Iva Davies
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| Birth name | Ivor Arthur Davies |
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22 May 1955 Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 1971–present |
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| Website | Official Icehouse – Iva Davies website |
Ivor Arthur Davies, AM (born 22 May 1955), known professionally as Iva Davies, is an Australian singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is known for his vocal style, which was influenced by David Bowie, Bryan Ferry and Marc Bolan.
In a music career spanning more than 40 years, Davies came to prominence in the early 1980s as lead singer of the rock band Icehouse, becoming one of Australia's top rock stars of that decade.
Davies has worked with such notable musicians as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, Steve Jansen, Yukihiro Takahashi, John Oates, Elvis Costello, Simple Minds, Peter Tosh, Robert Palmer, XTC, the Psychedelic Furs and Nik Kershaw.
Davies was born in New South Wales and was first attracted to bagpipes at the age of six. He played oboe with the Sydney Youth Orchestra and was a member of the Epping Boys High School Band where he also played the euphonium. He went on to be an oboe and composition student at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, but dropped out at age 21 to pursue a professional career.
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