Marty Kristian

Marty Kristian
Birth name	Martin Vanags
Born	27 May 1947 (1947-05-27) (age 64) Leipzig, Germany
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1960s–?
Associated acts	The New Seekers

Marty Kristian (born Martin Vanags on 27 May 1947) is a German-born Australian musician, he was a singer and 1970s heartthrob who was best known as a member of The New Seekers.

Kristian was brought up in Australia, originally training to be an architect at Melbourne University. In 1969 he became a member of the original line up of the New Seekers, along with Chris Barrington, Eve Graham, Sally Graham and Laurie Heath. He wrote or co-wrote some of the New Seekers' songs

Kristian married his partner, Carol, in June 1975 in London. They have two sons, James, born 1981, and Oliver, born 1982. His wife runs an acting and drama school in the London area. On February 28, 2011 Marty released an album of demo recordings called 'Echoes', available from The New Seekers website www.thenewseekers.com Marty Kristian is now on facebook: Marty Kristian Echoes the demos album

James Kristian has acted in several television programmes including the BBC Television series, Doctors. He also played the part of Allen Rissbrook in As If.^[1]

References

1. ^ IMDb.com - Kristian's son - acting credit

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