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Toffee Apple
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Studio album by
Peter Combe
Released June 12, 1987
Recorded 1986
Studio Axent Studios, Sydney
Genre Children's music
Label ABC Music
Producer Peter Combe
Peter Combe chronology
Spaghetti Bolognaise
(1985)		 Toffee Apple
(1987)		 Newspaper Mama
(1988)

Toffee Apple is a popular music album by Australian musician Peter Combe. It was his fourth studio album. This album was released in June 1987. It became very successful in Australia. The album reached number 86 on the national music charts. By December 1989, it had sold so many copies that it earned a special "platinum" award!

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1988, Toffee Apple won an important prize. It received the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album. This award showed that it was considered the best children's music album of that year.

Songs on the Album

This album is full of fun songs for kids. Here are the songs you can find on Toffee Apple:

  • "Juicy Juicy Green Grass (A Sheep's Lament)"
  • "Moon Moon"
  • "The Silly Postman"
  • "Cats"
  • "Toffee Apple"
  • "Red Balloon"
  • "Standing on a Bus"
  • "Little Caterpillar"
  • "The Walking Song"
  • "Green Green Green"
  • "Baghdad"
  • "Tadpole Blues"
  • "I Have"
  • "Dr McKew"
  • "Jeffrey Hill"
  • "Jack and the Beanstalk"
  • "Why Don't We"
  • "Sweet Dreams and Teddy Bears"
  • "Take a Bath"
  • "That's the Way I Like It"
  • "Lullaby (for Tom)"

All the songs on the album were written, arranged, and produced by Peter Combe himself.

Who Made the Music?

Many talented people helped create the Toffee Apple album. Here are some of the main people who worked on it:

  • Peter Combe - He sang the main songs and played the guitar.
  • Children From Sutherland Christian School, Sydney - These children sang the backing vocals.
  • Ross McGregor - He played the piano and synthesisers. Synthesisers are electronic keyboards that can make many different sounds.
  • Doug Charleston - He played the bass guitar.
  • Graham Cox - He played the guitar.
  • John Grant - He also played the guitar.
  • Michael Fix - He was another guitar player.
  • Merv Dick - He played the drums.
  • Sean Gilroy - He played the fiddle, which is another name for a violin.
  • Matt Tone - He played the mandolin, a stringed instrument like a small guitar.
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