| Steve Wade | |
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| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Genres | Pop music |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Labels | Swade Music |
| Associated acts | Little River Band Graeham Goble |
| Website | stevewade.com |
Steve Wade is an award-winning Australian singer, songwriter and musician. For four years he was the lead vocalist for Little River Band. Wade is a two-time winner of Australian Songwriter of the Year.
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Steve Wade was born in Liverpool, England and moved to Australia at a young age. He developed an interest in music and began performing at venues around Melbourne. He impressed jingle writer Mike Brady who employed him as a session singer.[1]
In 1993 Wade was recruited by Little River Band founder Graeham Goble to front his new band, The Graham Goble Encounter. Wade sang lead vocals on two albums, Nautilus (1993)[2] and Stop (1996).[3] The band toured in Germany to promote Nautilus.[4]
Wade was himself recruited as lead singer of Little River Band in 1996, following Glenn Shorrock and John Farnham.[5] During the next four years he appeared in more than 500 performances with the band.[1] He has been a member of ten different bands during his career.[6]
Wade continues to perform regularly around Melbourne, including Crown Casino.[7]
Wade has written, recorded or arranged many jingles and theme songs for radio and television. He arranged an earlier version of the theme song for the soap opera Neighbours.[8]
Wade has won multiple awards from the Australian Songwriters Association, including Songwriter of the Year in 1989 and 1990[9] and Best Folk/World Song in 2001.[10]
As lead singer for Graham Goble and The Graham Goble Encounter:
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