Barry Crocker
Born	Barry Hugh Crocker 4 November 1935 (1935-11-04) (age 74) Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Other name(s)	Bazza
Occupation	Singer, Film actor, Television actor
Domestic partner(s)	Katy Manning (1990-present)

Barry Hugh Crocker OAM (born 4 November 1935, in Geelong, Victoria^[1], Australia) is a popular Australian singer, with a crooning vocal style.

In May 1973 he released the album "Music Makes My Day", featuring an updated version of Robin Day's "Susie Darlin" on the Festival label. The recording featured Olivia Newton-John and Pat Carroll on backup vocals and enjoyed chart success, reaching #25 in Sydney, #7 in Melbourne, #3 in Brisbane and Adelaide^[2][3][4][5]. He sang the original recording of the theme song for the Australian soap opera Neighbours^[1].

Crocker also has had a semi-successful career as an actor, most notably starring alongside Barry Humphries in the title role of The Adventures of Barry McKenzie and its sequel, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own. The character of Barry McKenzie gave rise to Crocker recording ribald songs such as: "My One Eyed Trouser Snake". Appointed Melbourne's King of Moomba in 1976.^[6]

He had a lead role in short-lived prison drama Punishment (1981). In 1994 he appeared as himself in the film Muriel's Wedding.

During the 1990s, the rhyming slang expression, "Barry Crocker" (or "Barry" or "Emily Symons") emerged in Australian English, to mean a "shocker", as in "very poor".^[7]

In 2005, Crocker was featured on the Nine Network program This Is Your Life^{[citation needed]}.

He featured in the role of The Lecturer in the 2008 Australian premiere of the stage musical Reefer Madness.^{[citation needed]}

He has been with current partner Katy Manning since 1990.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Barry Crocker on the IMDb website
• Barry Crocker at the National Film and Sound Archive

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