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James Reyne (born 195? in Nigeria) is a legendary Australian singer/songwriter. Moving to the Australian state of Victoria with his Australian mother and English father, he went on to study drama at the Victorian College of Arts.

Australian Crawl

In 1978, he formed Australian Crawl with Simon Binks. The band went on to sell more than 1 million albums in Australia in the 1980s, creating several memorable songs that still resonate within Australian culture and on Australian radio today. After the band split up in 1986, James went on to a very successful solo career.

Solo career

In 1987, Reyne released his self titled debut solo album, which featured the hit "Motors Too Fast". His debut was followed, in 1989, by his next solo release Hard Reyne. In 1991 Electric Digger Dandy was released, which included a duet with country singer James Blundell. All three of these releases went platinum multiple times and contained several top 10 hits. 1994 saw the release of James' fourth album - The Whiff Of Bedlam, recorded in Los Angeles with Stewart Levine.

In 1999, he was one of many guest performers on John Farnham's "I Can't Believe He's 50 Tour". His duet with Farnham, "Don't You Know It's Magic", can be heard on John Farnham's "Live At The Regent Theatre" album.

Along the way, Reyne has performed and recorded with artists such as James Blundell (a version of the 'Dingo' song "Way Out West"). Later he joined Daryl Braithwaite, Jeff Scott and Simon Hussey to create the album The Company Of Strangers - an album that spawned four top 10 singles.

2000s/Today

There was a few years' break between studio albums for Reyne until 1999 when he released Design For Living. In 2004 he released Speedboats for Breakfast. Most recently Reyne has released the album ...And The Horse You Rode In On in 2005, which contained reworkings of some of his and Australian Crawl's most well-known and songs acoustically.

Acting career

Reyne has remained a constant in the Australian music scene. Mixing music with acting, he appeared in the TV drama Return to Eden as well as several other productions.

Reyne is the older brother of television presenter and actor David Reyne.

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