George Smilovici is a Cuban-born[1] Australian comedian. He is the son of Romanian-Jewish immigrant parents who left Romania and first settled in Cuba, from 1946 till 1959 when they fled Fidel Castro's revolution to El Salvador, and Guatemala, and later moved to Sydney, Australia when Smilovici was 6 years old.[2] Smilovici is best known for his comic monologue "I'm Tuff". "I'm Tuff" peaked at number 1 Knocking Stevie Wonder off the top of the charts and was the
biggest selling single in Australia in 1984.[3]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details |
---|---|
Son of Tuff... Wimp | |
Uncensored |
|
Hot |
Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
---|---|---|
AUS [4][3] | ||
1984 | "I'm Tuff" | 10 |
1985 | "Popularity" | — |
"Spewing" | — | |
"Beyond Tuff" | — | |
1990 | "Happiest Man" | — |
References
- ↑ "George Smilovici".
- ↑ "About". The World's Tuffest Comedian. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- 1 2 "Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 23 January 2023 – via Imgur.com.
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 278. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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