Biography

In 1973 he performed as the Doctor in the Melbourne stage production of Tommy.

In 1968 he became a disc-jockey and radio presenter at Melbourne radio station 3XY.

Arrived in Adelaide, Australia in April 1954, via SS Strathnaver, at age nine. His mother Elsie May Bright née Jackson (1915-2001) was a domestic worker, who had divorced her husband and had sole custody of their son before emigrating.

Worked as a solo artist in Adelaide in the early 1960s. During 1961 he sang pop vocals at Surfside Dance for Teenagers, Henley Town Hall, each Friday night. Bright moved to Melbourne and released two singles on the W&G Records label in 1963, "Girls Never Notice Me" (with the Strangers) and "Defeated by His Heart", before joining the Roulettes later in that year.

Co-founder of the Australian beat pop duo Bobby & Laurie best known for "I Belong To You" (1964) and "Hitch Hiker" (1966).