“Most people I know think that I'm crazy - but anybody who actually knew Billy Thorpe didn't think that. When I was a young kid growing up in Adelaide, he was a big pop star - a well-dressed, nice young guy seen on television every week. Mums liked him.”

Australian rock singer

Jimmy Barnes is an Australian rock singer, known for his work as a solo artist and as the lead vocalist of Cold Chisel. Born James Dixon Barnes, he became one of the most popular and best-selling Australian music artists of all time. His career spans several styles, including hard rock, blues rock, soul, R&B, country, country rock, and electronic music. By 2022, he had scored 16 solo number-one albums in Australia, more than any other artist. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame with Cold Chisel in 1992 and again as a solo artist in 2005.