Toffee Apple is an album by the Australia

Australia

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n children's musician Peter Combe

Peter Combe

Peter Combe is an Australian Children's Entertainer and Musician. He has inspired many popular Australian children's artists, such as the Hooley Dooleys and The Wiggles....

. It features the popular songs Juicy Juicy Green Grass (A Sheep's Lament), Toffee Apple and Jack and the Beanstalk, alongside several other song which remain in Combe's current set list.

Track listing

1. "Juicy Juicy Green Grass (A Sheep's lament)"
2. "Moon Moon"
3. "The Silly Postman"
4. "Cats"
5. "Toffee Apple"
6. "Red Balloon"
7. "Standing on a Bus"
8. "Little Caterpillar"
9. "The Walking Song"
10. "Green Green Green"
11. "Baghdad"
12. "Tadpole Blues"
13. "I Have"
14. "Dr McKew"
15. "Jeffrey Hill"
16. "Jack and the Beanstalk"
17. "Why Don't We"
18. "Sweet Dreams and Teddy Bears"
19. "Take a Bath"
20. "That's The Way I Like It"
21. "Lullaby (for Tom)"

Credits

• Peter Combe
  Peter Combe
  Peter Combe is an Australian Children's Entertainer and Musician. He has inspired many popular Australian children's artists, such as the Hooley Dooleys and The Wiggles....
  
   - lead vocals
  Singing
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  ; Guitar
  Guitar
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• Children From Sutherland Christian School, Sydney
  Sydney
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   - backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Ross McGregor - Piano
  Piano
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  ; synthesisers
  Synthesizer
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• Doug Charleston - Bass Guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Graham Cox - Guitar
  Guitar
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• John Grant - Guitar
  Guitar
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• Michael Fix - Guitar
  Guitar
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• Merv Dick - drums
  Drum kit
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• Sean Gilroy - Fiddle
  Fiddle
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• Matt Tone - Mandolin
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All songs composed, arranged and produced by Peter Combe

Peter Combe

Peter Combe is an Australian Children's Entertainer and Musician. He has inspired many popular Australian children's artists, such as the Hooley Dooleys and The Wiggles....

.

Awards

In 1988, Toffee Apple was awarded the first ever ARIA Award

ARIA Music Awards of 1988

The Second Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 29 March 1988 at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in Sydney. Cliff Richard was the host, with Bryan Ferry, Feargal Sharkey and Ian "Molly" Meldrum included as presenters of the 21 awards...

for Best Children's Album.
In March 1988, the album was certified Gold and went on to go Platinum in December 1989.