Beccy Cole

Beccy Cole , also known as Beccy Sturzel and Rebecca Diane Albeck, is an Australian country music singersongwriter and multiinstrumentalist. She has released eight albums, with three reaching the ARIA Albums Chart top16040, Little Victories , Preloved and Songs amp Pictures . Her video album, Just a Girl Singer, peaked at No.1606 on the ARIA Top16040 DVD Chart in August 2004. Cole has received nine Golden Guitar trophies at the CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia. During December 2005 to January 2006 she performed for Australian Defence Force personnel in Iraq. Her single, Poster Girl , expresses her support for the troops. It won the 2007 Song of the Year at CMAA awards, and its music video was listed at No.1601 on Australias Country Music Channel.

Beccy Cole was born as Rebecca Diane Thompson onOctober 1972. Her mother is a country music singer, Carole Sturzel. Cole attended Blackwood Primary School. At the age ofyears she started performing in her mothers group, Wild Oats, as Beccy Sturzel. She also performed solo on the South Australian festival circuit. Aside from her mother, Coles inspirations are Dolly Parton and The Eagles. In 1991 Cole joined a country music group, Dead Ringer Band, led by Bill Chambers she had met his daughter, Kasey Chambers, in Adelaide in mid1989. Cole and Chambers performed as a duo at the Port Pirie Country Music Festival, and by 1991 they had busked together on the streets of Tamworth. As a member of Dead Ringer Band Cole provided rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals, and occasional drums.

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