Darryl Cotton (born 4 September 1949 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian pop singer, television presenter and actor. Darryl is best known as as a founding member of Australian rock group, Zoot in 1968, along with Rick Springfield, Beeb Birtles and Rick Brewer. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Zoot can refer to: A fictional character from The Tribe. ... Rick Springfield (born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on August 23, 1949 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a songwriter, musician and actor. ... Beeb Birtles is the professional name of Gerard Bertelkamp (born November 23, 1948 in Amsterdam, Netherlands), an Australian musician most famous as one of the founding members of the Little River Band. ...

Following Zoot, Darryl ventured overseas, basing himself in Los Angeles where he worked consistently as a singer/songwriter and performing with such artists as Olivia Newton-John, The Osmonds, Shaun Cassidy and Cliff Richard. His songwriting credits include Donny Osmond & Marie Osmond, Engelbert Humperdinck and The New Seekers. Olivia Newton-John AO OBE (born September 26, 1948) is an English-born Australian pop singer and actress. ... The Osmonds are an American family pop group who achieved enormous worldwide success as teenybopper idols in the 1970s. ... Shaun Paul Cassidy (born September 27, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer, actor and TV producer. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The cover to Donny Osmonds 2005 album What I Meant to Say. ... Marie Osmond (born Olive Marie Osmond October 13, 1959 in Ogden, Utah) is an American Actress, Singer, and a member of the show business family, The Osmonds. ... Engelbert Humperdinck (September 1, 1854 – September 27, 1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel (1893). ... The New Seekers was an Australian pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. ...

In 1978, Darryl returned to Australia to release his solo single, 'Don't Let It Get To You' which appeard on the album, 'Best Seat In The House'. Various successful solo singles followed, including the self-penned national top ten single, 'Same Old Girl', which earned him a Countdown award for Best Solo Male Performance in 1980, exactly ten years after Zoot had the same award for a group. Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from late 1974 until 19 July 1987. ...

Darryl has acted on the Australian soap opera The Young Doctors and appeared in the lead role of a successful stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. The Young Doctors was an Australian, early evening soap opera. ... January 18, 1988 issue of Time Magazine featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre and the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist for musical theatre, a radio presenter, television gameshow panelist and an author. ... Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was the first musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. ...

From 1984 Darryl was a co-host on Network Ten's The Early Bird Show, a popular Saturday morning variety show for children. He also hosted a program called 'Summer Rock' on Adelaide's Nine Network. This article is about the Australian television network. ... The Early Bird Show was a Saturday morning TV show aired on Network 10 in Australia from 1985 until 1989. ... The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ...

Later, Darryl released two albums, 'Rock'n'Good Fun', and a children's album, 'Just for Kids'.

In 1989, Darryl was awarded the Advance Australia Award for his services to the community, acknowledging his keen support and assistance to numerous charities and public organisations.

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• Countdown