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Infobox musical artist|image= ||name = Iva Davies|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Ivor Arthur Davies|alias =|birth_date = Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|5|22|origin = Wauchope, New South Wales , Australia |instrument = Human voice|Vocals , guitar , oboe , Keyboard instrument|keyboards , synthesizer , cor anglais |genre = Electro (music)|Electro / New wave music|New wave / Rock music|Rock |label = Diva Records|associated_acts = Icehouse (band)|Icehouse , Flowers (band)|Flowers |Url= http://www.icehouse-iva.com/ Official Icehouse - Iva Davies website Iva Davies (born Ivor Arthur Davies , 22 May 1955, Wauchope, New South Wales , Australia ), is the frontman for Australia n Electro (music)|electro / New wave music|new wave / Rock music|rock Musical ensemble|band Icehouse (band)|Icehouse .
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Davies has worked with such notable musicians as David Bowie , Brian Eno , Peter Gabriel , Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music , Yukihiro Takahashi , John Oates , Elvis Costello , Simple Minds , Peter Tosh , Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer , XTC , The Psychedelic Furs , and many more.
1970s
Davies first performed as a 16-year-old musician with the "Lucy Fields Jug Band" led by Lindsay Campbell around 1971. Three floors down in the YMCA Basement in Sydney was a regular folk and acoustic music venue which featured artists such as Bob Hudson, Mike Mclelland, Al Ward, Pat and Geoff Drummond, Al Head, Marion Henderson, Margaret Roadknight and Graeme Lownde. Davies is famous for his vocal style, which was influenced by David Bowie, Bryan Ferry and Marc Bolan,
Davies played oboe with the Sydney Youth Orchestra and was a member of the Epping Boys High School Band where he played also played Euphonium. The Lucy Fields Jug Band secured a recording contract with M7 records but the company was soon to change hands and the band's album was never released.
In late 1977, Iva Davies, a former oboe and composition student at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music joined with bass guitar player Keith Welsh to form a band called Flowers (band)|Flowers . In 1979 Davies re-established an old acquaintance with Cameron Allan, the director of Sydney-based independent label Regular Records, to whom Flowers signed in early 1980.
1980s
In 1985 Davies and fellow Icehouse member Bob Kretschmer worked on the ballet Boxes with the Sydney Dance Company . In addition to scoring the ballet, they also co-wrote the script with Graeme Murphy . Boxes opened at the Sydney Opera House in December, and Davies performed in an acting/singing/dancing role to sold-out crowds for three weeks straight.
1985 also saw Davies win an Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA Music Award for "Most Performed Australasian Music For Film" for Razorback (film)|Razorback .APRA Music Award http://www.apra.com.au/awards/music/winners1985.asp "1985 Winners" list
In 1988, Davies and co-collaborator John Oates won an APRA Music Award for the Icehouse song Electric Blue (song)|Electric Blue (from the Man of Colours (album)|Man Of Colours album) in the "Most Performed Australasian Popular Work" category.APRA Music Award http://www.apra.com.au/awards/music/winners1988.asp "1988 Winners" list
On 25 January 1988, Icehouse performs "Electric Blue" at the Royal Command, New South Wales Bicentennial Concert in front of the Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince and Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess of Wales at the Sydney Entertainment Centre .cite web|url= http://docushare.unisa.edu.au/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-2480/ENC1-15+Bicentennial+concert+3.jpg |title=The New South Wales Royal Bicentennial Concert |publisher= University of South Australia |accessdate=14 August 2009 Davies performance was notable for his stage-fright and, due to his being greatly affected by nerves, singing off-key and out of tune. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=tdoTD1Csa2I& playnext=1& list=PL5C9E4BC11046DF66.
1990s
The Sydney Dance Company worked on creating a ballet which became Berlin . As well as recording the score to the ballet, Davies performed these songs live with Icehouse at each show. He was an intrinsic part of the ballet, in a role similar to the one in he played in Boxes . Iva was successful in creating a translation from the dancers to the audience. Berlin was an instant success and ran for two seasons. Boxes and Berlin are two of the most successful shows that the Sydney Dance Company has had to date.Citation needed|date=February 2007
2000s
In 2003, Davies travelled to Los Angeles to record the soundtrack to the Peter Weir film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with Christopher Gordon and Richard Tognetti . Together, they won the 2004 APRA/AGSC Screen Music Award in the "Best Soundtrack Album" category.APRA Screen Music Awards http://www.apra.com.au/awards/screen/winners-2004.asp "2004 Winners" list In 2005 Davies scored the mini-series The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant . On 6 November 2006, he won the 2006 APRA/AGSC Screen Music Award in the "Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie" category.APRA Screen Music Awards http://www.apra.com.au/awards/screen/winners-2006.asp "2006 Winners" list From 15 June 2008, Davies was a judge on Seven Network TV series Battle of the Choirs ;cite news |url= http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23841589-5016626,00.html |last=Blundell |first=Graeme |publisher= The Australian |title=Choir wars |date=2008-06-14 |accessdate=2008-06-17 his band Icehouse performed " Great Southern Land " on the grand final show won by University of Newcastle, Australia|University of Newcastle Chamber Choir.cite news |url= http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx? id=608452 |title=Newcastle group wins Battle of Choirs |publisher= National Nine News |date=2008-08-03 |accessdate=2008-08-04
Awards
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Achievements
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Personal life
Iva married Tonia Kelly in 1990. They have two children: Brynn (born 1993) and Evan (1996).
Iva and Tonia Davies subsequently divorced in February 2010.
Iva lives in Whale Beach , NSW Sydney's "Northern Beaches".
http://www.icehouse-ivadavies.com/ Flowers - Icehouse The new official Iva Davies website as of 26 April 2011
Icehouse Persondata | NAME =Davies, Iva | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1955-05-22 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Iva Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:People educated at Epping Boys High School Category:Icehouse members Category:Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni Category:Australian electronic musicians Category:Australian rock musicians Category:Musicians from New South Wales
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