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John Harley Weston (born 24 April 1967) is a Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter who also plays a variety of instruments including guitar, keyboards and piano accordion〔(Australian Government Cultural Portal – short biography )〕 and, in 2005, won the Australian National Songwriting Contest〔(Australian Songwriting Contest list of winners 2005 – scroll down to rock category )〕 (rock category) with the song "Last Days of Summer" from his 2004 album, ''Hope Harbour''.〔(Interview on Channel 9 Television Australia after winning Australian Songwriting Contest 2005 )〕 ==Success as songwriter and performer== Born in Glasgow, John Higgins grew up in the East Ayrshire town of Stewarton and subsequently immigrated to the Tamborine Mountain region in the southeastern part of Australian state of Queensland. Using the performing name John Harley Weston, he has been a professional musician since 1990, and the 2005 success of "Last Days Of Summer", co-written with drummer/guitarist Tony Beard (who has worked with Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jeff Beck, Hall & Oates and Johnny Winter),〔(Blues artist Johnny Winter biography – mentions his drummer Tony Beard )〕 extended to its placement in the top 20 at the Unisong International Songwriting Contest 2005–2006〔(Unisong Intl Songwriting Contest winners – 10th Annual – 2005 – top 20 position rock category )〕 and receiving an Honourable Mention from the 13th annual ''Billboard'' World Songwriting Contest.〔(Billboard World Songwriting Contest – general )〕 In the same year, at ''singeruniverse.com'',〔(Singer Universe Competition – top 5 position – scroll down to see and hear 'Last Days Of Summer' )〕 Weston was voted one of the top 5 best vocalists in the Independent Music World by music publisher Dale Kawashima, former executive at Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Irving Azoff's Giant Records and Mercury Records. Another song (on the same album), "Brothers and Sisters", produced by Sandy Jones at Foundry Music Lab〔(Foundry Music Lab recording studio owned by producers Sandy Jones and Graeme Duffin (Wet Wet Wet guitarist) )〕 in Motherwell, Scotland, and Graeme Duffin (Wet Wet Wet guitarist).〔(Wet Wet Wet guitarist/producer Graeme Duffin news page – mentions working on John Harley Weston's song 'Brothers and Sisters' )〕 about the conflict between Israel and Palestine held the number one spot on Isonlive Radio (ILR Australian Indie Radio Charts) for an entire six months in 2007.〔(Isonlive Radio ILR Australian Indie Radio Charts – song 'Brothers and Sisters held #1 spot for entire 6 months of 2007 )〕 In 2008, Weston released the album ''Welcome Back to Reality''. Two songs were chosen by Channel 7 Television Australia for their 2008 Beijing Olympic Games playlist.〔(Songs used by Channel 7 during Beijing Olympics 2008 ) ''Gold Coast Bulletin'' feature article〕 Readers of the ''Gold Coast Bulletin'' (a newspaper servicing Gold Coast, Queensland) nominated John Harley Weston for a Gold Coast Honours Award in Entertainment (2008) for his services to music and support of charities such as Cancer Council Queensland.〔(List of Honours Awards nominees 2008 ) ''Gold Coast Bulletin''〕 In 1999, Weston wrote the song "Road To Victory" for the Brisbane Lions Aussie Rules football team (released via Festival Records Fido label now Mushroom Records). Weston's music has been added to the National Library of Australia〔(National Library of Australia – lists John Harley Weston releases )〕 and the National Film and Sound Archive a joint venture by Music Australia to create a database of all written and musical works released in Australia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Harley Weston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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