Don Spencer
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Donald Richard Spencer (born 22 March 1941), is an Australian children's television presenter, singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He had a long-running role on Play School on both the Australian version (1968â99) and the United Kingdom version (1972â88), one of only two presenters to work on both versions.
In March 1963, his first single, "Fireball" â the theme tune to a UK TV science fiction series Fireball XL5 â reached No. 32 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2002, Spencer established the Australian Children's Music Foundation. On Australia Day (26 January) 2007, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) with the citation "for service to children's music and television as a songwriter and performer, and through the establishment of the Australian Children's Music Foundation". Spencer married Julie Horsfall, they have two children: Dean, a musician; and Danielle, an actress and singer, who was married to actor Russell Crowe between 2003 and 2018.
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- The Kangaroo featuring Don Spencer
- Living in the City featuring Don Spencer
- Have You Heard the Mouse? by Don Spencer
- The Owl and the Pussy Cat featuring Don Spencer
- Who Has Seen the Wind? featuring Don Spencer
- Wet Washing featuring Don Spencer
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears featuring Don Spencer
- Ode To War
- Sally Go Round the Stars featuring Don Spencer
- Rain Rain Go Away featuring Don Spencer
- My Silent Friend
- It's Raining, It's Pouring featuring Don Spencer
- Mr. Frog featuring Don Spencer
- Miss Polly Had a Dolly featuring Don Spencer
- Little Peter Rabbit featuring Don Spencer
- Teddy Bears Picnic featuring Don Spencer
- Three Little Fishies featuring Don Spencer
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down
- Hey Good Morning featuring Don Spencer
- Waltzing Matilda
- Dogs featuring Don Spencer
- Home Among the Gum Trees
- Botany Bay
- Boomerang Song
