Greg Page

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Greg Page


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Birth_name = Gregory John Page
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Born = birth date and age|1972|1|16
flagicon|Australia Sydney, Australia
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Instrument = guitar
drums
keyboards

Voice_type = Singer
Genre = Pop
Rock
Children's music
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Associated_acts = The Wiggles
URL = [http://www.gregpage.com Official webpage]
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Gregory John Page (born January 16, 1972 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian musician and actor. He is best known as the original lead vocalist and founding member of the children's band The Wiggles. Page has also recorded several solo albums.

Career

Page met Anthony Field and Murray Cook when they were Early Childhood Education students at Macquarie University, and combined their music backgrounds and teaching skills to form The Wiggles.cite web | last = Troedson | first = David | title = Interview - Greg Page of The Wiggles | publisher = Elvis Australia | date = 2002-05-27 | url = http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview_gregpage.shtml | accessdate = 2007-08-08 ] When performing with The Wiggles, Page wore a yellow shirt. Like the other Wiggles, Page had a schtick, which was doing magic tricks.

Influenced by his bandmate Anthony Field, Page is a fan of Elvis Presley. His 2005 solo album, "Taking Care of Country" reflects Page's interest in Presley's music. It was recorded with the TCB Band, Elvis' back-up band. In spring 2003, Page performed in Las Vegas with the TCB Band. In 2002, Page sang back-up with Australian Elvis impersonator Mick Gerace. Page has accumulated an extensive collection of Elvis memorabilia, including the last Cadillac owned by Elvis, his personal and movie clothing, and original TCB Band necklaces. [cite web | title = My obsession - Greg Page | publisher = Collectors | url = http://www.abc.net.au/tv/collectors/txt/s1594125.htm | accessdate = 2007-08-08]

Illness and retirement

On November 30, 2006, The Wiggles announced that Greg Page would retire from The Wiggles due to poor health.cite web | title = Greg Page leaves The Wiggles | work = The Wiggles Homepage | date = 2006-11-30 | url = http://www.thewiggles.com/us/mediacentre/news/31 | accessdate = 2007-08-08]

Page had experienced health difficulties since December 2005, when he underwent a double hernia operation and withdrew from his group's U.S. tour after suffering repeated fainting spells, slurred speech, fatigue, and trembling. [cite news | author = Associated Press | title = The Wiggles’ lead vocalist to stop performing | publisher = MSNBC | date = 2006-11-30 | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15956876/ | accessdate = 2007-08-08] cite news | title = Yellow Wiggle Greg Page talks of his illness | work = The Daily Telegraph | date = 2008-06-17 | url = http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23874832-5012980,00.html | accessdate = 2008-07-08] Although Page was missing for virtually all of the late 2006 U.S. tour, audiences were informed of Page's absence at concerts moments before the curtain went up. [ cite news | last = Crooks | first = Michael | title = Illness forces Greg Page out of the Wiggles | publisher = Who.com | date = 2006-11-29 | url = http://www.who.com/who/scoop/article/0,19971,1564303,00.html | accessdate = 2007-08-08 ] At first, Page was told that he had seven years to live,, but he was diagnosed with a non-life-threatening and difficult to diagnose chronic illness called orthostatic intolerance, which causes symptoms such as fatigue and loss of balance. Specialists believed that Page had mild episodes of the illness going back twelve years, but symptoms worsened after his hernias. It was decided that Page would step back from performing with The Wiggles to better manage his health. In the months following the announcement of Page's retirement, he received an "overwhelming outpouring of public support". He reported that it took his parents six months to respond to the "mountains of letters, emails and sympathy notes".

Page was succeeded by Sam Moran as a full member of the group.

olo discography

* [http://www.indiekazoo.com/gregpage/153 Greg Page] (1998)

*I Believe in Music (2002)
*Greg Page Live in Concert (2003)

* [http://www.indiekazoo.com/gregpage/155 Throw Your Arms Around Me] (2004)
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BD810W Taking Care of Country] (2005)

References

External links

* [http://www.thewiggles.com.au/us/home/ The Official Wiggles Website]
* [http://www.gregpage.com/ Greg Page.com]
* [http://www.thewiggles.com/help/greg.html Greg's Message]
* [http://www.dinet.org/ Dysautonomia Information Network]
* [http://www.ndrf.org/ National Dysautonomia Research Foundation]