Colin Hay was born in the small town of Saltcoats, Scotland. He was the second of three children, having an older brother, Dereck, and a younger sister, Carol. His father, James, is a piano tuner, and his mother, Isabel, is a singer. In 1967, Colin's father, who owned a music store, moved the family from their native Scotland to Australia when Colin was 14.
Their first album, Business As Usual, spent 15 weeks at #1 in the US, which was a record for a debut album. It was eventually knocked off the top spot by Michael Jackson's Thriller.
At the 1983 Grammy Awards, they won for Best New Artist.
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