COLE PATERSON

Cole Paterson born in 1949 has been in the music industry since the early 60s. He started out as a bass player/vocalist with The Main Theme. He left that band and become a vocalist for The Nimrods around 1964. In 1966 he became a member of The Four a five-piece rock band that played at all the famous Melbourne clubs including The Thumping Tum, Opus and The Pink Elephant. In 1968 the group disbanded, and he joined Molten Hue. Soon after Cole formed Cole Paterson's People. He constantly toured Australia with the Ivan Dayman/ Sunshine Records Stable of Stars interspersed with TV shows, cruise ships and USA, Europe and Asia tours with minor recording success.

In 1978 he released 'Beautiful Alternative' on the Laser/RCA label. The album was produced by Mario Milo. In the same year two singles were released ''Superstar/Looking Forward'' and ''Marmaduke/No No Nina''. His video clip ''Marmaduke'' shown on Sounds Unlimited and Countdown was directed by Russell Mulcahy (best known for his work with The Saints, Dragon, Duran Duran, Elton John etc) and helped him to gain MTV exposure for the USA 84 Thunder From Down Under tour and went top 20 in several locations/countries. In 1982 after much harassment due to his triple gold single/anthem ''Bong On Aussie'', he moved to the USA and hosted and co-produced a cable TV show People Places and Paterson and Variety I/L the Reel Spice of Life. That show ran for seven years on prime time across 28 states and 80 million audience.

Cole's recorded works and two books (Thoughts as Thought 1 and 2) were placed in Australia's National Sound Archives in Canberra and have been augmented with several works since. Cole still performs with Sydney's Manik Rok and, as a solo act on ships and in clubs and resorts in Australia and Asia and currently hosts and produces a Youtube/cable nostalgic Variety show into aged care facilities called the HAPPY HOUR whilst also producing TV commercials for the group.

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