Chooka Parker was born in Mildura in the north-western corner of Victoria in 1994, and spent his earlier childhood amongst the fruit and vegetable properties of Sunraysia. At the age of seven, he exchanged the hot, dry climate of Sunraysia with the more moderate climate of the sub-tropics, when his family moved to a dairying valley (Hannam Vale) on the mid-north coast of New South Wales. For the two exciting years he lived at Hannam Vale, Chooka spent nearly every spare minute roaming the surrounding bush with his older brother Adam, and helping his dad in the family's citrus nursery.

In 2003 Chooka's family again relocated, this time to a hobby farm in central Victoria. Here he completed his homeschooling, and after having done some work on farms, he decided he wanted to be a sheep-shearer. So in 2010 Chooka attended a shearing school near Penshurst, in south-west Victoria. He picked up the skills quickly, and at night to relax he would play the little keyboard he and his brother had bought a couple of years beforehand. By simply experimenting and trying to emulate the classical composers he admired so much, Chooka had come to be quite good at manipulating the keys on a piano, so when his work mates in the shearing shed heard him, they were amazed at what came out of that little keyboard!

After some urging from his work mates, Chooka ended up in Melbourne auditioning for Australia's Got Talent's fifth series. His performance was an unexpected huge success, and from there he went on to amaze the show's judges, along with the rest of Australia, with his subsequent improvised songs. In the semi-finals he surprised everyone when he showed a bit more of himself by launching his performance with a running front-flip onto the stage! But the miniature concert he put on for the finals is widely regarded as his best on the show. This time Chooka walked onto stage with a swag over his shoulder and a billy in his hand, to the sound of John Williamson's iconic Australian ballad, True Blue. He then played a song in memory of his granddad, Lindsay Parker, who had passed away several months before. The result was a huge wave of support from the Australian public, and Chooka was shown he had been given a special place in the hearts of Australians.

Having been on a television show was an incredible boost to a career in music for the young country boy, and he lost no time in taking advantage of it, when he recorded his first album 'No Worries!' within a month of finishing on Australia's Got Talent! The CD was made independently, and Chooka also began making some live appearances in Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia, including playing at Etihad Stadium, performing with Brian Cadd and Russell Morris, playing alongside Jack Vidgen, and playing as a highlight of the 77th Grafton Jacaranda Festival amongst many other things. He has also had offers to write scores for films and documentaries.

Chooka has been described as playing 'pure emotion,' and that is basically his goal. He has stated about his music, 'My aim is to play music that isn't bound by the rules of any particular style, and play it in a way that expresses emotion in the most effective way. I want my music to mean something-to actually help people emotionally.'