Biography

Col Millington was born in Melbourne Australia 13th January 1949. He spent his early years playing as a drummer in several Melbourne rock bands which included, The Rondells and Bluestone. In the early 70’s he begun writing his own material and to promote it he formed his own band The Col Millington Band. With to much conflict, Col went out and recording and promoted his own songs. His first album came out in 1978 titled “Goin’ Back to the Country”, and 17 albums later he is still going. After 40 years Col has won the prestigious “Gentleman Geoff Brown Memorial Award” at the Tamworth Tiara Awards January 2009. Along with the many other awards he has won over the years, he is not slowing down. Col is still writing and recording new material every day at his studio in Charters Towers, North Queensland Australia

Col has recorded 16 Cds covering a wide range of songs, including Country, Pop, Rock, Old time and of course, his own material.

In 30 years this versatile entertainer has gold and silver records to his name, has been a top 5 finalist at Tamworth on several occasions and performed with some of the best (John Farnham, Darly Somers, Johnny Chester, Jade Hurley, Little River Band etc).

Col has also produced and recorded albums for Jean Stafford, Judy Stone, Wayne Horsburgh, Syd Heylen, The Phones and the Australian cast recording of Big River