BOB VALENTINE AND RHONDA BURCHMORE

TOGETHER ALONE Cat# SV0520

The Lord Mayor John So will officially launch the new album Together Alone in late October, appropriately at The Melbourne Town Hall.

The CD showcases the very talented Rhonda Burchmore & good friend Bob Valentine doing what they do best; performing in front of a very big Band. One of the tracks ‘That’s Melbourne’ was penned by Bob & Mike Brady (Up There Cazaly) & is destined to become a Melbourne anthem.

BOB VALENTINE
Having fronted the highly successful 'Lonely Boys' and the 'Sweethearts', Bob Valentine is one of Melbournes’ favourite performers. Constantly in demand on the corporate circuit, Bob has many facets to his performances.

With influences including Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, The Beatles, Ray Charles, Elvis, Van Morrison and Stevie Wonder, the word "variety" is synonymous with the name Bob Valentine.

Bobs` television credits include; Hey Hey It's Saturday, Good Morning Australia, In Melbourne Tonight, Denise, Steve Vizards` Tonight Live, The Midday Show, Live & Kicking, Ernie & Denise and many others.

In addition to his numerous T.V. appearances Bob, with his various line-ups, has performed at many private functions including; Holden Cars, Lloyd & Suzie Williams, Western Bulldogs, Melbourne Football Club, Australian Tourist Commission, Colin Hayes, 500 Club, Amway, Variety Club, Ford, Shell, The Nine Network, Grand Prix Ball, Paul Dainty, Toyota, Castrol, Lillian Frank, Coca-Cola, Victorian Country Racing Council, Jeff & Felicity Kennett, S.I.D.S. Foundation, Porsche Cars, V.A.T.C. & V.R.C., The Challenge Cancer Network, Arthur Anderson Consulting and BMW.

Bob has also performed at the following major sporting events to crowds of thousands at The AFL Grand Final, The Australian Open Tennis, The NBL Grand Final and The Melbourne & Caulfield Cup.

Weddings and birthdays are also on Bobs list of credits including the marriage of; Eddie & Carla McGuire, Steve & Jo Silvagni, Hugh & Deborah-Lee Jackman, Dermott & Toni Brereton, and the milestone birthday parties of; Sam Newman, Kerry Packer, Jimmy Barnes, Lee Freedman and Jill Farnham just to name a few.

Bob is also in the enviable position of being one of Crown Casinos` preferred performers. He has appeared in the Palladium Ballroom & Crown Showroom on numerous occasions with his big band. Bob was one of the invited entertainers (along with his 20 piece orchestra) to perform at the Grand Opening Palladium Concert, and has enjoyed the privilege of supporting Whitney Houston , Rod Stewart, the 5 sold-out Stevie Wonder shows and the legendary Jerry Lewis on both his visits downunder.

Since 1998 Bobs’ vocal talents have been heard and recognised as the voice behind the "there’s no other store like David Jones" television and radio commercials. He was chosen to record the theme song for "The Melbourne Storm" & perform it for their 1999 Premiership Season.

RHONDA BURCHMORE
From Television to the big screen, musical theatre to opera to cabaret, there are few entertainment mediums that Rhonda Burchmore has not embraced with her wide ranging talents. A performer since the age of two, Rhonda trained in singing, acting and dancing and was awarded a scholarship to the University of New England where she majored in Theatre Arts.

Throughout her career Rhonda has made a distinctive impression on audiences with her dazzling dance steps, superb comic timing, effervescent personality, her super-model looks and not least of all, her stunning voice. A role that showcased Rhonda's versatility to great effect was the Soubrette in the Australian production of "Sugar Babies", opposite Garry McDonald and Broadway legend Eddie Bracken. So impressive was Rhonda's performance that she was invited to repeat her role opposite Mickey Rooney and Anne Miller in London's West End production in 1988.

So impressive was Rhonda's performance that she was invited to repeat her role opposite Mickey Rooney and Anne Miller in London's West End production in 1988. Whilst in the U.K. Rhonda also starred with Anthony Newley in the revival of Stop the World I Want to Get Off. Some of Rhonda's other Australian stage credits include Song and Dance, They're Playing Our Song - as one of the alter egos, and the sexy Diana in Lend Me a Tenor. With the Victorian State Opera Rhonda won critical acclaim for her performances as Queen of the Fairies in Iolanthe, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with Dame Joan Carden, Ruddigore, An Evening with Sondheim, and the title role of Annie in Annie Get Your Gun.

Rhonda has featured on almost every television variety and awards program in Australia and has made regular appearances on The Midday Show and Good Morning Australia. She has delighted audiences for years with her zany antics in the "Celebrity Head" segment on Hey Hey It's Saturday. She is also much-loved soloist on Channel 9's national broadcast of Carols by Candlelight.

David Atkins, who featured Rhonda in his 1987 hit Dancin' Man, wrote a role especially for her in his new tap musical, Hot Shoe Shuffle, which opened at the Hills Centre in Sydney in 1992. This stage production went on to make history, becoming the most successful Australian musical ever and the first Australian musical in it's entirety to open on London's West End. Rhonda has received wide acclaim for her performances as April, the qawky twin sister of Spring (played by David Atkins) who becomes a glamorous foil for the fantasy footwork of the Tap Brothers.

More recently Rhonda starred in the smash hit musical "Mamma Mia".

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