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Place of Birth: Lismore, Victoria, Australia
About 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 Greig on guitar.
- Hussey and Greig joined Australian Crawl's demo and recording sessions for their fourth studio album, Between a Rock and a Hard Place (August 1985).
- Hussey provided keyboards and co-wrote material with the band's lead singer, James Reyne (David's older brother).
- In 1987 when James undertook his solo career, Hussey joined his backing band on keyboards, and co-wrote six tracks for James' debut self-titled album including top 10 hit singles, "Hammerhead" (October) and "Motor's Too Fast" (June 1988).
- In May 1988 Hussey was the producer, and provided keyboards and song writing, for Edge (November), the comeback album by Daryl Braithwaite (ex-Sherbet), which peaked at No.
- 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for three weeks in mid-1989. Hussey worked on further solo material by both Braithwaite and James Reyne.
- In 1991 Hussey formed Company of Strangers with Braithwaite, Reyne and Jef Scott (backing and session musician for both artists).
- The group issued a self-titled debut album (November 1992) which peaked at No.
- 9, and provided three top 40 singles "Sweet Love" (June), "Motor City (I Get Lost)" (September), and "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star" (January 1993).
- At the ARIA Music Awards of 1992 Hussey won Producer of the Year for his work on various tracks: Craig McLachlan's "On My Own"; Braithwaite's "The Horses", "Higher Than Hope" and "Don't Hold Back Your Love"; and James Reyne's "Slave".
- For "The Horses" Margaret Urlich provided backing vocals.
- Hussey won the same category in 1993 for Braithwaite's "Nothing to Lose"; and Company of Strangers' three singles.
- In 1994 he won Engineer of the Year for Braithwaite's "Barren Ground" and "The World as It Is"; and Company of Strangers' "Baby, You're a Rich Man" and "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star".
- He was nominated for five ARIA Music Awards for his production or engineering work.
- Hussey has received two APRA Music Awards for his song writing.
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