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Simon Cyril Hussey, Lismore) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. In 1984 he formed Cats Under Pressure with David Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on drums/vocals and Mark Greig on guitar . Hussey and Greig joined Australian Crawl's 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 provided keyboards, songwriting and was the producer 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 Reyne. In 1991 Hussey formed Company of Strangers with Braithwaite, Reyne and Jef Scott (backing and session musician for both Braithwaite and Reyne). 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". He 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". ==Biography== Simon Cyril Hussey,〔 was born in Lismore – a town west of Melbourne and grew up in Mount Eliza. By the early 1980s he was working as a record producer on a single by the Lisa Bade Band, which included Mark Greig (ex-The Runners) on guitar.〔〔 Cats Under Pressure was a band formed in Melbourne in 1984 with Hussey on guitar, keyboards and backing vocals; Greig on guitar and David Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on drums and lead vocals.〔 They issued a self-titled extended play on Freestyle Records – the label owned by Reyne's former band mates from Australian Crawl.〔 It was produced by David Reyne's older brother, James, who was still Australian Crawl's lead singer.〔〔 Cats Under Pressure followed with a single, "Let Me Be", which was co-written by Hussey with David Reyne.〔 In 1985 Hussey and Greig joined Australian Crawl's recording sessions for their fourth studio album, ''Between a Rock and a Hard Place'', which was released in August. Besides keyboard work Hussey also co-wrote four of the album's tracks with James. Meanwhile, Cats Under Pressure recorded a single, "On Again Off Again", in September which was issued later that year.〔 During the 1980s and 1990s Hussey was a legal reporter transcribing court cases when not working in the music industry.〔 Greig remained with Australian Crawl until they disbanded in 1986.〔 Hussey joined the James Reyne Band and worked on Reyne's self-titled debut solo album (September 1987), co-writing six tracks with James. Four of these were issued as singles, "Hammerhead" (October), "Heaven on a Stick" (February 1988), "Motor's Too Fast" (June) and "Always the Way" (November). James later told Debbie Kruger "() was not necessarily about me, but let's say I thought I knew what I was talking about. I wrote it with Simon Hussey; the music Simon and I wrote together and I wrote the lyrics. From memory it seemed to come quite easily".〔 The album peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, while "Hammerhead" reached No. 8 and "Motor's Too Fast" at No. 4 on the related Kent Music Report Singles Chart.〔 "Motor's Too Fast" also reached No. 6 on the ARIA Singles Chart.〔 In May 1988 Hussey provided keyboards and produced Daryl Braithwaite's comeback solo album, ''Edge'', which was issued in November.〔〔 It has four tracks written or co-written by Hussey: "You Could Be Wrong" (by Hussey), "Let Me Be" (from Cats Under Pressure), "All the Same" (by Hussey, Bade and Greig) and "Edge" (by Hussey and Jef Scott). ''Edge'' peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart for three weeks in mid-1989.〔 In May 1991 Braithwaite told ''The Canberra Times'' Bevan Hannan that he had met Hussey about two years before they worked on ''Edge''.〔 Braithwaite had heard some demos of Hussey's work and "in 1987 I approached him to produce the album and after quite a lot of hassling he said yes".〔 Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, noted the album and singles had "captured a wonderful summer-filled mood, and a sense of freedom and happiness".〔 By February 1989 Hussey was in London working on James' second solo album, ''Hard Reyne'', he co-produced the album with John Hudson.〔〔 By April that year Hussey was married to Elisabeth Reyne, younger sister to the Reyne brothers.〔 Besides song writing Hussey also provided keyboards, programming and congas.〔 Kathryn Whitfield of ''The Canberra Times'' noted that "()he lyrics (once you can understand them) are not exactly brilliant and lack much of the depth which Reyne displayed in his Crawl days" nevertheless Hussey made a "big contribution" to the album.〔 The album peaked at No. 7 in June while Braithwaite's ''Edge'' was still at No. 1.〔〔 During 1990 Hussey produced Braithwaite's next album, ''Rise'' (November),〔〔 and provided a range of instrumentation: keyboards, electric piano, acoustic guitar, drum machine, synthesiser bass and Hammond organ.〔 Hussey wrote or co-wrote three tracks including "Higher Than Hope" which was issued as the album's third single in June 1991. ''Rise'' peaked at No. 3 in May that year, while "Higher Than Hope" reached the top 30.〔 In June 1991, for United States and European markets, Braithwaite issued a compilation album, ''Higher Than Hope'', which included tracks from ''Edge'' and ''Rise''.〔 Hussey was credited as a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer; Elisabeth was also credited as a producer.〔 The title track was reissued as a single for the US market and peaked at No. 47 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.〔 In June 1991 James released his next solo album, ''Electric Digger Dandy'', with Hussey on keyboards, he co-produced it with Jim Scott, Tony Joe White and Chris Lord-Alge; and co-write two tracks, "Take a Giant Step" and "Company of Strangers", with James.〔〔 Also that year Hussey co-produced an album, ''Hands Free'' (March 1992), for actor-musician, Craig McLachlan.〔〔〔 Hussey co-wrote six of its tracks with McLachlan including the lead single, "On My Own" (November 1991).〔 At the ARIA Music Awards of 1992 Hussey won Producer of the Year for his work on various tracks: McLachlan's "On My Own"; Braithwaite's "The Horses", "Higher than Hope" and "Don't Hold Back Your Love"; and James Reyne's "Slave".〔〔 "Higher than Hope" also won Most Performed Australian Work at the APRA Awards of 1992 for its songwriters Braithwaite and Hussey.〔 Late in 1991 Hussey had started a songwriting project, Company of Strangers, with Scott (backing musician for both Braithwaite and Reyne), which developed into a band with Braithwaite and Reyne joining.〔 In December 1991 they recorded their debut studio album (November 1992) with Hussey on keyboards, drums and backing vocals, Braithwaite on lead vocals, Reyne on lead vocals and lead guitar, Scott on lead vocals, guitar, drums and bass guitar.〔〔 It was produced by Hussey for Columbia Records and he shared songwriting duties with Scott of almost all the tracks.〔〔 McFarlane felt the album was "commercial rock pop" and provided three singles, "Sweet Love" (June 1992) "Motor City (I Get Lost)" (September) and "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star!" (January 1993).〔 The album reached No. 9 and all three singles peaked in the top 40.〔 The album included a cover version of The Beatles' track, "Baby, You're a Rich Man". At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 Hussey won his second Producer of the Year trophy for his work on Braithwaite's "Nothing to Lose" and Company of Strangers' "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star", "Motor City (I Get Lost)", and "Sweet Love".〔〔 At the ceremony ''Company of Strangers'' was nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Album and "Motor City (I Get Lost)" for Breakthrough Artist – Single.〔〔 "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star" also won Most Performed Australian Work at the APRA Awards of 1993 for its songwriters Hussey, Reyne and Scott.〔 Also in 1993 Hussey produced Braithwaite's next album, ''Taste the Salt'' (November), he provided keyboards, drums and drum machine.〔〔 It reached No. 13 on the Australian Albums Chart.〔 At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994 Hussey was nominated again for producer 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".〔 For Mushroom Records various artists compilation album, ''Earth Music'', (1994), Hussey produced and played on Braithwaite's contribution, "Golden Miles".〔〔 For ''The Spirit of Christmas 1996'', a Christmas-themed album by various artists for charities, Hussey played on and produced James Reyne's version of "Silent Night".〔〔 In 1998 Hussey produced a single, "If I Am Cruel", by Danielle Greenwood, for Sony Music Australia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Simon Hussey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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