Gillian Eastoe

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Gillian Eastoe | image = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = 5 August 1955 | birth_place = | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | genre = Children's | label = ABC for Kids }} '''Gillian Eastoe''' (born 5 August 1955) is an Australian singer and children's entertainer.<ref>{{Citation | date = 18 May 1997 | title = Intergalactic groove | periodical = The Sydney Morning Herald | url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120107308/}}</ref> Her album ''Extra Awesome Intergalactical Expedition Into the Far Reaches and Back'' was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1996 but lost to The Wiggles' ''Wake Up Jeff!''.<ref>{{Citation | title = Best Children's Album | periodical = ARIA | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-children-s-album}}</ref>

==Biography== In the 1970s, Gillian previously performed with her band King Dog. They performed on ''Countdown'' in 1979.<ref>{{Citation | date = 4 April 2002 | title = Rage 11th January 2003. Playlist| periodical = ABC | url = http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/2003/retro2.htm}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *''Jellybean Jar'' (1990) – ABC Music *''Insects and Bugs'' (1992) – ABC Music *''Extra Awesome Intergalactical Expedition into the Far Reaches and Back'' (1996) – ABC Music

===Singles=== *"Somebody Who Loves You" (1978) – Philips *"Isn't It Funny" (1981) – Mercury

===Video albums=== *"Something About You" (Gillian Eastoe and King Dog) (1979) – Mercury *''Extra Awesome Intergalactical Expedition into the Far Reaches and Back'' (1996) – ABC Video<ref>{{Citation | date = 23 September 1996 | title = Picks For PLAYtime | periodical = The Sydney Morning Herald | pages = [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/123586545/ 55] & [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/123586538/ 56]}}</ref>

==Awards and nominees== ===ARIA Music Awards=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Nominated works ! Award ! Result |- |1996 |''Extra Awesome Intergalactical Expedition'' |Best Children's Album |{{nominated}} |- |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eastoe, Gillian}} Category:Living people Category:Australian women singers Category:Australian children's musicians Category:1955 births