Tony Barber (musician)

He was a member of the band Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs in the 1960s. Subsequently, performing as a solo artist, his biggest hit was "Someday" (Aust #13/1966). He wrote 35 children's books in the 1980s under the names A. A. Barber and Tony Barber, including The Puggle Tales.^[1] He appeared on the children's television show The Music Shop as Tony the Toymaker.^[2] Many of his books feature a fantasy character he created and named "Puggle", for which he also designed a stuffed toy of the same name that gained popularity and that was then used to name a baby echidna.

Barber founded The Lost Forests chain of toy stores, which sold soft toys that he designed.^[3]

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