THE WIGGLES

The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. The group are currently composed of Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Tsehay Hawkins, Evie Ferris, John Pearce, Caterina Mete and Lucia Field. The Wiggles were founded in 1991 by Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and Phillip Wilcher. Wilcher left the group after their first album. Page retired in 2006 due to ill health and was replaced by understudy Sam Moran, but returned in 2012, replacing Moran. At the end of 2012, Cook, Fatt and Page retired and were replaced by Gillespie, Pryce and Emma Watkins. Cook and Fatt retained their shareholding in the group and all three continued to have input into its creative and production aspects, while engaging in occasional reunion performances. Watkins departed the group in 2021, with Hawkins taking her place.

Field and Fatt were members of the Australian pop band The Cockroaches in the 1980s, and Cook was a member of several bands before meeting Field and Page at Macquarie University, where they were studying to become pre-school teachers. In 1991, Field was inspired to create an album of children's music based upon concepts of early childhood education, and enlisted Cook, Page, and Fatt to assist him. They began touring to promote the album, and became so successful, they quit their teaching jobs to perform full-time. The group augmented their act with animal characters Dorothy the Dinosaur, Henry the Octopus, and Wags the Dog, as well as the character Captain Feathersword, played by Paul Paddick since 1993. They travelled with a small group of dancers, which later grew into a larger troupe. The group's DVDs, CDs, and television programs have been produced independently since their inception. Their high point came in the early 2000s, after they broke into the American market.

The group was formally consolidated in 2005. They were listed at the top of Business Review Weekly's top-earning Australian entertainers four years in a row, and earned A$45 million in 2009. In 2011, the worldwide recession hit The Wiggles, as it had done for many Australian entertainers; they earned $28 million, but they still appeared second on BRW's list that year. The Wiggles have enjoyed almost universal approval throughout their history, and their music has been played in pre-schools all over the world. They have earned several Platinum, Double Platinum and Multi-Platinum records, as well as sold 23 million DVDs and 7 million CDs, and have performed, on average, to one million people per year. The group has also earned multiple Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) and Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards.

Members

Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page, Sam Moran, Emma Watkins, Simon Pryce,
Lachlan Gillespie, Tsehay Hawkins, Evie Ferris, John Pearce, Caterina Mete, Lucia Field.

SINGLES
"Eagle Rock" [featuring Ross Wilson] (#80) 2003 ABC
"Christmas Single" (#81) 2004 ABC
"Beep! Beep! Buckle Up!" 2012 ABC
"Power Through the Day" 2013 ABC
"Rise for Alex" 2014 ABC
"NSW Blues Song!"2017 ABC
"The Toilet Song" 2019 ABC
"The Alphabet Ballet" 2019 ABC
"My Ballet Goat" 2019 ABC
"I Am a Fine Musician" 2019 ABC
"The Ants Go Marching" 2019 ABC
"What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?" 2019 ABC
"Drum Chronology" [featuring Kye Smith] 2019 ABC
"Big4 Wiggly Song"2019 ABC
"Singing Like a Rock Singer" [featuring Jack Gatto] 2019 ABC
"Handwashing Song" 2019 ABC
"Anthony Ant" [featuring Jack Gatto] 2019 ABC
"Do the Propeller!" [featuring Sesame Street] 2019 ABC
"Here Come the Wiggles" 2020 ABC
"Baby Shark" 2020 ABC
"When I'm Painting"2020 ABC
"Skinnamarink"2020 ABC
"Social Distancing" 2020 ABC
"Brush Your Teeth"2020 ABC
"Little Wiggles Theme Song"2020 ABC
"Trains, Planes and the Big Red Car"2020 ABC
"Rocket Ship"2020 ABC
"Emma's Bowmobile, Beep Beep!"2020 ABC
"Digital Party!"2020 ABC
"Click Go the Shears'' [feat. The East Pointers] 2020 ABC
"The Twins Song – Double Happy"2020 ABC
"We're All Fruit Salad!" [featuring James Harkness, Jawan Jackson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Rakete, Taylor Symone & Victor Valdes] 2021 ABC
"Elephant (Triple J Like a Version)" (#10) 2021 ABC
"The ABC New Zealand Alphabet Song'' [feat. Robert Rakete] 2021 ABC
"Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall" 2021 ABC
"The Wellerman" 2021 ABC
"Hey Tsehay!" 2021 ABC
"We're All Fruit Salad (triple j Live Recording 2021) 2021 ABC
"Apple Crumble" 2022 ABC
"Around the World" 2022 ABC

EPs

'iTunes Live' R2011 ABC
'Apple Music Home Session: The Wiggles' 2022 ABC

ALBUMS
'The Wiggles' 1991 ABC
'Here Comes a Song' 1992 ABC
'Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate''1993 ABC
'Yummy Yummy' 1994 ABC
'Big Red Car' 1995 ABC
'Wake Up Jeff!' 1996 ABC
'Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas' 1996 ABC
'The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack' (#36) 1997 ABC
'Toot Toot!' 1998 ABC
'It's a Wiggly Wiggly World' (#39) 2000 ABC
'Wiggle Time!' 2000 ABC
'Yule Be Wiggling' (#55) 2000 ABC
'Hoop Dee Doo: It's a Wiggly Party' (#100) 2001 ABC
'Wiggly Safari' (#96) 2002 ABC
'Wiggle Bay' 2002 ABC
'Go to Sleep Jeff!' 2003 ABC
'Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!' (#95) 2003 ABC
'Top of the Tots'2003 ABC
'Cold Spaghetti Western' 2004 ABC
'Santa's Rockin'!' 2004 ABC
'Sailing Around the World' 2005
'Here Comes the Big Red Car' 2006 ABC
'It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!'2006 ABC
'Racing to the Rainbow' 2006 ABC
'Getting Strong!' 2007 ABC
'Pop Go the Wiggles!' 2007 ABC
'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing' 2008 ABC
'Sing a Song of Wiggles' 2008 ABC
'Go Bananas!' 2009 ABC
'Hot Poppin' Popcorn' 2009 ABC
'Let's Eat' 2010 ABC
'Ukulele Baby!'2011 ABC
'It's Always Christmas with You!' 2011 ABC
'Surfer Jeff'' 2012 ABC
'Taking Off!' 2013 ABC
'Furry Tales' 2013 ABC
'Pumpkin Face' 2013 ABC
'Go Santa Go!' 2013 ABC
'Apples & Bananas' (#60) 2014 ABC
'Wiggle House' (#86) 2014 ABC
'Rock & Roll Preschool' (#43) 2015 ABC
'Meet the Orchestra!' (#52) 2015 ABC
'Wiggle Town!' (#41) 2016 ABC
'Carnival of the Animals' '2016' ABC
'Dance Dance!' (#59) 2016 ABC
'Nursery Rhymes' (#15) 2017 ABC
'Duets' 2017 ABC
'Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas!' (#29) October 2017 ABC
'Nursery Rhymes 2' (#3) 2018 ABC
'Wiggle Pop!' (#24) 2018 ABC
'Big Ballet Day!' 2019 ABC
'Party Time!' (#30) 2019 ABC
'Fun and Games' (#44) 2020 ABC
'Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car!' (#83) 2020 ABC
'Lullabies with Love' 2021 ABC
'Halloween Party' 2021 ABC
'Super Wiggles' 2022 ABC

 

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiggles

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/