1. James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM was born on 19 May 1957 and is an Australian musician.
20 Facts About James Reyne
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James Reyne achieved fame as the lead singer of Australian Crawl, and subsequently went on to a successful solo career.
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James Reyne's father, Rodney Michael Reyne, was an English-born former Royal Marine who served as aide-de-camp to the governor of the state of Victoria, Sir Dallas Brooks, and subsequently worked for British Petroleum.
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James Reyne's paternal grandfather, Cecil Nugent Reyne, was an English rear admiral.
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James Reyne's mother, Judith Graham, nee Leask, was a teacher.
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James Reyne's younger brother, David Reyne, was born in Nigeria.
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James Reyne formed a band called Spiff Rouch containing fellow locals Bill McDonough, Guy McDonough, Brad Robinson, Paul Williams, Robert Walker, Mark Hudson and Simon Binks.
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David James Reyne left to continue an acting course and was replaced by Bill McDonough.
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James Reyne performed with both arms in plaster casts, a result of injuries sustained after being hit by a car.
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In 1987, James Reyne released his self titled debut solo album and started the "Rip it Up" tour.
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James Reyne's debut was followed in May 1989 by his next solo release, Hard Reyne, which featured the hits "House of Cards" and "One More River".
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In September 1996, James Reyne took to the Enmore Theatre stage in a David Atkins production of the musical Little Shop of Horrors.
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James Reyne returned to the studio in 1997 to work with producer Ashley Caddell.
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James Reyne hosted Dig, a music show on ABC2, and made an appearance on The AFL Footy Show in Melbourne in 2006.
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In late 2014, Reyne launched a "James Reyne Plays Australian Crawl" series of shows across Australia.
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In July 2019, James Reyne released an original song titled "Fearless" for the Australian film Palm Beach soundtrack.
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James Reyne appeared in the 1983 TV drama miniseries Return to Eden as Greg Marsden.
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James Reyne played Tina Turner's manager Roger Davies in the 1993 bio-movie about Turner's life, What's Love Got to Do with It.
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James Reyne is the older brother of drummer and TV presenter David James Reyne.
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James Reyne is the father of a daughter, and a son: Neighbours actor Jaime-Robbie James Reyne.