COLIN HAY

'Colin Hay' (born Colin James Hay, 29 June 1953, Saltcoats, Scotland) is a Scottish-Australian musician, who made his mark in the 1980s as a member of the Australian band, Men at Work.
Hay was born in Scotland, but moved to Australia at the age of fourteen with his family. In 1978, Hay met Ron Strykert and the men began playing acoustic music as a duo. Soon after, Hay and Strykert became the band Men at Work after the addition of Jerry Speiser, John Rees and Greg Ham. The group released their debut album ''Business as Usual'' in 1981.
Following the break up of Men at Work in 1985, Hay released several major label solo albums, including ''Looking for Jack'' (Columbia) and ''Wayfaring Sons'' (MCA), to some commercial success. He later became part of Ringo Starr's Seventh All-Starr Band.

Contents

Solo discography

Trivia

External links

Solo discography

★ ''Looking for Jack'' (1987)

★ ''Wayfaring Sons'' (1990)

★ ''Peaks & Valleys'' (1992)

★ ''Topanga'' (1994)

★ ''Transcendental Highway'' (1998)

★ ''Going Somewhere'' (2001)

★ ''Company Of Strangers'' (2002)

★ ''Man @ Work'' (2003)

★ ''Are You Lookin' At Me?'' (2007)

Trivia

★ Hay is the uncle of Zero 7 singer and solo artist Sia Furler.

★ Hay's music has appeared in multiple episodes of the NBC sitcom ''Scrubs''. Episode 1-24 featured the song "Beautiful World"; episode 2-01, "My Overkill," had Hay himself playing his acoustic version of the Men at Work song "Overkill" while following J.D. (Braff's character) around the hospital as a troubador; 2-13 ended with the staff singing Hay's song "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin"; 2-22 finished the second season with Hay's "My Brilliant Feat"; in 3-13, Braff sang part of the Men at Work hit "Down Under"; 4-17 included Hay singing the ''Cheers'' theme song ("Where Everybody Knows Your Name"), though it was removed from subsequent airings; and 6-21 "My Point of No Return" featured Hay's song "Pure Love." His song "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" appeared in the 2004 movie ''Garden State'' (and on its popular soundtrack), which Braff wrote, directed, and starred in.

★ Hay's music has also appeared on several episodes of ABC's ''What About Brian''. Episode 1-02 featured "Waiting For My Real Life To Begin," 2-03 featured "Beautiful World," and 2-04 featured "Don't Wait Up." All of these songs were used to end the episodes they appeared in, and were all solo acoustic versions.

★ In December 2005, Hay and Heather Mills McCartney digitally re-released "My Brilliant Feat" as a charity single as a tribute to the late footballer George Best, who died on 25 November of that year. Proceeds will go 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.

★ Hay came up with Men at Work's name after he and the other band members on a bus passed a sign reading "Men at Work".

★ "Beautiful World" was featured on an episode of NBC's The Black Donnellys.

★ Hay featured in the ABC's The Sideshow singing "Down Under" alongside Australian band Tripod.

★ Hay performed his song "Can't Take This Town" in the episode 'A Complete New Set' of The Larry Sanders Show.

★ Hay is married to singer Cecilia Noel [1], who often provides back up vocals at Hay's shows...while dancing around wildly.

External links

★ Official Homepage

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★ Colin Hay on Myspace