Company of Strangers (band) explained

Company of Strangers were a short-lived rock, pop music studio project formed by Simon Hussey in late 1991. The album featured performances by Daryl Braithwaite (ex-Sherbet) on vocals, Simon Hussey (ex-Cats Under Pressure, Australian Crawl) on keyboards, drums, engineering and production, Jef Scott on guitar and vocals, and James Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on vocals and guitar.^[1] Their debut self-titled album appeared in December 1992 via Sony Music Australia with Hussey producing.^[1] It peaked at No. 9 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold in 1993 for shipment of 35000 copies.^[2]

They released four singles, "Motor City (I Get Lost)" (July 1992), "Sweet Love" (November 1992), "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star" (January 1993) and their cover version of the Beatles' "Baby, You're a Rich Man" (June 1993).^[1] Both "Motor City" and "Sweet Love" reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 30. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 Hussey won Producer of the Year for "Sweet Love", "Motor City" and "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star"; and for "Nothing to Lose" for Braithwaite.^[3] Company of Strangers was also nominated for Breakthrough Artist - Album and "Motor City" was nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Single.^{[4] [3]}

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		AUS	NZ
"Motor City (I Get Lost)"	1992	26	49
"Sweet Love"		21	12
"Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star"	1993	35	18
"Baby, You're a Rich Man"		118	—

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.! |-| rowspan="3"|1993| Company of Strangers| Breakthrough Artist - Album| | rowspan="3"|^[8] |-| "Motor City (I Get Lost)"| Breakthrough Artist - Single| |-| Simon Hussey for "Daddy's Gonna Make You a Star", "Motor City (I Get Lost)" and "Sweet Love"| Producer of the Year| |-

Notes and References

1. Book: McFarlane, Ian . Ian McFarlane . Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) . . Encyclopedia entry for 'Company of Strangers' . 31 March 2017 . 2017 . . Third Stone Press . 2nd . 107 . 978-0-9953856-0-3 .
2. Web site: 1993 ARIA ALBUMS CHART. www.ariacharts.com.au. 18 March 2016.
3. Web site: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040222130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/40484/20040223-0000/aria_awards/main.htm . 17th Annual ARIA Awards . Australian Recording Industry Association . 22 February 2004 . 4 September 2018 . Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Year', '7th Annual ARIA Awards (1993)', and 'Option Show Nominations'
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142945/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1993 . Winners by Year 1993 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 14 December 2007 . 4 September 2018 .
5. Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
   • Top 50 peaks: Web site: australian-charts.com - Discography Company of Strangers. Hung Medien. 19 July 2016.
   • "Baby, You're a Rich Man": Web site: Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 July 2016. Imgur.com. 19 July 2016.
6. Web site: charts.nz - Discography Company of Strangers. Hung Medien. 19 July 2016.
7. Web site: New Release Summary – Product Available from: 7/12/92 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 149). Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). 19 July 2016.
8. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142945/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1993 . Winners by Year 1993 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 14 December 2007 . 4 December 2013 .