ROD KIRKHAM

Rod Kirkham born in 1955, began his professional life at the age of 10 in the 1960s, appearing in a weekly musical entertainment television show in Melbourne called Brian and The Juniors. In 1971 he was chosen as one of the six original members of the much loved, nationally televised variety show, Young Talent Time. Rod went on to become a pop star in his late teens, achieving a top 40 hit with ''I Can't Get Sunday Out Of My Mind'' and hosting his own afternoon children's television show. He also appeared on most of Australia's television other variety shows before joining a cabaret show band and extending his already extensive musical abilities into the area of arranging and producing. He then hosted a 13-week series of the television talent show, Star Quest and also guest-hosted a regional television variety show.

After his marriage to Australian actress, Barbara Llewellyn, Rod opened his own singing school before moving into the advertising world and, in partnership with his talented wife, writing, arranging and producing some of Australia's most catchy jingles and promotional songs. In 1984 Rod and Barbara moved to Los Angeles and were very quickly signed to a music publishing contract and continued to pitch their extensive range of talents to the music and films industries. They returned to Australia in 1987 to begin their son's schooling and re-established their advertising music consultancy. In the early 1990's, Rod launched a training consultancy and divided his time between facilitating computer software and human resource training courses for corporate clients, and co-hosting personal development seminars with Barbara. Today, the consultancy consists of a small team who focus on project management and database application software development for some of Australia's most successful companies.

SINGLES 
''Wobbly / Words'' 1971 Festival 
''I Can't Get Sunday Out Of My Mind (#37) / I'm Talking To Myself Again'' 1973 Image 
''That's When The Music Takes Me / Till Then I'll Walk The Line'' 1973 Image 
''My Song / You're So Far Away'' 1974 Image 
''That's The Way It Seems / I Just Need You'' 1976 Alberts

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Talent_Time

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/