Years active1955−present
Known forThe Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Notable workHost of The Sound of Music
Singer of original version theme song to soap opera Neighbours
PartnerKaty Manning (1990–present)
Children5
Websitebarrycrocker.net

Barry Hugh Crocker AM (born 4 November 1935[1]) is an Australian Gold Logie-winning character actor, television personality, singer, and variety entertainer with a crooning vocal style.

Crocker is known for his iconic Australian films during the 1970s, including The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) and its sequel, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974). Crocker was also the presenter and leading performer on the TV series The Sound of Music,[2] taking over from entertainer Bobby Limb.

His singing talents eventually earned him over 30 Gold records. In 1971, Sound of Music was the 11th-most-popular show in the country.[3] Crocker sang the theme tune to the Australian soap opera Neighbours between 1985 and 1992. Crocker published an autobiography called Bazza – The Adventures of Barry Crocker in 2003. In 2023, he published Last of the Entertainers: A Star-Studded Story Across Sixty-Five Years of Television, Stage, Screen and in Recording.[4]

  1. ^ About Archived 3 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine Official Barry Crocker website
  2. ^ 'The Sound of Music' – Entertainment Legend, Barry Crocker Pt2, retrieved 25 June 2022
  3. ^ "Television Ratings". The Canberra Times. Vol. 45, no. 12, 803. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 May 1971. p. 8. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via Trove.
  4. ^ Crocker, Barry (2023). Last of the Entertainers: A Star-Studded Story Across Sixty-Five Years of Television, Stage, Screen and in Recording. New Holland. ISBN 9781760795542.