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Heath grew up in the Central West of N.S.W. beginning his career in the sixties with R&B and Pop before going solo. Influenced by artists such as Kevin Johnson, Mike McLellan, Ross Ryan, Buddy Holly, Jim Croce, and Gordon Lightfoot, he began composing in 1980, but not completing any commercial recordings. After entering in the 1983 Tamworth Chesterfield Star Maker Awards and finalising as the last solo artist in the top five, in 1984 he was invited to go to Japan representing Australia at a succession of Australian festivals which which included performing in the Australian Pavilion at Tsukuba City Expo for Australia over a five month term. In 1985 to comemmorate the N.S.W. Governments gifting of Koala's to Tokyo Metropoliton Government he composed and recorded "Say Hello, Koala Bear", marking his first commercial recording there. Continuing his tenure in Japan, he performed and composed there over an 18 year period, writing an ever growing portfolio of songs. However after returning to Australia, he retired from active music for several years due to family health matters. Here at home he re-entered the music scene in 2010, winning several awards for his compositions. In 2013 he released a solo traditional heritage single, "Back To Lansdowne". Also in 2013 he became an active radio presenter on Community Radio creating his "Around The Delta" programme on 104.7 FM. In 2015 he entered his first commercial song composition called "Looking Through The Eyes of a Child", into the ASA Awards in Sydney where it achieved top 30 in 4 categories. In the 2016 Awards it entered the top 30 in 5 categories. It was also a semifinalist in the 2017 TSA Awards in Tamworth. Heath is currently preparing his web site for activation late in 2020 to release multiple singles and an EP late in the year, with his first solo Album to follow in 2021.