Greg Page

Gregory John Page, (born 16 January 1972) is an Australian singer, musician and actor.

He was a roadie for and sang with the Australian band the Cockroaches during the band's final years in the early 1990s.

It was whilst on tour that he would befriend Cockroach member Anthony Field.

After working as a roadie for The Cockroaches, on bandmate Anthony Field's recommendation, he enrolled in Macquarie University to study Early Childhood Education.

While students, Page, Field, and guitarist Murray Cook, along with former Cockroaches member and keyboardist Jeff Fatt, combined their music backgrounds and teaching skills to form the Wiggles.

Field described Page as "the perfect straight man", with a "big friendly smile and easy stage manner" which made him engrossing for both children and adults.

Also according to Field, Page "has an authoritative, though not overbearing, tone when he speaks to children and is a relaxed and clever emcee".

When performing with the Wiggles, Page wore a yellow shirt.

Like the other Wiggles, Page had a shtick, which was doing magic tricks.

He is best known as the original lead singer and a founding member of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2006 and then again in 2012.

Starting with his self-titled debut album, since 1998, Page has recorded several solo albums, his latest, Here Comes Christmas!, being released in 2015.

Page released his self-titled debut solo album in 1998.

Since the mid 2000s, Page has suffered from severe health problems, which caused his early departure from the Wiggles and brief retirement in 2006; his 2012 album Let It Be Me, began production in 2004, but was postponed due to his health conditions.

His second album, I Believe in Music, was released four years later, in 2002.

In 2002, Page sang backup with Australian Elvis impersonator Mick Gerace.

In spring 2003, Page performed in Las Vegas with the TCB Band.

Production of the album began in 2004, but it was interrupted due to Page's medical issues.

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.

On 30 November 2006, the Wiggles announced that Page would leave the group due to poor health.

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.

Shortly after leaving the Wiggles, Page joined the cast of the children's educational television program Butterscotch's Playground.

Page helped develop the show with its creators.

Page and the others expected to remain involved with the creative and production aspects of the group, though Page no longer would have a share in the company, having sold it in 2006 when he left.

Since coming out of retirement in 2009, Page has been performing live on stage again, including a handful of guest appearances with the original members of The Wiggles.

In January 2012, and amidst a great deal of controversy, the Wiggles announced that Page had regained his health and was returning to his role as the Yellow Wiggle, replacing Sam Moran, who had succeeded him.

It was reported that he would return to touring with the group in March of that year.

On 17 May 2012, it was announced that Page, along with Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt, would again be retiring from the Wiggles at the end of the year.

He was to be replaced by Wiggles cast member Emma Watkins, the first female member of the Wiggles.

Page eventually revealed that he was only asked to return to the group until August 2012, "to help transition from Sam Moran to a new Yellow Wiggle," but once Cook and Fatt decided to retire at the end of the year, they asked Page if he would extend his stay with the group until then so he would leave alongside them, to which he agreed.

His second album with the TCB Band, Let It Be Me, was released in 2012.

From time to time, beginning in 2016, Page has performed with the Wiggles for reunion shows and charity fundraisers.

After suffering a cardiac arrest in 2020, Page has become an advocate for heart health and has founded the charity Heart of the Nation.

Page was born in Sydney, Australia.

He grew up in Northmead, New South Wales, where he attended Baulkham Hills Primary School.

Growing up, he had a low self-esteem.

By the time he was 16, his hair started greying.

He performed in several bands in secondary school.

He was a member of the band Dead Giveaway.

In July 2020, six months after suffering a cardiac arrest, he and the original Wiggles appeared in The Soul Movers music video "Circles Baby".