Richard Clapton - Capricorn Dancer

Richard Clapton (born 18 May ca. 1949) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from Sydney, New South Wales. His solo top 20 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart are "Girls on the Avenue" (1975) and "I Am an Island" (1982). His top 20 albums on the related Albums Chart are Goodbye Tiger (1977), Hearts on the Nightline (1979), The Great Escape (1982), and The Very Best of Richard Clapton (1982). As a producer he worked on the second INXS album, Underneath the Colours (1981). In 1983, he briefly joined The Party Boys for a tour of eastern Australia and the live album, Greatest Hits (Of Other People) (1983) before resuming his solo career.

Australian rock music historian, Ian McFarlane described Clapton as "one of the most important Australian songwriters of the 1970s". On 12 October 1999, Clapton was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame. As from May 2010, he is writing an autobiography, expected for release later in the year.

(extract from Wikipedia 2011)

[theflowergirlperth]

Never heard this song in my 40 years until recently on Perth 6 Ix station.
I'm from Scotland so maybe that's why but it's the most underrated song ever.
Love it

[Station]

Love this song, love that era. Was the best :)

[pennystevenson]

What a beautiful song and Richard Clapton sings it perfectly💜

[realbudgiesmugglable]

Hey Richard
If you see this post just want you to know this track & all your music has helped me appreciate what money carn't by and that's

[dockerdave]

Couldn't imagine a song with this depth making its way through the vapid mess that is the top 40 these days

[hermanfs]

I just discovered this song in Big Red Bash Simpson Desert 2022 (Im from overseas), amazing, happy seeing Richard Clapton, and as a surfer, beautiful lyrics.

[bluemac]

Thank you Richard you gave me a day I'll never forget! A quiet car of ADHD kids. (Me and my brothers ) Your song on a loop as I surfed perfect 6 to 8 foot wave all day long only to hear your song again while my brothers slept and those wave playing in a loop. The perfect end to a perfect day! Still got the album I bought that week. Thanks mate.

[stuartgmk]

A time when a kid could escape to a better place Count down.

[Awesome]

When i take break from rap music i listen to this

[paulsmith]

Love this song still at 76, everything about it is good, congrats!

[stephenpeacock]

Probably the best song i heard down in torquay when I used to surf

[PedroVonWorzelburger]

A very George Harrison vibe with those slide guitar parts. Great track, one of Australia's great artists!

[mathewforrest]

Reminds me of being a kid in the 1970s

[johnkinnane]

I can clearly remember when this was released they were the days, The only thing that's very annoying is the non stop mindless clapping by the audience who was idiot who suggested that. I thought at the time it mucked up the music and now I'm 63 it's even worse good one count down!!!! John

[techtonic]

Why does the frame keep jumping around? And why is the audio warped? It's not like that on my copy of the "Countdown: The Wonder Years" DVD.