Children Of The Sun - Billy Thorpe (1979)

Billy Thorpe released his solo space opera “Children Of The Sun“ in 1979, which peaked into the top 40 of the Billboard Pop Album chart. The related single, “Children Of The Sun“, made it into the top 50 of the Billboard Singles chart. William Richard “Billy“ Thorpe (29 March 1946 -- 28 February 2007) was a renowned English-born Australian pop/rock singer-songwriter and musician. As lead singer of his band, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, he had success in the 1960s with “Blue Day“, “Poison Ivy“, “Over The Rainbow“, “Sick And Tired“, and “Mashed Potato“, and in the 1970s with “Most People I Know Think That I’m Crazy“. Featured in concerts at Sunbury Pop Festival and Myer Music Bowl in the early 1970s, the Aztecs also developed the pub rock scene and were known as one of the loudest groups in Australia. Thorpe also performed as a solo artist, and he relocated to the United States from 1976 to 1996 where he release