Company of Strangers were a short-lived rock, pop music studio project formed by

Simon Hussey Simon Cyril Hussey (born 7 July 1960) is an Australian multi-instrumentalist, songwriter-arranger, record producer and audio engineer. In 1984 he formed Cats Under Pressure on keyboards with David Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on vocals and Mark ...

in late 1991. The album featured performances by

Daryl Braithwaite Daryl Braithwaite (born 11 January 1949) is an Australian singer. He was the lead vocalist of Sherbet (1970–1984 and many subsequent reunions). Braithwaite also has a solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including t ...

(ex- Sherbet) on vocals,

(ex-Cats Under Pressure,

Australian Crawl Australian Crawl (often called Aussie Crawl or The Crawl by fans) were an Australian rock band founded by James Reyne (lead vocals/piano/harmonica), Brad Robinson (rhythm guitar), Paul Williams (bass), Simon Binks (lead guitar) and David R ...

) on keyboards, drums, engineering and production, Jef Scott on guitar and vocals, and

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(ex-Australian Crawl) on vocals and guitar. Their debut self-titled album appeared in December 1992 via

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with Hussey producing. It peaked at No. 9 on the

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and was certified gold in 1993 for shipment of 35000 copies. They released four singles, "

Motor City (I Get Lost) "Motor City (I Get Lost)" is the first single from Australian supergroup Company of Strangers. The single was released in July 1992 and peaked at number 26 in Australia in September 1992. It features the vocals of Daryl Braithwaite and James Reyn ...

" (July 1992), " Sweet Love" (November 1992), " Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star" (January 1993) and their cover version of the Beatles' "

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" (June 1993). Both "Motor City" and "Sweet Love" reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 30. At the

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Hussey won

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for "Sweet Love", "Motor City" and "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star"; and for "Nothing to Lose" for Braithwaite. Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Year', '7th Annual ARIA Awards (1993)', and 'Option Show Nominations' ''Company of Strangers'' was also nominated for Breakthrough Artist - Album and "Motor City" was nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Single.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - Single In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompanime ...

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References

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