| Greg Page | |
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 Greg (far Left), with The Wiggles
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gregory John Page |
| Born | 16 January 1972 Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Children's music Pop Rock country rock |
| Instruments | guitar drums keyboards |
| Years active | 1991 - present |
| Associated acts | The Wiggles |
| Website | Official webpage |
Gregory John Page (born 16 January 1972 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian musician and actor. He is best known as the original lead vocalist and a founding member of the children's band The Wiggles. Page has also recorded several solo albums.
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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.[1] When performing with The Wiggles, Page wore a yellow shirt. Like the other Wiggles, Page had a schtick, which was doing magic tricks.
His 2005 solo album, "Taking Care of Country" reflects Page's interest in Elvis 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.[1]
On 30 November 2006, The Wiggles announced that Greg Page would retire from The Wiggles due to poor health.[2]
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.[3][4] 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.[5] At first, Page was told that he had seven years to live,[4] 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, and that his symptoms worsened after his hernias. It was decided that Page would retire from performing with The Wiggles to better manage his health.[2] 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"[4].
Page was succeeded by Sam Moran as a full member of the group.[2]
By late 2009, Page had recovered enough from his illness to begin touring with another country rock band, but with a more limited schedule than The Wiggles. He had also started his own foundation, the Greg Page Fund, to raise funds and educate the public about orthostatic intolerance.[6]
Page owns the fourth largest collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia in the world.[7] His collection includes Elvis' personal and movie clothing, marriage certificate, guitar, piano, the last Cadillac owned by Elvis, and original TCB Band necklaces.[8] In 2008 he decided to donate the collection, reportedly worth $1.5 million, to a new Elvis museum in Parkes, New South Wales.[9] Some of the collection was loaned for display at the 2008 Parkes Elvis Festival.[10]
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  | The Official Wiggles Website - Error ~ Help ~ The Wiggles |
| | Collector finds wiggle room among kings of memorabilia - Collector finds wiggle room among kings of memorabilia |
| | Greg Page leaves The Wiggles - News ~ The Wiggles |
| | Yellow Wiggle Greg Page talks of his illness - Yellow Wiggle Greg Page talks of his illness | The Courier-Mail |
| | Interview - Greg Page of The Wiggles - Interview - Greg Page of The Wiggles - Elvis Articles, By: Elvis Australia |
| | Dysautonomia Information Network - POTS Place: A Guide to Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome |
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