COL ELLIOT

Col Elliott has been pushing our belly-laugh buttons for over 40 years. He is one of Australia's most loved and in demand performers. Col takes his audience on an incredible ride with his stand-up, his zany characters and his unique brand of storytelling and music ......He does it all. His many album and DVD releases have not only given him gold and platinum status but have generated a huge fan base which manages to cross all generational boundaries.

His first taste of the business was in his Navy days, moonlighting in the bars of Singapore and Hong Kong for drinks and tips. He left the Navy in 1972 and as Col puts it, he wasn’t quite prepared for civilian life. He joined the Navy as a boy of 16. Col said “I left the Navy with a basic knowledge of Bingo, I could ask for a beer in five different languages, and track a submarine, that didn’t exactly give me many options in the middle of Melbourne in 1972". He stumbled into show business in 1973. On the way to a gig, he knew that he needed tyres for his clapped-out old car and the coppers had put it off the road - “they didn’t like my Angry Anderson tyres"! He subsequently won the finals of Kevin Dennis New Faces a then, Melbourne TV talent show. 

Over 50 years later Col says he’s got a garage full of tyres!!!! Col has created many memorable characters over the years and has featured them on his videos, DVD’s, CD’s and television shows. Col released his first album in 1982 'Hey You Bloody Mug' on Sundown Records. Since that time, he has recorded a dozen albums and a dozen or so singles.

SINGLES

''Gotta Give The Grog Away (#29) / Hey You Bloody Mug'' 1983 Sundown
''Born Loser / Move Over Rover'' 1984 Col Elliott Enterprises
''Merry Xmas / Don't Whinge And Scream'' 1984 Col Elliott Enterprises
''What's A Pommie? / Don't Winge And Scream'' 1985 Col Elliott Enterprises
''Hey Bondy! (Give It Up) / Maggie's Drawers Col Elliott Enterprises
''Country Music Feeling / Dedicated Drinker'' 1986 Colstal Music
''It's A Feeling / Dedicated Drinker'' 1986 Colstal Music
''Hey You Bloody Mug (Video Version) / It's A Quid Mate'' 1987 Colstal Music
''Here's To Arthur Phillips / It's A Quid Mate'' 1988 Colstal Music
''Ain't Nobody's Business / The Tax Man'' 1989 Colstal Music
''Home Made Brew (How I Could Change The World) / Chooka (Roadie To The Stars)'' 1989 Colstal Music
''Hankies From Nanna / (Max) His Country's Pride And Joy'' 1989 Colstal Music
''I'll Bet You A Kangaroo / I Call My Hound Dog 'Herpes' ('Cause He Just Won't Heel)'' 1991 Colstal Music

ALBUMS
'Hey You Bloody Mug' 1982 Sundown
'You Can't Help Laughing With Col Vol.2' Col Elliott Enterprises
'You Can't Help Laughing With Col Vol.3' Col Elliott Enterprises
'You Can't Help Laughing With Col Vol.1' 1983 EMI
'Move Over Rover I'm Back' 1984 Col Elliott Enterprises
'You Can't Help Laughing With Col Vol.4 1984 Col Elliott Enterprises
'A Bit Below The Belt (You Can't Help Laughing With Col Volume 5' 1985 Colstal Music
'It's A Quid Mate - Don't Knock It' 1986 Colstal Music
'Elliot On The Border'' 1988 Colstal Music
'Can't Help Laughing Vol. 6' 1988 Colstal Music
'R Rated - Can't Help Laughing Vol. 6' 1988 Colstal Music,
'Serves It Up' 1994 BMG
'See How Things Have Changed' 2000 Belly Laugh Records
'Something Different' Col Elliott Enterprises

References

http://www.colelliott.com.au/col_elliott_biography.html