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Colin Hay (born Colin James Hay, 29 June 1953, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland)^[1] is a Scottish-Australian musician, who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the Australian band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Hay is married to singer Cecilia Noel [1], who often provides backup vocals at Hay's shows. is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Kilwinning (Gaelic: Cill Dingeain) is a historic town situated in North Ayrshire, Scotland. ... North Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath, pronounced ) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the country. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... This article has been selected as the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ...

Early life and 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 formed the band Men at Work, adding Jerry Speiser (percussion), John Rees (bassist) and Greg Ham (flautist/saxophonist). The group released their debut album Business as Usual in 1981. This article is about the country. ... Ron Strykert (born 18 August 1957) is an Australian guitarist known for playing lead guitar for reggae 80s band Men at Work and co-writing for the song Down Under. ... It has been suggested that Unplugged be merged into this article or section. ... The duet, by Hendrik ter Brugghen A duet is a musical composition or piece for two performers, most often used for a vocal or piano duet. ... This article has been selected as the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ... Jerry Speiser was the drummer and co-founder of the hit 1980s Australian musical group Men At Work. ... Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ... John Rees could be John Rees, a United States journalist John Rees, a United Kingdom Trotskyist John Rees, a bass guitar player This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Deon Rexroat of Anberlin. ... Greg Ham (27 September 1953) is an Australian songwriter, actor and saxophone player known for playing multiple instruments in reggae 80s band Men at Work when he replaced Greg Sneddon, where he played flute, organ, piano and the synthesizer. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Business as Usual is the first album by Australian band Men at Work, released in 1982. ...

Later career

Following the breakup 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. In 2004 Hay contributed to the Garden State soundtrack with his solo song "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You". In addition to recording, Hay also established his own recording label, Lazy Eye Records, and has made appearances in cult movies and television shows, such as The Larry Sanders Show, JAG, and The Mick Molloy Show. Hay's most recent television appearances have been on the NBC show "Scrubs", which along with episodes of ABC's "What About Brian", NBC's "The Black Donnellys" and the CBS drama "Cane" have included performances of some of his previous songs. Hay has also been a member of Ringo Starr's Seventh All-Starr Band. This article has been selected as the current Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer (solo is an Italian word literally meaning alone). ... Looking for Jack is an album by Australian singer Colin Hay, released in 1987. ... Wayfaring Sons is an album by Australian singer Colin Hay, released in 1990. ... MCA can stand for: Maximum credible accident MCA (rapper) - A rapper in the group, The Beastie Boys Micro Channel architecture - a type of computer bus Music Corporation of America - a music booking company and record label. ... Garden State has several different meanings, including: Garden State, a 2004 film directed by and starring Zach Braff. ... The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that originally aired from 1992 to 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the USA. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host Larry Sanders. ... For other uses, see JAG (disambiguation). ... The Mick Molloy Show was a television program that appeared on the Nine Network in Australia for just 8 weeks during 1999. ... This article is about the television network. ... Scrubs is an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning American situation comedy/comedy-drama that premiered on October 2, 2001 on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence and is produced by Touchstone Television. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... What About Brian was an American dramatic television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams company Bad Robot Productions. ... This article is about the television network. ... This article is about the 2007 NBC Television Program. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Cane is an American television drama created by Cynthia Cidre, who also serves as executive producer alongside Jonathan Prince, Jimmy Iovine and Polly Anthony. ... Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles. ...

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)

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Trivia

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• Lazlo Bane, who perform the Scrubs theme song, has also performed the Men at Work song Overkill with Hay on guest vocal. Hay then went onto perform the song on a scrubs episode appearing in several scenes singing the song.

• In December 2005, Hay and Heather Mills 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.

• Per the liner notes to the Men at Work "best of" compilation, "Contraband", 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".^{[citation needed]}

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References

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External links

• Official Homepage
• Colin Hay at the Internet Movie Database
• Colin Hay at Allmusic.com
• Colin Hay at MySpace
• Interview with and performance by Hay on public radio program and podcast The Sound of Young America