Wayne Mason
Wayne Ashley Mason MNZM (born 1949) is a New Zealand musician.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Mason was born in New Plymouth in 1949. He was a founding member of 1960s pop group The Fourmyula and later formed Rockinghorse and The Warratahs before embarking on a solo career in 1994.
Mason wrote a series of hit singles with Ali Richardson for The Fourmyula; his best known song is "Nature",[1] which in 2001 was voted No.1 in a list of the Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. The song, which Mason re-recorded on his 2001 album Same Boy, has also been covered by The Mutton Birds and Margaret Urlich.
In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Mason was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music.[2]
Solo discography
[edit | edit source]Albums
[edit | edit source]| Title | Album details |
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| Between Frames |
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| Same Boy |
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| Sense Got Out (as Wayne Mason and the Fallen Angels) |
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Awards
[edit | edit source]Aotearoa Music Awards
[edit | edit source]The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 2010 | Wayne Mason (as part of The Fourmyula) | New Zealand Music Hall of Fame | inductee | [3] |
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Dix, John, Stranded in Paradise, Penguin, 2005. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Eggleton, David, Ready To Fly, Craig Potton, 2003. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Spittle, Gordon, Counting The Beat, GP Publications, 1997. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
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