Jump to content

Colin Hay: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Judoka735 (talk | contribs)
75 edits
m Minor proofreading changes.
added Discogs table and minor tidy up
Line 50: Line 50:
}}
}}


'''Colin James Hay''' (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-born Australian/American musician who emigrated to Australia in his youth. He is a singer, songwriter, and actor. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist of the band [[Men at Work]] and later as a solo artist. Hay's music has been used frequently by actor and director [[Zach Braff]] in his work, which helped a career rebirth in the mid-2000s.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-04-28/entertainment/ct-ott-0429-colin-hay-20110428_1_colin-hay-songs-work | work=Chicago Tribune | first=Allison | last=Stewart | title=Colin Hay a working man from way back | date=28 April 2011}}</ref>
'''Colin James Hay''' (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-born Australian/American musician who emigrated to Australia in his youth. He is a singer, songwriter, and actor. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist of the band [[Men at Work]] and later as a solo artist. Hay's music has been used frequently by actor and director [[Zach Braff]] in his work, which helped a career rebirth in the mid-2000s.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-04-28/entertainment/ct-ott-0429-colin-hay-20110428_1_colin-hay-songs-work | work=Chicago Tribune | first=Allison | last=Stewart | title=Colin Hay a working man from way back | date=28 April 2011}}</ref> Hay has also been a member of [[Ringo Starr]]'s [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]].

Hay has made appearances in movies such as ''[[Cosi (film)|Cosi]]'' and in television shows such as ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'', ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'', ''[[The Mick Molloy Show]]'', ''[[A Million Little Things]]'', and ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/australian-singers-turned-actors/|title=Australian Singers Turned Actors|date=July 14, 2019}}</ref> along with episodes of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[What About Brian]]'', [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Black Donnellys]]'', [[CBS]]'s ''[[Cane (TV series)|Cane]]'', and the [[BBC]] hospital drama ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', have included performances of some of his previous songs; in ''Scrubs'' he performs an acoustic version of the [[Men at Work]] hit "[[Overkill (Men at Work song)|Overkill]]".


==Early life==
==Early life==
Line 56: Line 58:


==Career==
==Career==
===1987-1986: Men at Work===

===Men at Work===
{{main|Men at Work}}
In 1978, Hay met [[Ron Strykert]] and the men began playing [[acoustic music]] as a [[duet (music)|duo]]. Hay and Strykert formed the core of the band [[Men at Work]], with Hay on vocals, guitar and keyboards and Strykert on guitar, vocals and bass guitar. Hay and Strykert added [[Jerry Speiser]] (drums), John Rees (bass guitar and backing vocals) and [[Greg Ham]] (flute, saxophone, keyboards, vocals).<ref name="Holmgren">Entries at [[Australian Rock Database]]:
In 1978, Hay met [[Ron Strykert]] and the men began playing [[acoustic music]] as a [[duet (music)|duo]]. Hay and Strykert formed the core of the band [[Men at Work]], with Hay on vocals, guitar and keyboards and Strykert on guitar, vocals and bass guitar. Hay and Strykert added [[Jerry Speiser]] (drums), John Rees (bass guitar and backing vocals) and [[Greg Ham]] (flute, saxophone, keyboards, vocals).<ref name="Holmgren">Entries at [[Australian Rock Database]]:
*Colin Hay/Colin Hay Band:&nbsp;{{cite web
*Colin Hay/Colin Hay Band:&nbsp;{{cite web
Line 95: Line 97:
Hay joined as guest vocalist with [[the Incredible Penguins]] in 1985 for a [[cover version|cover]] of "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]", a charity project for research on [[little penguin]]s, which peaked at No.&nbsp;10 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] in December.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref><ref name="WhosWho">{{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last1=Spencer|first1=Chris|first2=Zbig|last2=Nowara|first3=Paul|last3=McHenry|others=Notes by [[Ed Nimmervoll]]|url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm|chapter=Incredible Penguins|chapter-url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=103300|orig-year=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|location=[[Noble Park, Victoria|Noble Park]], Vic.|isbn=1-86503-891-1|access-date=2 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232852/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm|archive-date=29 February 2012|df=dmy-all}} Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.</ref>
Hay joined as guest vocalist with [[the Incredible Penguins]] in 1985 for a [[cover version|cover]] of "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]", a charity project for research on [[little penguin]]s, which peaked at No.&nbsp;10 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] in December.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref><ref name="WhosWho">{{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last1=Spencer|first1=Chris|first2=Zbig|last2=Nowara|first3=Paul|last3=McHenry|others=Notes by [[Ed Nimmervoll]]|url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm|chapter=Incredible Penguins|chapter-url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=103300|orig-year=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|location=[[Noble Park, Victoria|Noble Park]], Vic.|isbn=1-86503-891-1|access-date=2 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232852/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm|archive-date=29 February 2012|df=dmy-all}} Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.</ref>


===Later career===
===1986-present : Solo career===
Following the breakup of Men at Work in 1986, Hay released his debut single "Hold Me" in 1986. The song peaked at number 40 on the Kent Music Report. His debut studio album, ''[[Looking for Jack]]'' was released in February 1987 and peaked at number 58.
Following the breakup of Men at Work in 1985, Hay released several major [[record label|label]] solo albums, including ''[[Looking for Jack]]'' ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]]) and ''[[Wayfaring Sons]]'' ([[MCA Records|MCA]]), to differing commercial success. In 2011, Hay commented on his early solo career, stating, "After Men at Work, for the better part of a decade, I was stumbling around being unfocused. It was pre-internet; I really had to try to find my audiences by going out on tour. Men at Work really didn't build a foundational audience. We came in as a [[pop music|pop]] band with enormous radio success; once that goes away and the band breaks up the audience tends to go away with it. You're left with what you want to make of it. When you start out doing those tours, you start again [and] you tend not to attract a very big number of people. I'd play to a hundred people or sometimes less."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.news.com.au/news/colin-hay-is-still-at-work/story-fn6c8sdb-1226058296461 | work=National Features | title=Colin Hay is still at work | date=18 May 2011}}</ref>

In the mid-1990s, Hay also established his own recording label, Lazy Eye Records,<ref>{{cite web|author=Sue Kiesewetter |url=http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100224&sid=146365 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715110802/http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100224&sid=146365 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=Singer Colin Hay comes to Fairfield Community Arts Center April 24 - Butler County News at Cincinnati.com |publisher=Rodeo.cincinnati.com |access-date=4 February 2010 }}</ref> somewhat incorrectly named for his own divergent ocular condition ([[exotropia]], or divergent strabismus; the usage of ''lazy eye'' generally refers to [[amblyopia]]).


In 2004 he contributed to the ''[[Garden State (film)|Garden State]]'' soundtrack with his solo song "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You".
In 2004 he contributed to the ''[[Garden State (film)|Garden State]]'' soundtrack with his solo song "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You".


In December 2005, Hay and [[Heather Mills]] released "My Brilliant Feat" as a charity single as a tribute to football player [[George Best]], who died on 25 November of that year. Proceeds were forwarded to the Donor Family Network, supporting [[organ donor]] families and promoting organ and tissue donation..<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/breakfast/4665402.stm | work=BBC News | access-date=14 June 2009 | date=20 December 2005 | title=BBC Breakfast&nbsp;— December's Information }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.heathermills.org/charity_donor.php | access-date=14 June 2009 | title=Donor Family Network | publisher=Heather Mills | first=David | last=Nix }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
In addition to recording, Hay also established his own recording label, Lazy Eye Records,<ref>{{cite web|author=Sue Kiesewetter |url=http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100224&sid=146365 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715110802/http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100224&sid=146365 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=Singer Colin Hay comes to Fairfield Community Arts Center April 24 - Butler County News at Cincinnati.com |publisher=Rodeo.cincinnati.com |access-date=4 February 2010 }}</ref> somewhat incorrectly named for his own divergent ocular condition ([[exotropia]], or divergent strabismus; the usage of ''lazy eye'' generally refers to [[amblyopia]]). He has made appearances in cult movies such as ''[[Cosi (film)|Cosi]]'' and in television shows such as ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'', ''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'', ''[[The Mick Molloy Show]]'', ''[[A Million Little Things]]'', and ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/australian-singers-turned-actors/|title=Australian Singers Turned Actors|date=July 14, 2019}}</ref> along with episodes of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[What About Brian]]'', [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Black Donnellys]]'', [[CBS]]'s ''[[Cane (TV series)|Cane]]'', and the [[BBC]] hospital drama ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', have included performances of some of his previous songs; in ''Scrubs'' he performs an acoustic version of the [[Men at Work]] hit "[[Overkill (Men at Work song)|Overkill]]".


In 2006 Hay provided his voice for one of the characters in the animated movie ''[[The Wild]]''.
In December 2005, Hay and [[Heather Mills]] released "My Brilliant Feat" as a charity single as a tribute to football player [[George Best]], who died on 25 November of that year. Proceeds were forwarded to the Donor Family Network, supporting [[organ donor]] families and promoting organ and tissue donation. The single is available on [[iTunes]] with a bonus music-video tribute to Best.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/breakfast/4665402.stm | work=BBC News | access-date=14 June 2009 | date=20 December 2005 | title=BBC Breakfast&nbsp;— December's Information }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.heathermills.org/charity_donor.php | access-date=14 June 2009 | title=Donor Family Network | publisher=Heather Mills | first=David | last=Nix }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

In 2006 Hay provided his voice for one of the characters in the animated movie ''[[The Wild]]''. He has also been a member of [[Ringo Starr]]'s eighth, tenth and thirteenth [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band|All-Starr Band]]s. He continues to perform regularly, including playing some folk venues.<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Hay with Ringo.png|thumb|right|Hay performing with Ringo Starr in 2008]] --> On 13 February 2009, former [[Men at Work]] band member [[Ron Strykert]] was arrested for allegedly making death threats against Hay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a147205/men-at-work-star-arrested-for-threats.html |title= Men at Work star arrested for threats |publisher=Digital Spy |date=19 February 2009 |access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/02/new-meaning-to.html | access-date=6 August 2016 | title=Men at Work guitarist threatened to kill singer, police say | date=February 17, 2009 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] }}</ref>

Hay released his 10th album, "[[American Sunshine]]", on 18 August 2009 on [[Compass Records]].

In 2009, Hay's former group, [[Men at Work]], was named in a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement by Larrikin Music, which owns the rights to the "[[Kookaburra (song)|Kookaburra]]" song. Larrikin Music claimed that part of a flute riff from the band's 1981 single "Down Under" was copied from "Kookaburra" originally written by a music teacher, Marion Sinclair, who died in 1988. In February 2010, a court ruled in favour of Larrikin Music. Although the petition from Larrikin Music requested 40% to 60% of royalties dating back to 1981 and future royalties, in July 2010 a judge awarded the plaintiff only 5% of royalties dating back to 2002 and the same amount of future royalties.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/06/2945781.htm |title=Kookaburra gets last laugh in Men at Work case}}</ref>


In May 2009, Hay performed at the Artist for the Arts Foundation benefit at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California. Performing alongside [[Curt Smith]] of [[Tears for Fears]], [[Fee Waybill]] of [[the Tubes]], [[Venice (band)|Venice]], and over 70 members of the [[Santa Monica High School]] Orchestra and Girls Choir, the benefit helped to provide funds for the continuation of music education in public schools. In August 2010, Hay performed in [[Missoula, Montana]] with a Los Angeles [[Roots rock]] band named [[Patrolled By Radar]].<ref name=twsS14>{{cite news
In May 2009, Hay performed at the Artist for the Arts Foundation benefit at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California. Performing alongside [[Curt Smith]] of [[Tears for Fears]], [[Fee Waybill]] of [[the Tubes]], [[Venice (band)|Venice]], and over 70 members of the [[Santa Monica High School]] Orchestra and Girls Choir, the benefit helped to provide funds for the continuation of music education in public schools. In August 2010, Hay performed in [[Missoula, Montana]] with a Los Angeles [[Roots rock]] band named [[Patrolled By Radar]].<ref name=twsS14>{{cite news
Line 118: Line 116:
|access-date= 19 May 2011
|access-date= 19 May 2011
}}</ref>
}}</ref>

In 2009, Hay's former group, [[Men at Work]], was named in a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement by Larrikin Music, which owns the rights to the "[[Kookaburra (song)|Kookaburra]]" song. Larrikin Music claimed that part of a flute riff from the band's 1981 single "Down Under" was copied from "Kookaburra" originally written by a music teacher, Marion Sinclair, who died in 1988. In February 2010, a court ruled in favour of Larrikin Music. Although the petition from Larrikin Music requested 40% to 60% of royalties dating back to 1981 and future royalties, in July 2010 a judge awarded the plaintiff only 5% of royalties dating back to 2002 and the same amount of future royalties.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/06/2945781.htm |title=Kookaburra gets last laugh in Men at Work case}}</ref>

In 2011, Hay commented on his early solo career, stating, "After Men at Work, for the better part of a decade, I was stumbling around being unfocused. It was pre-internet; I really had to try to find my audiences by going out on tour. Men at Work really didn't build a foundational audience. We came in as a [[pop music|pop]] band with enormous radio success; once that goes away and the band breaks up the audience tends to go away with it. You're left with what you want to make of it. When you start out doing those tours, you start again [and] you tend not to attract a very big number of people. I'd play to a hundred people or sometimes less."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.news.com.au/news/colin-hay-is-still-at-work/story-fn6c8sdb-1226058296461 | work=National Features | title=Colin Hay is still at work | date=18 May 2011}}</ref>


In December 2013, Hay announced on his website that he was done touring "for the time being" and would spend 2014 writing and recording.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colinhay.com/2013/12/18/a-message-from-colin/|title=Colin Hay » A message from Colin|publisher=Colinhay.com|access-date=22 November 2014}}</ref>
In December 2013, Hay announced on his website that he was done touring "for the time being" and would spend 2014 writing and recording.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colinhay.com/2013/12/18/a-message-from-colin/|title=Colin Hay » A message from Colin|publisher=Colinhay.com|access-date=22 November 2014}}</ref>
Line 124: Line 126:


On 4 August 2015, ''Colin Hay: Waiting for my Real Life'', a documentary film about the singer, debuted at the Melbourne International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://miff.com.au/program/film/colin-hay-waiting-for-my-real-life |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812043910/http://miff.com.au/program/film/colin-hay-waiting-for-my-real-life |archive-date=12 August 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>
On 4 August 2015, ''Colin Hay: Waiting for my Real Life'', a documentary film about the singer, debuted at the Melbourne International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://miff.com.au/program/film/colin-hay-waiting-for-my-real-life |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812043910/http://miff.com.au/program/film/colin-hay-waiting-for-my-real-life |archive-date=12 August 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>

Hay made an appearance on ''[[BNL Rocks Red Rocks]]'' by Barenaked Ladies, a live album recorded on the Last Summer on Earth 2015 tour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://getbarenaked.net/2016/02/bnl-rocks-red-rocks-set-for-release/#more-7531|title="BNL Rocks Red Rocks" set for release {{!}} Get Barenaked!|website=getbarenaked.net|access-date=2016-09-09}}</ref>


On 27 January 2017, he released the first single, "A Thousand Million Reasons", from his album ''Fierce Mercy'' which was released on 3 March 2017. He toured in support of the album throughout the US, UK and Australia. Also in 2017, Hay released his first audio book, ''Aesop's Fables with Colin Hay'', published by Devault-Graves Digital Editions, for which he narrated 24 of [[Aesop's Fables]] written by author Tom Graves.
On 27 January 2017, he released the first single, "A Thousand Million Reasons", from his album ''Fierce Mercy'' which was released on 3 March 2017. He toured in support of the album throughout the US, UK and Australia. Also in 2017, Hay released his first audio book, ''Aesop's Fables with Colin Hay'', published by Devault-Graves Digital Editions, for which he narrated 24 of [[Aesop's Fables]] written by author Tom Graves.

==Personal life==
Hay is married to singer Cecilia Noël,<ref>"[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Man-At-Work-to-play-Towne-Crier-49620.php 'Man At Work' to play Towne Crier]", ''SF Gate'', 5:00 pm, Thursday, 8 April 2004.</ref> who often provides backup vocals at his shows. Noël has also helped with production on Hay's solo albums. Hay said of his album, ''[[Are You Lookin' At Me?]]'' "She was really crucial. She was a really great sounding board for me. She's a really good producer in the sense that she's very musical and has a great sense of song structure and so forth. So she was great to bounce ideas off. And she sang on nearly all the songs. So she was really a great part of this record.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Work-keeps-coming-in-for-Colin-Hay-68953.php#page-2 Work keeps coming in for Colin Hay], ''SF Gate'', 5:00 pm, Thursday, July 5, 2007.</ref> Hay and Noël live in [[Topanga Canyon]] in the [[Los Angeles, California]] area.<ref>Chris Johnston, "[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lunch-with-colin-hay-20130117-2cucf.html Lunch with Colin Hay]", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 19 January 2013.</ref>

On 13 February 2009, former [[Men at Work]] band member [[Ron Strykert]] was arrested for allegedly making death threats against Hay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a147205/men-at-work-star-arrested-for-threats.html |title= Men at Work star arrested for threats |publisher=Digital Spy |date=19 February 2009 |access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/02/new-meaning-to.html | access-date=6 August 2016 | title=Men at Work guitarist threatened to kill singer, police say | date=February 17, 2009 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] }}</ref>

Hay has a brother who is a high school maths teacher. He lives in Christchurch, New Zealand and coaches a soccer team there. {{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Hay has a sister who is a financial planner and lives in Melbourne, Australia.<ref>Chris Johnston, "[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lunch-with-colin-hay-20130117-2cucf.html Lunch with Colin Hay]", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 19 January 2013.</ref>

Colin became an American citizen in 2018. He also has a residence in St Kilda, Melbourne.


==Solo discography==
==Solo discography==
===Studio albums===
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
*''[[Looking for Jack]]'' (1987)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"| Title
*''[[Wayfaring Sons]]'' (1990)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details
*''[[Peaks & Valleys]]'' (1992)
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
*''[[Topanga (album)|Topanga]]'' (1994)
|-
*''[[Transcendental Highway]]'' (1998)
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br /><ref name=aus/><ref>
*''[[Going Somewhere]]'' (2001)
*For ''Wayfaring Sons'' and "Into My Life"{{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/04/week-commencing-9-april-1990.html|title=Week commencing 9 April 1990|publisher=bubblingdownunder.com|access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>
*''[[Company of Strangers (Colin Hay album)|Company of Strangers]]'' (2002)
|-
*''[[Man @ Work]]'' (2003)
! scope="row"| ''[[Looking for Jack]]'' <br> (as Colin James Hay)
*''[[Are You Lookin' at Me?]]'' (2007)
|
*''[[American Sunshine]]'' (2009)
* Released: January 1987
*''[[Gathering Mercury]]'' (2011)
* Label: CBS <small>(450355 1)</small>
*''Next Year People'' (2015)
* Format: LP, Cassette, CD
*''Fierce Mercy'' (2017)
| 58
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Wayfaring Sons]]'' <br> (as Colin Hay Band)
|
* Released: April 1990
* Label: MCA <small>(256911-1)</small>
* Format: LP, Cassette, CD
| 118
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Peaks & Valleys]]''
|
* Released: 1992
* Label: [[EastWest]] <small>(903176180-2)</small>
* Format: CD
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Topanga (album)|Topanga]]''
|
* Released: 1994
* Label: Newmarket Music <small>(NEW1063.2)</small>
* Format: CD
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Topanga (album)|Topanga]]''
|
* Released: 1998
* Label: [[Festival Records]] <small>(D31831)</small>
* Format: CD
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Going Somewhere]]''
|
* Released: April 2001
* Label: Head Records <small>(HEAD038)</small>
* Format: CD
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Company of Strangers (Colin Hay album)|Company of Strangers]]''
|
* Released: 2002
* Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records
* Format: CD
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Are You Lookin' at Me?]]''
|
* Released: 2007
* Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records <small>(7 4453 2)</small>
* Format: CD
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[American Sunshine]]''
|
* Released: 2009
* Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records <small>(7 4512 2)</small>
* Format: CD, DD
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Gathering Mercury]]''
|
* Released: May 2011
* Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records <small>(7 4551 2)</small>
* Format: CD, DD
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Next Year People''
|
* Released: 2015
* Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records <small>(7 4641 2)</small>
* Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming
| —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Fierce Mercy''
|
* Released: 2017
* Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records <small>(7 4680 2)</small>
* Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming
| —
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:11em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:19em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Live at the Corner''
|
* Released: 2010
* Label: Compass Records <small>(7 4546 9)</small>
* Format: DVD
|}

===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:11em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:17em;"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Man @ Work]]''
|
* Released: 2003
* Label: Lazy Eye Records <small>(7 4365 2)</small>
* Format: CD
|}


===Singles===
===Singles===
====As lead artists====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Single
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
Line 157: Line 272:
| 1986
| 1986
| "Hold Me"
| "Hold Me"
| align="center" | 40
| 40
| rowspan="3" |''[[Looking for Jack]]''
| rowspan="3" |''[[Looking for Jack]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |1987
| rowspan="2" |1987
| "Looking for Jack"
| "Looking for Jack"
| align="center" | -
| -
|-
|-
| "Can I Hold You?"
| "Can I Hold You?"
| align="center" | -
| -
|-
|-
| 1990
| rowspan="3" | 1990
| "Into My Life"
| "Into My Life"
| align="center" | 117
| -
| ''[[Wayfaring Sons]]''
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Wayfaring Sons]]''
|-
|-
| "Wayfaring Sons"
| 1998
| align="center" | -
|-
| "Storm in My Heart"
| align="center" | -
|-
| 1997
| "Don't Believe You Anymore"
| "Don't Believe You Anymore"
| align="center" | -
| -
| rowspan="2" |''[[Transcendental Highway]]''
| rowspan="4" |''[[Transcendental Highway]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| "My Brilliant Feat"
| align="center" | -
|-
| "If I Go"
| align="center" | -
|-
|-
| 1999
| 1999
| "Goodbye My Red Rose"
| "Goodbye My Red Rose"
| align="center" | -
| -
|-
|-
| 2012
| 2012
| "[[Down Under (song)#Colin Hay version|Down Under 2012]]"
| "[[Down Under (song)#Colin Hay version|Down Under 2012]]"
| align="center" | -
| -
| Non-album single
| Non-album single
|-
| 2017
| "A Thousand Million Reasons"
| align="center" | -
| ''A Fierce Memory''
|-
| 2018
| "You Saved Me from Myself"
| align="center" | -
| ''[[The Resident (TV series)|The Resident: Season 2'' (soundtrack)]]
|-
| 2020
| "Now and the Evermore"
| align="center" | -
|
|-
|-
|}
|}


;As featured artist
====As featured artist====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:34em;"| Single
! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Title
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="1" | Album
| 2016
| "Un Poquito de Amor Everyday (Everybody Needs Some Love Today)"<br /><small>(San Miguel featuring Colin Hay)</small>
|-
|-
| 2017
| 2017
| "Now The Time Has Come"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7661747/ringo-starrs-peace-song-now-the-time-has-come-debuts-as-free-download|title=Ringo Starr's Peace Song 'Now the Time Has Come' Debuts as Free Download|publisher=billboard.com|date=2017-01-19|access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref><br /><small>([[Ringo Starr]], [[Richard Page]], Colin Hay, Billy Valentine, Wesley Stromberg, Christian Collins, Kirsten Collins, Maddi Jane, Casey McPherson & James Maslow)</small>
| "Now The Time Has Come"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7661747/ringo-starrs-peace-song-now-the-time-has-come-debuts-as-free-download|title=Ringo Starr's Peace Song 'Now the Time Has Come' Debuts as Free Download|publisher=billboard.com|date=2017-01-19|access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref><br /><small>([[Ringo Starr]], [[Richard Page]], Colin Hay, Billy Valentine, Wesley Stromberg, Christian Collins, Kirsten Collins, Maddi Jane, Casey McPherson & James Maslow)</small>
| Non-album single
|-
|}
|}

===With Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band===
* ''[[Tour 2003]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Live at the Greek Theatre 2008]]'' (2010)


==Acting==
==Acting==
Line 232: Line 371:
*''Wills & Burke'' (1985) as Publican
*''Wills & Burke'' (1985) as Publican


==Awards and nominations==
==Personal life==
===APRA Awards===
Hay is married to singer Cecilia Noël,<ref>"[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Man-At-Work-to-play-Towne-Crier-49620.php 'Man At Work' to play Towne Crier]", ''SF Gate'', 5:00 pm, Thursday, 8 April 2004.</ref> who often provides backup vocals at his shows. Noël has also helped with production on Hay's solo albums. Hay said of his album, "[[Are You Lookin' At Me?]]" that:
The [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA Awards]] are presented annually from 1982 by the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".<ref name="APRAMusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) &#124; [[Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society]] (AMCOS) |access-date=17 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920230857/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |archive-date=20 September 2010 }}</ref>


{{awards table}}
{{quote|She was really crucial. She was a really great sounding board for me. She's a really good producer in the sense that she's very musical and has a great sense of song structure and so forth. So she was great to bounce ideas off. And she sang on nearly all the songs. So she was really a great part of this record.<ref>"[http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Work-keeps-coming-in-for-Colin-Hay-68953.php#page-2 Work keeps coming in for Colin Hay], ''SF Gate'', 5:00 pm, Thursday, July 5, 2007.</ref>}}
|-
| [[APRA Music Awards of 2020|2020]] || Colin Hay || Distinguished Services Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9324555/sia-presents-award-to-fellow-aussie-colin-hay-her-uncle-collie-at-inaugural-global-apra-music-awards |title=Sia Presents Award to Fellow Aussie Colin Hay, Her 'Uncle Collie,' At Inaugural Global APRA Music Awards |publisher=Billboard |date=February 2020 |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref> || {{yes2|awarded}}
{{end}}


Hay and Noël live in [[Topanga Canyon]] in the [[Los Angeles, California]] area.<ref>Chris Johnston, "[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lunch-with-colin-hay-20130117-2cucf.html Lunch with Colin Hay]", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 19 January 2013.</ref>

Hay has a brother who is a high school maths teacher. He lives in Christchurch, New Zealand and coaches a soccer team there. {{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Hay has a sister who is a financial planner and lives in Melbourne, Australia.<ref>Chris Johnston, "[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/lunch-with-colin-hay-20130117-2cucf.html Lunch with Colin Hay]", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 19 January 2013.</ref>

Colin became an American citizen in 2018. He also has a residence in St Kilda, Melbourne.

==Awards and nominations==
===Countdown Australian Music Awards===
===Countdown Australian Music Awards===
''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster [[ABC Television|ABC-TV]] from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine ''[[TV Week]]''. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.<ref name="CountdownMarch1987">{{Cite web | url = http://www.countdownmemories.com/magazines/pdfs/1987_03.pdf | title = Countdown to the Awards | work = Countdown Magazine |date=March 1987 | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) | format = [[Portable document format]] (PDF) | access-date = 16 December 2010 }}</ref>
''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster [[ABC Television|ABC-TV]] from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine ''[[TV Week]]''. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.<ref name="CountdownMarch1987">{{Cite web | url = http://www.countdownmemories.com/magazines/pdfs/1987_03.pdf | title = Countdown to the Awards | work = Countdown Magazine |date=March 1987 | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) | format = [[Portable document format]] (PDF) | access-date = 16 December 2010 }}</ref>

Revision as of 11:35, 10 April 2021

This article is about the musician. For the political scientist, see Colin Hay (political scientist).

Colin Hay
Hay in concert, 2018
Hay in concert, 2018
Background information
Birth nameColin James Hay
Born (1953-06-29) 29 June 1953 (age 70)
Saltcoats, Scotland
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
  • keyboards
  • drums
  • banjo
  • lap steel
Years active1978–present
Labels
Websitecolinhay.com

Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-born Australian/American musician who emigrated to Australia in his youth. He is a singer, songwriter, and actor. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist of the band Men at Work and later as a solo artist. Hay's music has been used frequently by actor and director Zach Braff in his work, which helped a career rebirth in the mid-2000s.[1] Hay has also been a member of Ringo Starr's Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.

Hay has made appearances in movies such as Cosi and in television shows such as The Larry Sanders Show, JAG, The Mick Molloy Show, A Million Little Things, and Scrubs.[2] along with episodes of ABC's What About Brian, NBC's The Black Donnellys, CBS's Cane, and the BBC hospital drama Casualty, have included performances of some of his previous songs; in Scrubs he performs an acoustic version of the Men at Work hit "Overkill".

Early life

Hay was born in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland and emigrated to Australia with his family at age 14 in 1967.[3]

Career

1987-1986: Men at Work

Main article: Men at Work

In 1978, Hay met Ron Strykert and the men began playing acoustic music as a duo. Hay and Strykert formed the core of the band Men at Work, with Hay on vocals, guitar and keyboards and Strykert on guitar, vocals and bass guitar. Hay and Strykert added Jerry Speiser (drums), John Rees (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Greg Ham (flute, saxophone, keyboards, vocals).[4] The group released their debut album, Business as Usual, in 1981.

The success of Men at Work, and of their albums Business as Usual and Cargo, prompted Hay to relocate to Los Angeles in 1989.[5] He settled in the Topanga region of the city and has resided in the United States since. In January 2016 he became a US citizen.[6]

Hay joined as guest vocalist with the Incredible Penguins in 1985 for a cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", a charity project for research on little penguins, which peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report in December.[7][8]

1986-present : Solo career

Following the breakup of Men at Work in 1986, Hay released his debut single "Hold Me" in 1986. The song peaked at number 40 on the Kent Music Report. His debut studio album, Looking for Jack was released in February 1987 and peaked at number 58.

In the mid-1990s, Hay also established his own recording label, Lazy Eye Records,[9] somewhat incorrectly named for his own divergent ocular condition (exotropia, or divergent strabismus; the usage of lazy eye generally refers to amblyopia).

In 2004 he contributed to the Garden State soundtrack with his solo song "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You".

In December 2005, Hay and Heather Mills released "My Brilliant Feat" as a charity single as a tribute to football player George Best, who died on 25 November of that year. Proceeds were forwarded to the Donor Family Network, supporting organ donor families and promoting organ and tissue donation..[10][11]

In 2006 Hay provided his voice for one of the characters in the animated movie The Wild.

In May 2009, Hay performed at the Artist for the Arts Foundation benefit at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California. Performing alongside Curt Smith of Tears for Fears, Fee Waybill of the Tubes, Venice, and over 70 members of the Santa Monica High School Orchestra and Girls Choir, the benefit helped to provide funds for the continuation of music education in public schools. In August 2010, Hay performed in Missoula, Montana with a Los Angeles Roots rock band named Patrolled By Radar.[12]

In 2009, Hay's former group, Men at Work, was named in a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement by Larrikin Music, which owns the rights to the "Kookaburra" song. Larrikin Music claimed that part of a flute riff from the band's 1981 single "Down Under" was copied from "Kookaburra" originally written by a music teacher, Marion Sinclair, who died in 1988. In February 2010, a court ruled in favour of Larrikin Music. Although the petition from Larrikin Music requested 40% to 60% of royalties dating back to 1981 and future royalties, in July 2010 a judge awarded the plaintiff only 5% of royalties dating back to 2002 and the same amount of future royalties.[13]

In 2011, Hay commented on his early solo career, stating, "After Men at Work, for the better part of a decade, I was stumbling around being unfocused. It was pre-internet; I really had to try to find my audiences by going out on tour. Men at Work really didn't build a foundational audience. We came in as a pop band with enormous radio success; once that goes away and the band breaks up the audience tends to go away with it. You're left with what you want to make of it. When you start out doing those tours, you start again [and] you tend not to attract a very big number of people. I'd play to a hundred people or sometimes less."[14]

In December 2013, Hay announced on his website that he was done touring "for the time being" and would spend 2014 writing and recording.[15]

In 2015 he joined the Last Summer on Earth tour with Violent Femmes and Barenaked Ladies.

On 4 August 2015, Colin Hay: Waiting for my Real Life, a documentary film about the singer, debuted at the Melbourne International Film Festival.[16]

On 27 January 2017, he released the first single, "A Thousand Million Reasons", from his album Fierce Mercy which was released on 3 March 2017. He toured in support of the album throughout the US, UK and Australia. Also in 2017, Hay released his first audio book, Aesop's Fables with Colin Hay, published by Devault-Graves Digital Editions, for which he narrated 24 of Aesop's Fables written by author Tom Graves.

Personal life

Hay is married to singer Cecilia Noël,[17] who often provides backup vocals at his shows. Noël has also helped with production on Hay's solo albums. Hay said of his album, Are You Lookin' At Me? "She was really crucial. She was a really great sounding board for me. She's a really good producer in the sense that she's very musical and has a great sense of song structure and so forth. So she was great to bounce ideas off. And she sang on nearly all the songs. So she was really a great part of this record.[18] Hay and Noël live in Topanga Canyon in the Los Angeles, California area.[19]

On 13 February 2009, former Men at Work band member Ron Strykert was arrested for allegedly making death threats against Hay.[20][21]

Hay has a brother who is a high school maths teacher. He lives in Christchurch, New Zealand and coaches a soccer team there. [citation needed]

Hay has a sister who is a financial planner and lives in Melbourne, Australia.[22]

Colin became an American citizen in 2018. He also has a residence in St Kilda, Melbourne.

Solo discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[23][24]
Looking for Jack
(as Colin James Hay)
  • Released: January 1987
  • Label: CBS (450355 1)
  • Format: LP, Cassette, CD
 58
Wayfaring Sons
(as Colin Hay Band)
  • Released: April 1990
  • Label: MCA (256911-1)
  • Format: LP, Cassette, CD
 118
Peaks & Valleys
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: EastWest (903176180-2)
  • Format: CD
 —
Topanga
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Newmarket Music (NEW1063.2)
  • Format: CD
 —
Topanga —
Going Somewhere
  • Released: April 2001
  • Label: Head Records (HEAD038)
  • Format: CD
 —
Company of Strangers
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records
  • Format: CD
 —
Are You Lookin' at Me?
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records (7 4453 2)
  • Format: CD
 —
American Sunshine
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records (7 4512 2)
  • Format: CD, DD
 —
Gathering Mercury
  • Released: May 2011
  • Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records (7 4551 2)
  • Format: CD, DD
 —
Next Year People
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records (7 4641 2)
  • Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming
 —
Fierce Mercy
  • Released: 2017
  • Label: Lazy Eye, Compass Records (7 4680 2)
  • Format: CD, DD, LP, streaming
 —

Live albums

Title Details
Live at the Corner
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Compass Records (7 4546 9)
  • Format: DVD

Compilation albums

Title Details
Man @ Work
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Lazy Eye Records (7 4365 2)
  • Format: CD

Singles

As lead artists

Year Title Peak chart
positions 		Album
AUS
[23]
1986 "Hold Me" 40 Looking for Jack
1987 "Looking for Jack" -
"Can I Hold You?" -
1990 "Into My Life" 117 Wayfaring Sons
"Wayfaring Sons" -
"Storm in My Heart" -
1997 "Don't Believe You Anymore" - Transcendental Highway
1998 "My Brilliant Feat" -
"If I Go" -
1999 "Goodbye My Red Rose" -
2012 "Down Under 2012" - Non-album single
2017 "A Thousand Million Reasons" - A Fierce Memory
2018 "You Saved Me from Myself" - The Resident: Season 2 (soundtrack)
2020 "Now and the Evermore" -

As featured artist

Year Title
2016 "Un Poquito de Amor Everyday (Everybody Needs Some Love Today)"
(San Miguel featuring Colin Hay)
2017 "Now The Time Has Come"[25]
(Ringo Starr, Richard Page, Colin Hay, Billy Valentine, Wesley Stromberg, Christian Collins, Kirsten Collins, Maddi Jane, Casey McPherson & James Maslow)

Acting

After performing in Men at Work, Hay performed in a number of films and TV shows, usually in small roles.

  • The Resident - (2018) S2E4 as musician Rhys Barrett (Performing "You Saved Me From Myself")
  • FishCenter Live (2017) as self[26]
  • Jack Irish – Bad Debts (2012) as Tony Baker
  • The Uninvited (2008) as Nick
  • The Wild (2006) as Fergus Flamingo (voice)
  • Scrubs (TV series) (2002, 2007, 2009)
    • Episode – "My Last Day" as Troubador (Performing "Beautiful World")
    • Episode – "My Overkill" as Troubador (Performing "Overkill")
    • Episode – "My Hard Labor" as Troubador (Performing "Down Under")
    • Episode – "My Finale" as Troubador (Cameo)
  • The Country Bears (2002) (singing voice – uncredited)
  • The Mick Molloy Show (TV series)
    • Episode No. 1.4 (1999) as Gay Builder
    • Episode No. 1.2 (1999) as Artist
  • The Craic (1999) as Barry
  • Heaven's Burning (1997) as Jonah
  • JAG: Judge Advocate General (TV series)
    • Episode – "Trinity" (1997) as Miles
  • Cosi (1996) as Zac
  • Blue Heelers (TV series)
    • Episode – "Shadow Man" (1995) as Brad Fielding
    • Episode – "Theft" (1994) as George Patterson
  • Raw Silk (TV movie) (1988) as Parker
  • Wills & Burke (1985) as Publican

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".[27]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2020 Colin Hay Distinguished Services Award[28] awarded

Countdown Australian Music Awards

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.[29]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1982 himself (Men At Work) Best Songwriter Nominated
1983 himself Songwriter of the Year Nominated

References

  1. ^ Stewart, Allison (28 April 2011). "Colin Hay a working man from way back". Chicago Tribune.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 July 2019). "Australian Singers Turned Actors". Filmink.
  3. ^ "Colin Hay". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
  4. ^ Entries at Australian Rock Database:
    • Colin Hay/Colin Hay Band: Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan. "Colin Hay". passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
    • Men at Work (1979–86, 1995-present): Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan. "Men at Work". passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Colin Hay still a man at work". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Crystal Ballroom". Mcmenamins.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  8. ^ Spencer, Chris; Nowara, Zbig; McHenry, Paul (2002) [1987]. "Incredible Penguins". The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Notes by Ed Nimmervoll. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2010. Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
  9. ^ Sue Kiesewetter. "Singer Colin Hay comes to Fairfield Community Arts Center April 24 - Butler County News at Cincinnati.com". Rodeo.cincinnati.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  10. ^ "BBC Breakfast — December's Information". BBC News. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  11. ^ Nix, David. "Donor Family Network". Heather Mills. Retrieved 14 June 2009. [dead link]
  12. ^ "Colin Hay with Patrolled by Radar". Missoula Independent. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2011. when Colin Hay—formerly of the group Men at Work—plays the Wilma Theatre with Patrolled by Radar
  13. ^ "Kookaburra gets last laugh in Men at Work case".
  14. ^ "Colin Hay is still at work". National Features. 18 May 2011.
  15. ^ "Colin Hay » A message from Colin". Colinhay.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  16. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ "'Man At Work' to play Towne Crier", SF Gate, 5:00 pm, Thursday, 8 April 2004.
  18. ^ Work keeps coming in for Colin Hay, SF Gate, 5:00 pm, Thursday, July 5, 2007.
  19. ^ Chris Johnston, "Lunch with Colin Hay", The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 January 2013.
  20. ^ "Men at Work star arrested for threats". Digital Spy. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  21. ^ "Men at Work guitarist threatened to kill singer, police say". Los Angeles Times. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  22. ^ Chris Johnston, "Lunch with Colin Hay", The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 January 2013.
  23. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 135. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  24. ^
  25. ^ "Ringo Starr's Peace Song 'Now the Time Has Come' Debuts as Free Download". billboard.com. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  26. ^ Hay, Colin (25 February 2017). "Colin appears on FishCenter". Colin Hay. Tumblr. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  27. ^ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  28. ^ "Sia Presents Award to Fellow Aussie Colin Hay, Her 'Uncle Collie,' At Inaugural Global APRA Music Awards". Billboard. February 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  29. ^ "Countdown to the Awards" (Portable document format (PDF)). Countdown Magazine. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). March 1987. Retrieved 16 December 2010.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colin_Hay&oldid=1017029529"