Trevor White | |
Birth Name: | Trevor White |
Birth Place: | Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom |
Instrument: | Vocals, guitar, piano |
Genre: | Pop |
Occupation: | Singer, musician, songwriter |
Label: | Polydor Records |
Associated Acts: | Sounds Incorporated |
Trevor White (born 3 August 1947, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom) is a British-Australian singer-songwriter. He is best known in Australia for playing the title role in the original Australian stage production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
See main article: Sounds Incorporated. In 1961, White auditioned for, and was successful in joining British instrumentalist group Sounds Incorporated, as vocals, and playing keyboard, piano, drums. The group visited Australia 3 times in 3 years and disbanded whilst in Perth in 1971.[1]
After the disbandment of Sounds Incorporated, White auditioned for the Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar and took the role of Jesus and relocated to Australia. White contributed to the original cast recording of the album.[1]
White toured briefly with The Kinks and played with the band Sailor.[2]
In the 1975 musical comedy The Rocky Horror Picture Show, White dubbed the singing voice of Rocky, who was played by Peter Hinwood.
In 1976, White signing with Polydor Records and released Out of the Shadows. The album spawns two top 100 singles.
In 1980, White signed with CBS and released two further singles.[1]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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AUS [3] | ||||
1976 | "All You Wanna Do Is Dance" | 47 | Out of the Shadows | |
1977 | "Just Another Night" | 67 | ||
1978 | "Blackwater Music" / "All Because of You" | — | ||
1980 | "It's Only Love" | 88 | ||
1981 | "Have You Seen Her?" | — |