Peter Charles Combe, born on October 20, 1948 in Adelaide, Australia, is a musician and children's entertainer. He began his musical journey influenced by folk singers of the 1960s while teaching primary school music at Prince Alfred College in the late 1970s. Combe started writing songs for his students and created operettas. In 1982, he released Songs for Little Kids, which introduced contemporary instrumentation to childrenâs music. His subsequent albums included Spaghetti Bolognaise (1985) and Newspaper Mama (1988). Combe won three ARIA Awards for Best Children's Album: in 1988 for Toffee Apple, in 1989 for Newspaper Mama, and in 1992 for The Absolutely Very Best of Peter Combe (So Far) Recorded in Concert. His Christmas album, released in November 1990, reached top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Notable tracks include "Toffee Apple" and "Mr Clicketty Cane".
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