The Wiggles
Biography
Playing feel-good rock and R&B music proved successful for the Cockroaches; they even scored a Top Ten hit during the 12 years they spent together. But when the band broke up in 1991, bandmembers Tony Field and Jeff Fatt decided to form a children's band that would prove far more successful than anything they had previously experienced. Calling themselves the Wiggles, Field and Fatt joined forces with Murray Cook (bass) and Greg Page (vocals). All four were qualified preschool teachers and the Wiggles, with their distinctive colorful skivvies, quickly earned a reputation for writing well-crafted children's songs. Children immediately took to their storytelling, singing, and dancing, and such characters as Dorothy the Dinosaur, Henry the Octopus, Captain Feathersword, and Wags the Dog helped launch a range of Wiggles merchandise. . Their debut album, The Wiggles, sold 70,000 copies, while its single, "Here Comes a Song," sold 35,000 copies alone. The follow-up albums Here Comes a Song (1992), Yummy Yummy (1993), Big Red Car (1995), and Wiggly Wiggly Christmas (1996) also achieved similar success. Also, the Wiggles won two Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) songwriting awards for Best Children's Song of 1994, 1995, and 1996. Big Red Car, Wake Up Jeff!, and Toot Toot! also won Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards for Best Children's Release in 1995, 1996, and 1998, respectively.
Top Albums |
1. Go Santa Go!
| 2. Yummy Yummy
| 3. Hot Potatoes..
| 4. Taking Off!
| 5. You Make Me ..
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6. Let's Wiggle
| 7. Pop Go the W..
| 8. Apples &..
| 9. It's Always ..
| 10. Go Bananas!
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11. Wiggly Hallo..
| 12. Toot Toot!
| 13. iTunes Live
| 14. Here Comes t..
| 15. Ukulele Baby
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16. It's a Wiggl..
| 17. Surfer Jeff
| 18. Big Birthday..
| 19. Furry Tales
| 20. Let's Eat
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Unto Us, This Holy Night | Go Santa Go! | 2:02 | $1.29 | |
2. | Silent Night | Go Santa Go! | 2:42 | $1.29 | |
3. | Henry's Christmas Dance | Go Santa Go! | 1:47 | $1.29 | |
4. | Holy City (Jerusalem) | Go Santa Go! | 2:40 | $1.29 | |
5. | Decorate the Tree with Dorothy | Go Santa Go! | 1:31 | $1.29 | |
6. | Oh Happy Day | Go Santa Go! | 1:57 | $1.29 | |
7. | Ding Dong Merrily on High | Go Santa Go! | 1:45 | $1.29 | |
8. | Emma's Christmas Bow | Go Santa Go! | 1:32 | $1.29 | |
9. | Go Santa Go | Go Santa Go! | 1:51 | $1.29 | |
10. | Here Come the Reindeer | Go Santa Go! | 1:52 | $1.29 | |
11. | Away in a Manger | Go Santa Go! | 1:32 | $1.29 | |
12. | Hula, Hula, Merry Christmas to Ya (R.. | Go Santa Go! | 1:25 | $1.29 | |
13. | Jay Is the Champion Christmas Wrappe.. | Go Santa Go! | 2:09 | $1.29 | |
14. | Mrs Claus Put the Kettle On | Go Santa Go! | 0:31 | $1.29 | |
15. | We Three Elves | Go Santa Go! | 2:06 | $1.29 | |
16. | Hula, Hula, Merry Christmas to Ya | Go Santa Go! | 1:24 | $1.29 | |
17. | Christmas Picnic | Go Santa Go! | 1:57 | $1.29 | |
18. | Wags Is Bouncing Around the Christma.. | Go Santa Go! | 1:39 | $1.29 | |
19. | Ring-A-Ding-A-Ding Dong! | Go Santa Go! | 1:59 | $1.29 | |
20. | Everybody, I Have a Question | Go Santa Go! | 1:18 | $1.29 | |
21. | Curoo Curoo | Go Santa Go! | 2:36 | $1.29 | |
22. | Curoo Curoo | Spirit of Christmas 2014 | 2:37 | $0.99 | |
23. | Open, Shut Them | Apples & Bananas | 0:53 | $1.29 | |
24. | Las Golondrinas | Apples & Bananas | 1:21 | $1.29 | |
25. | Michael Finnegan | Apples & Bananas | 1:11 | $1.29 | |