James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian rock musician and singer-songwriter both in solo work and, until 1986, with the band Australian Crawl.

Biography

Early years

Reyne was born in

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. His father, Rodney Michael Reyne, was an English-born former Royal Marine, who served as aide-de-camp to the

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, Sir

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, and subsequently worked for British Petroleum. His paternal grandfather, Cecil Nugent Reyne, was an English rear admiral. His mother, Judith Graham, née Leask, was a teacher. His younger brother,

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, was also born in Nigeria. The family moved to Victoria in late 1959, where a younger sister Elisabeth was born. Reyne lived in

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, was educated at

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and studied drama at the

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. He formed a band called Spiff Rouch containing fellow locals Bill McDonough,

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, Brad Robinson, Paul Williams, Robert Walker, Mark Hudson and

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. By early 1978 Spiff Rouch had split, and Reyne formed Clutch Cargo, with Binks, Robinson, Williams and his younger brother

Australian Crawl

In late 1978, Clutch Cargo was renamed Australian Crawl and started to gain popularity on the pub circuit. David Reyne left to continue an acting course and was replaced by Bill McDonough. Australian Crawl made a memorable debut on the ''

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'' TV show. Reyne performed with both arms in plaster casts, a result of injuries sustained after being hit by a car. The band went on to sell more than one million albums in Australia in the 1980s. Their most popular songs are " Reckless", " Beautiful People", " Errol", "

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", " Oh No Not You Again" and "

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". They were voted Countdown 1981 Most Popular Group, and Reyne was 1980 and 1981 Most Popular Male Performer. After the band split up in 1986, Reyne went on to a successful solo career.

Solo career

1985–1999

While still with Australian Crawl, Reyne teamed with

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to release a 1985 single, "R.O.C.K." / "Under My Thumb". In 1987, Reyne released his self titled debut solo album and started the "Rip it Up" tour. The first two singles released from the album, "

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" and " Hammerhead", were top-10 hits in Australia, followed by the less-successful " Rip It Up" and "Heaven On a Stick". The album was re-packaged in 1988 to include a further top 10 single, "Motor's Too Fast" (peaking at #6 on the

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chartAustralian chart peaks: *Top 100 (

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) peaks to 19 June 1988: N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by

from mid-1983 until 19 June 1988. *Top 50 (

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) peaks from 26 June 1988: *"Always the Way" (ARIA Chart) peak: *"Trouble in Paradise" (ARIA Chart) peak: *Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: *"It's Only Natural" (ARIA Chart) peak: *Company of Strangers (ARIA Chart) peaks: *"She Don't Like That" (ARIA Chart) peak: ), replacing "Coin in a Plate", which had appeared on the original 1987 release. "Always The Way" was released as the sixth and final single from the album, but peaked outside the top 50. His debut was followed in May 1989 by his next solo release, ''

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'', which featured the hits "

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" (#17 ARIA Charts) and "

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" (#22 ARIA Charts). The album was produced By Simon Hussey. The project was launched with a live televised performance on Australia's MTV program on the Nine Network and an Australian tour in late 1989. A further two singles, "Trouble in Paradise" (Oct 1989) and "Harvest Moon" (Jan 1990), were released from the album. In 1991, ''

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'' was released. Mindful of the American market (where the album was released under the title of ''Any Day Above Ground''), ''Electric Digger Dandy'' included a revamped version of the Australian Crawl hit "Reckless" as well as a cover of John Hiatt's "Stood Up", a duet with American singer-songwriter

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. Single releases from the album included "

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" (#10 ARIA Charts), " Any Day Above Ground" and "Some People". It remains Reyne's highest-charting album in Australia, reaching No. 3 on the

albums chart. In 1992, he recorded a duet with country singer James Blundell (a cover of

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' song, '' Way Out West''). It hit No. 2 on the Australian charts, Reyne's highest charting solo single. Later that year he joined former Sherbet frontman

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, Jef Scott and

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to create the album Company of Strangers, which spawned three Australian top 50 singles: "

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", " Sweet Love", " Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star". A fourth single released from the album, "

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", failed to enter the top 100. October 1994 saw the release of his fourth album, on the RooArt label, ''

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'', recorded in Los Angeles with

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. The singles released from the album were "

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", "Day in the Sun" (Dec 1994) and "It's Only Natural" (April 1995). Reyne and his band continued overseas to Europe, UK and South America. Recorded live in South America, the double-album " Live in Rio" was released in April 1996. A single edit of "Oh No, Not You Again (live)" was released to coincide with the album. In September 1996, Reyne took to the

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stage in a

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production of the musical '' Little Shop of Horrors''. Reyne returned to the studio in 1997 to work with producer Ashley Caddell. Now signed to

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Music, the first release was "Brand New Emperor's Clothes" in October 1997. Reyne continued to write and record new material throughout 1998–1999. In 1999, the ''

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'' album was released. In 1999, he was a guest performer on John Farnham's "I Can't Believe He's 50 Tour". His duet with Farnham, "Don't You Know It's Magic", is included in John Farnham's album '' Live at the Regent Theatre''.

2004–2007

After a few years' break between studio albums, Reyne signed with

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in Australia. In 2004 he released '' Speedboats for Breakfast'', which included the singles "Bug" and "The Rainbow's Dead End". Of "Bug" James said: "I wanted to create a song out of playing the same four chords going round and round, building and growing all the time, with things coming in and dropping out. The listener knows there's transition but there's no real point where the change is obvious". This was followed in March 2005 by the album '' ...And The Horse You Rode In On'', which contained acoustic reworkings of some of his best-known solo and Australian Crawl compositions. In February 2005, Australian dance producers Smash 'n' Grab remixed Australian Crawl's "Reckless", which peaked at #42 in Australia. Reyne hosted ''Dig'', a music show on

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(2006–2007), and made an appearance on ''

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'' in Melbourne in 2006. In May 2007, he released a new studio album, ''

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'', which features the singles "Light in the Tunnel" and "Little Man You've Had a Busy Day". A second acoustic album, ''

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'', was released in September 2007.

2010–present

In April 2010 Reyne released, '' TCB'' (Taking Care of Business), a collection of

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covers. The album debuted at number 32 on the

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. In November 2011, he released a single, "English Girls", followed by his most autobiographical song, "Capsize", in January 2012. Both songs feature on Reyne's album ''

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'' (March 2012). Two more singles were released; "Whatcha Gonna Do About It?" and "Good Clean Fun". In the Australia Day Honours of 2014, Reyne was recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division "for service to the performing arts as a singer/songwriter, and through support for a range of charitable organisations". Universal Records released a two-CD set, '' The Anthology'', on 1 August 2014. The double album featured all of Reyne's earlier hits on Disc 1 and a collection of his more recent material and radio singles on the Disc 2. In late 2014, Reyne launched a "James Reyne Plays Australian Crawl" series of shows across Australia. Performing only songs from the Australian Crawl catalogue, Reyne stated it was the closest thing to a reunion as fans were ever to get. In July 2019, Reyne released an original song titled "Fearless" for the Australian film '' Palm Beach''

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. In April 2020, Reyne announced the release of his twelfth studio album ''Toon Town Lullaby'', alongside the album's lead single of the same name. ''Toon Town Lullaby'' is set for release in July 2020.

Acting career

Reyne appeared in the 1983 TV drama miniseries ''

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'' as Greg Marsden. He also played

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's manager in the 1993 bio-movie about Turner's life ''

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''. In 2005 Reyne appeared as a guest actor in the telemovie ''

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'', which used music by Australian Crawl in its soundtrack.

Personal life

Reyne is the older brother of drummer and TV presenter

. Their younger sister Elisabeth was married to

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'' actor Jaime-Robbie Reyne. He lives on the Mornington Peninsula and has a daughter. On 13 May 2017, he married Leanne Woolrich.

Discography

Albums (solo)

;Studio * ''

James Reyne James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian rock musician and singer-songwriter both in solo work and, until 1986, with the band Australian Crawl. Biography Early years Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria. His father, Rod ...

'' (1987) * ''

''(1989) * ''

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''(1999) * '' Speedboats for Breakfast'' (2004) * '' ...And the Horse You Rode In On'' (2005) * ''

'' (2007) * ''

'' (2007) * '' TCB'' (2010) * ''

'' (2012) * ''Toon Town Lullaby'' (2020) ;EP * '' James Reyne and the Magnificent Few'' (2015) ; Live albums * '' Live in Rio'' (1996) * ''

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'' (2007) * '' Live '99'' (2015) * '' All the Hits Live'' (2015) * ''Live in The Corner Hotel Front Bar'' (2022) ;Compilations * ''

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'' (1992) * '' Reckless: 1979–1995'' (2000) * '' The Definitive Collection'' (2002) * '' The Essential James Reyne'' (2008) * '' The Anthology''(2014)

Albums (Australian Crawl)

Albums (Company of Strangers)

* '' Company of Strangers'' (1993)

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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. They commenced in 1987. , - ,

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, himself ,

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, , - , 1989 , "Motor's Too Fast" , ARIA Award for Best Male Artist , , -

Country Music Awards of Australia

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, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973. , - , 1993 , "Way out West" (with James James Blundell) , Vocal Group or Duo of the Year ,

TV Week / Countdown Awards

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''. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards. , - , 1980 , James Reyne (Australian Crawl) , Most Popular Male Performer , , - , 1981 , James Reyne (Australian Crawl) , Most Popular Male Performer , , - , 1983 , James Reyne (Australian Crawl) , Most Popular Male Performer , , -

References

External links

James Reyne's Official Website
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James Reyne Fan Forum

James Reyne Official Facebook page
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