Dave Dobbyn
{{Short description|New Zealand musician and producer (born 1957)}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| name = Dave Dobbyn
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM|size=100%}}
| image = Sir Dave Dobbyn, April 2021.jpg
| caption = Dobbyn in April 2021
| birth_name = David Joseph Dobbyn
| alias = Dave Dobbyn
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|1|3}}
| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand
| instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano, bass
| genre = Pop, rock
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| years_active = 1979–present
| label = Warner, Epic, Sony BMG
| associated_acts = Th' Dudes, DD Smash
| website = [https://www.davedobbyn.co.nz davedobbyn.co.nz]
| current_members =
| past_members =
}}
Sir David Joseph Dobbyn {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM}} (born 3 January 1957) is a New Zealand musician, singer–songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash. Since then he has released the majority of his recordings as a solo performer.
Early life
Dave Dobbyn was born on 3 January 1957 in the working class area of Glen Innes, (Auckland), the third of five children to tour-bus driver Terry Dobbyn and Molly.{{cite news|last=Legat|first=Nicola|title=A Portrait of the Artist As A Mature Man|url=http://geocities.org/sunsetstrip/cabaret/9040/portrait.htm|access-date=13 October 2012|newspaper=North and South|date=January 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804054133/http://geocities.org/sunsetstrip/cabaret/9040/portrait.htm|archive-date=4 August 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}{{cite web|title=Dave Dobbyn: Biography|url=http://davedobbyn.co.nz/bio.html|publisher=Sony Music|access-date=30 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510194424/http://www.davedobbyn.co.nz/bio.html|archive-date=10 May 2013}} He was influenced by music from a young age, ranging from the Irish songs his father listened to, to the music of the church across the road, to the various radio stations he was able to pick up on the family radiogram.{{cite web|last=Bourke|first=Chris|title=Overnight Success: Liner Notes|url=http://www.chrisbourke.co.nz/main.php?id=dobbynliner|work=CD Notes|publisher=Sony|access-date=30 September 2012}}
While his family had a piano at home, he was the only member to not receive piano lessons, something he was grateful for in retrospect as it meant he was able to come to it without memories of strict lessons.{{cite web|title=Homegrown Profiles: Dave Dobbyn|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/homegrown-profiles-dave-dobbyn-2005|work=Documentary|publisher=NZ On Screen |access-date=30 September 2012}} He, along with his three brothers, attended the local Catholic college Sacred Heart College, where he would meet Ian Morris and Peter Urlich.
While Sacred Heart actively encouraged music, Dobbyn was too shy to be involved, and on graduating high school worked nine months as a bank teller, and applied to teachers' college twice, to be accepted on the second try. As he started teachers' college he was asked by Morris and Urlich to join the band that would become Th' Dudes.
Musical career
= Th' Dudes (1975–1980) =
{{Main| Th' Dudes}}
Dobbyn's first success came with rock band, Th' Dudes, which he joined as guitarist. After performing with the band for a year, Dobbyn quit teachers' college to focus on the band full-time. Dobbyn suffered extreme stage fright and played early performances standing at the back with his eyes closed. However, he took on the role of frontman for the song "Be Mine Tonight" (1978). The song won single of the year in 1979 in New Zealand and led to many critics seeing him as the breakout star of the band.{{cite web|title=Dave Dobbyn: Bio|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dave-dobbyn/55436636|work=Biography|publisher=Itunes|access-date=1 October 2012}} The band's 1980 song "Bliss" (1980) has become an iconic New Zealand drinking song.
= DD Smash (1980–1986) =
{{Main| DD Smash}}
After Th' Dudes disbanded in 1980, Dobbyn formed a pop group DD Smash. The band's first release was the single "Lipstick Power", followed by "Bull by the Horns" (1981), thought to be about Dobbyn overcoming the stage fright he sometimes experienced while performing with Th' Dudes. Their first album Cool Bananas (1982) debuted in the New Zealand charts at number one.
After Cool Bananas, DD Smash released Deep in the Heart of Taxes (1983), an album recorded live at Auckland's popular eighties venue Mainstreet. Their final album, The Optimist (1984), although slicker sounding production-wise than its predecessor, showed signs of compromise with the dominant commercial, blue-eyed soul inflected, synth-pop sound of the post-new wave era of British and Australian music which was flooding the New Zealand charts at the time. Dobbyn apparently had his eye on the larger Australian market and it was not long before he had a number one solo hit there.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}
In December 1984, DD Smash was playing an outdoor concert in Aotea Square in Auckland. During their set, a power failure led sections of the crowd to become restless. Some of the crowd started throwing beer bottles and police arrested them. The situation escalated and the riot squad was called in. Dobbyn made negative remarks about the police which allegedly spurred on the crowd. The concert was stopped by the police and sections of the crowd rioted, smashing shop windows along Queen Street. Prime Minister David Lange called a commission of inquiry and as a result, Dobbyn was charged with inciting a riot. The criminal prosecution against Dobbyn began in June 1985. His lawyer successfully defended him and he was acquitted on the charge of "behaving in a manner likely to cause violence against person or property and using insulting language".[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/node/4561 Queen Street riot 1984] (from New Zealand history online, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage)
When DD Smash eventually disbanded, partially to make room for the commercially expanding vision of Dobbyn, they left behind them the hit singles "Outlook for Thursday" (1983) and the violin-tinged, hi perennial classic "Whaling" (1984).
= Solo career (1986–present) =
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When DD Smash folded, Dobbyn began a successful solo career, by writing the soundtrack music for the animated feature film Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale in 1986. The film yielded two hit singles: "You Oughta Be In Love" (1986) and the chart-topping "Slice of Heaven" (1986) recorded with the band Herbs. After the release of the film, "Slice of Heaven" became one of Dobbyn's best-known songs, frequently used in tourism advertisements aired on Australian television that encouraged people to visit New Zealand. With the success of the song in Australia, Dobbyn settled in Australia.
In April 1987, a re-worked version of Dobbyn's song "Slice of Heaven" featured in a number of television commercials in Australia. Funded by the Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC), the commercials promoted the Devon meat product by substituting the word "Heaven" for "Devon" in the chorus.
Dobbyn released his debut solo album Loyal, a personal celebration of love and loyalty,{{cite web|last=Bourke |first=Chris |title=Loyal: Notes |url=http://www.davedobbyn.co.nz/discography-loyal.html |publisher=Rip It Up Magazine |access-date=1 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428191806/http://www.davedobbyn.co.nz/discography-loyal.html |archive-date=28 April 2012 }} in 1988.
His follow-up was the Mitchell Froom-produced Lament for the Numb (1993), which included members of Elvis Costello's one-time backing band. The album was called "un-releasable" by Dobbyn's record label at the time and was shelved for a year until its eventual release.[http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/3076867/The-Dave-Dobbyn-interview Dave Dobbyn Interview 2009] After nearly a decade in Australia, Dobbyn moved back to Auckland in the early 1990s, and made 1994's Twist with fellow New Zealander and recently returned singer–songwriter Neil Finn,{{cite web|last=Bollinger|first=Nick|title=Essential New Zealand Albums: The Islander|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/essentialnzalbums/audio/2534027/essential-nz-albums-the-islander-dave-dobbyn|work=Radio Show|date=28 September 2012|publisher=Radio New Zealand |access-date=1 October 2012}} whose contribution Dobbyn stated "was crucial to the sound of that record". Twist is also notable for its inclusion of the Māori singer Emma Paki, who was popular in the country at the time of the album's release.
In 1995 Dobbyn became one of the first musical performers in the world to simulcast a performance on the Internet.{{cite news|title=Internet Live Performance of Dave Dobbyn|url=http://www-europe.sgi.com/International/NZ/news/dobbin.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970716200233/http://www-europe.sgi.com/International/NZ/news/dobbin.html|access-date=10 October 2012|archive-date=16 July 1997 }}{{cite news|last=Pamatatau|first=Richard|title=Another Slice of Heaven for Dobbyn|url=http://www.infotech.co.nz/homemar/pxdoby.html|access-date=10 October 2012|newspaper=Infotech Weekly|date=March 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991103201801/http://www.infotech.co.nz/homemar/pxdoby.html|archive-date=3 November 1999}} However, it was hindered by technical problems.
Dobbyn took on the role of producer in fourth solo album, The Islander. The album received widespread popular and critical acclaim, reaching number 1 on the New Zealand charts.
In 1999 Dobbyn joined Jan Hellriegel and Toi Iti to co-write "Read About It", the theme song of the Duffy Books in Homes programme{{Cite web |url=http://www.booksinhomes.org.nz/Page/Kids/DuffySong.aspx |title=Duffy: Books in Homes |access-date=27 February 2011 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724200134/http://www.booksinhomes.org.nz/Page/Kids/DuffySong.aspx |url-status=dead }} which is still performed by 100,000 children annually.
Dobbyn's hit song "Loyal" (1988) from his debut solo album Loyal (1988) was used as an anthem for Team New Zealand's failed 2003 America's Cup defence. He has also produced albums for Australian singer Grant McLennan and contributed to albums by Jenny Morris, Gyan Evans, [https://www.discogs.com/Wayne-Gillespie-Living-In-Exile/release/4531883 Wayne Gillespie] and Bic Runga. In 2000 Dobbyn toured New Zealand with Runga and Tim Finn. The tour was recorded and the live album, Together in Concert: Live (2000) was released soon after. The tour also included the lead off song "Just Add Water" from his 2000 album Hopetown, a record Dobbyn has since referred to as "a cartoon album".
In 2005, Dobbyn released his sixth solo album; Available Light. The album received popular and critical acclaim. In the same year Dobbyn performed the lead single from Available Light, "Welcome Home" (2005) at the New Zealand Music Awards ceremony. During the performance, Ahmed Zaoui, who was appealing a security certificate issued due to alleged links to terrorist groups, appeared on stage with Dobbyn.[http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=81528 Zaoui sings with Dobbyn] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111251/http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=81528 |date=29 September 2007 }} (from News Talk ZB news story, dated 6 October 2006
2008 saw Dobbyn release Anotherland. The album entered the NZ Top 40 Album Charts at Number 2[http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp NZ Album Chart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625161959/http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp |date=25 June 2007 }} and remained in the charts for 6 weeks, eventually attaining Gold status.
In 2009 Dobbyn released a second greatest hits album, including re-recorded versions of "Devil You Know", "Shaky Isles" and "Whaling". The second CD includes less known songs. A limited edition version also included a DVD tracking his three decades in music, and included interviews with former bandmates and collaborators.
In 2012 Dobbyn was part of the all-star lineup for the Flight of the Conchords charity single "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)". The song debuted at number 1 on the New Zealand music chart and remained there for two weeks.{{Cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2012-08-31|title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart}}
Discography
= Solo studio albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2"| Details ! colspan="2"| Peak chart ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! NZ ! AUS{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=91}} |
| 1986
| Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale |
| 5 | 22 | |
| 1988
| Loyal |
| 9 | 75 | |
| 1993
|
| 13 | – | |
| 1994
| Twist |
| 8 | – | |
| 1998
|
| 1 | – | |
| 2000
| Hopetown |
| 9 | – | |
| 2005
|
| 3 | – | |
| 2008
|
| 2 | – | |
| 2016
| Harmony House |
| 5 | – | |
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
= Compilation albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2"| Details ! Peak chart ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! NZ |
| 1992
| | 4 | |
| 1999
|
| 15 | |
| 2009
| Beside You: 30 Years of Hits | | 4 | |
| 2017
| A Slice of Heaven: 40 Years of Hits |
| 2 | |
= Live albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2"| Details ! Peak chart ! rowspan="2" | Certification |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! NZ |
| 2000
| | 2 | |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! NZ ! AUS |
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| "Lipstick Power" | align=center | — | align=center | — | rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| "Bull by the Horns"
| align=center | — | align=center | — |
| rowspan="3" | 1986
| "Slice of Heaven" (Dave Dobbyn with Herbs) | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | rowspan="2" | Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale |
| "You Oughta Be in Love"
| align=center | 2 | align=center | 63 |
| "Sailing Away" (All of Us)
| align=center | 1 | align=center | — | {{n/a|Non-album single}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| align=center | 7 | align=center | 70 | rowspan="2" | Loyal |
| "Loyal"
| align=center | 19 | align=center | 70 |
| 1989
| "Space Junk" (Dave Dobbyn and the Lunettes) | align=center | 32 | align=center | — | rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| 1991
| "Shaky Isles" | align=center | 26 | align=center | — |
| rowspan=2 | 1993
| "Maybe the Rain" (Dave Dobbyn and the Stone People) | align=center | 40 | align=center | — | rowspan=2 | Lament for the Numb |
| "Don't Hold Your Breath"(Dave Dobbyn and the Stone People)
| align=center | — | align=center | — |
| 1994
| "Language" | align=center | 4 | align=center | — | rowspan="3" | Twist |
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| "Lap of the Gods" | align=center | 13 | align=center | — |
| "Naked Flame"
| align=center | 20 | align=center | — |
| 1996
| "Poor Boy" (ENZSO – lead vocals by Dave Dobbyn) | align=center | 29 | align=center | — | Enzso |
| rowspan=2 | 1998
| "Waiting" | align=center | — | align=center | — | rowspan=3 | The Islander |
| "Hanging in the Wire"
| align=center | — | align=center | — |
| 1999
| "Beside You" | align=center | 28 | align=center | — |
| rowspan=2 | 2000
| "Just Add Water" | align=center | — | align=center | — | rowspan=2 | Hopetown |
| "My Kinda People"
| align=center | — | align=center | — |
| rowspan=2 | 2005
| "Welcome Home" | align=center | 10 | align=center | — | rowspan=3 | Available Light |
| "Pour the Wine"
| align=center | — | align=center | — |
| 2006
| "You Got Heart" | align=center | — | align=center | — |
| 2008
| "Wild Kisses Like Rain" | align=center | — | align=center | — |
| 2012
| "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" (Flight of the Conchords) | align=center | 1 | align=center | — | rowspan="4" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| 2014
| "This Love" (Dave Dobbyn and the Orpheus Choir of Wellington) | align=center | — | align=center | — |
| 2015
| "Team, Ball, Player, Thing" | align=center | 2 | align=center | — |
| 2017
| align=center | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Nau Mai Rā (Welcome Home)" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number two on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2017-09-15|title=NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=18 September 2017|access-date=15 September 2017}}}} | align=center | — |
| colspan="20" style="font-size:8pt" align=center | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
Notes
{{notelist-ua}}
Awards and nominations
Dobbyn has received numerous musical awards from both the New Zealand Music Awards and the APRA Silver Scroll Awards. In the 2003 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music.{{cite web | url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2003 | title=New Year honours list 2003 |date=31 December 2002 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=26 July 2019}} In the 2021 New Year Honours, Dobbyn was promoted to Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2021 |title=New Year honours list 2021 |date=31 December 2020 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=31 December 2020}}
= RIANZ Awards =
The New Zealand Music Awards are awarded annually by the RIANZ in New Zealand. As of 2012, Dobbyn has won 23 awards.
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||
| Year
! Work ! With !Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2|1979
| Single of the Year | "Be Mine Tonight" | {{won}} | ||||
| Top Group
| | Th' Dudes | {{won}} | ||||
| rowspan=4|1982
| Album of the Year | DD Smash | {{won}} | ||||
| Top Male Vocalist
| | DD Smash | {{won}} | ||||
| Top Group of the Year
| | DD Smash | {{won}} | ||||
| Most Promising Male Vocalist
| | DD Smash | {{won}} | ||||
| rowspan=6|1983
| Album of the Year | Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes | DD Smash | {{won}} | ||||
| Single of the Year
| DD Smash | {{won}} | ||||
| Top Male Vocalist
| | DD Smash | {{won}} | ||||
| Top Group of the Year
| | DD Smash | {{won}} | ||||
| Producer of the Year
| "Outlook for Thursday" | DD Smash | {{nom}} | ||||
| Most Popular Artist
| | DD Smash | {{won}} | ||||
| 1985
| International Achievement | | DD Smash | {{nom}} | ||||
| 1986
| Best Song of the Year | "Slice of Heaven" | solo | {{won}} | ||||
| rowspan=7|1987
| Album of the Year | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| Single of the Year
| "You Oughta Be in Love" | solo | {{won}} | ||||
| Best Male Vocalist
| | solo | {{won}} | ||||
| International Achievement
| | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| Best Film Soundtrack
| solo | {{won}} | ||||
| Best Producer
| solo | {{won}} | ||||
| Best Songwriter
| solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| rowspan=4|1988
| Album of the Year | Loyal | solo | {{won}} | ||||
| Single of the Year
| solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| Best Male Vocalist
| | solo | {{won}} | ||||
| Best Songwriter
| "Love You Like I Should" | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| rowspan=3|1995
| Album of the Year | Twist | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| Best Male Vocalist
| Twist | solo | {{won}} | ||||
| Best Songwriter
| 'Language' | solo | {{won}} | ||||
| rowspan=2|1996
| Best Male Vocalist | | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| International Achievement
| | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| rowspan=2|1999
| Top Male Vocalist | | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| Best Songwriter
| "Beside You" | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| rowspan=2|2000
| Top Male Vocalist | | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| Best Film Soundtrack/Cast Recording/Compilation
| solo | {{won}} | ||||
| rowspan=3|2001
| rowspan=2| Album of the Year | Hopetown | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| Together in Concert: Live
| {{nom}} | ||||
| Top Male Vocalist
| | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| 2002
| Best Cast Recording/Compilation | Where Are the Girls?: Th' Definitive Collection | Th' Dudes | {{nom}} | ||||
| rowspan=2|2005
| Single of the Year | "Welcome Home" | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| Songwriter of the Year
| "Welcome Home" | solo | {{won}} | ||||
| rowspan=2|2006
| Album of the Year | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| Best Male Solo Artist
| Available Light | solo | {{won}} | ||||
| 2009
| Best Male Solo Artist | | solo | {{nom}} | ||||
| 2013 | New Zealand Music Hall of Fame | himself | solo | {{yes2|inductee}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musichall.co.nz/home/inductees/|title=HOME INDUCTEES|website=www.musichall.co.nz|access-date=16 August 2021}} |
| 2019 | New Zealand Music Hall of Fame | himself | as part of Th' Dudes | {{yes2|inductee}} |
=APRA Awards=
As of 2013, Dobbyn has won four Silver Scroll Awards: three for the Silver Scroll Awards for songwriting, and one for the most performed work in New Zealand. He received a Lifetime Achievement award in 2001 at the NZ Music Awards.{{cite web|title=Dave Dobbyn and Loyal|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/video/dave-dobbyn-and-loyal|work=Article|publisher=NZHistory.net|access-date=29 September 2012}} As of 2013 he is the only musician to win the Silver Scroll award three times (1987, 1993, 1998).
In 2001, a vote by members of APRA to find New Zealand's Top 100 songs (what would eventually become the Nature's Best series) included ten Dobbyn songs. These were:
- 3: Dave Dobbyn – "Loyal"
- 7: Dave Dobbyn with Herbs – "Slice of Heaven"
- 12: DD Smash – "Whaling"
- 27: Th' Dudes – "Be Mine Tonight"
- 29: Dave Dobbyn – "Beside You"
- 31: DD Smash – "Outlook For Thursday"
- 35: Dave Dobyyn – "Language"
- 50: Th' Dudes – "Bliss"
- 70: Dave Dobbyn – "You Oughta Be in Love"
- 100: Dave Dobbyn – "Naked Flame"
=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.
{{awards table}}
|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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| rowspan="4"| 1988
| Dave Dobbyn
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| "Slice of Heaven"
| {{nom}}
|-
| {{nom}}
|-
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}
= Lifetime Achievement Award =
In 2001 the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) awarded Dobbyn a rare Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the 2001 New Zealand Music Awards. The award presenter Michael Glading, the managing director of Sony New Zealand, chose to forego a speech and instead read out the titles of the long list of Dobbyn's hit songs.{{cite web|title=Dave Dobbyn|url=http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/6/lyrics39.html|work=Article|publisher=NZMusic.net|access-date=3 October 2012}}{{cite web|title=Tui's song the best for years |url=http://www.bicrunga.net.nz/nz_tui_awards_2001.htm |publisher=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208091303/http://www.bicrunga.net.nz/nz_tui_awards_2001.htm |archive-date=8 February 2013 }}
Personal life
Dobbyn met his future wife, Anneliesje, at a Whangamata Th' Dudes New Year's show. They married in 1983.
Dobbyn does not drink alcohol.{{cite news|title=Michele Hewitson interview: Dave Dobbyn|work=The New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/michele-hewitson-interview-dave-dobbyn/EACH64HZNGFTMLMZXNPWFPY3ZM/|access-date=10 July 2024}}
In October 2022, he revealed that he has Parkinson's disease. Dobbyn said that this diagnosis, received in July 2022, has given him a 'wider appreciation of life'.{{Cite web |title='Felt a little shaky for a while now': Sir Dave Dobbyn reveals Parkinson's diagnosis |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/sir-dave-dobbyn-reveals-parkinsons-diagnosis-have-felt-a-little-shaky-for-a-while-now/6QE67R4GTAAUUKXOCTQB53WN5Y/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.davedobbyn.co.nz/ Official Website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070219105305/http://www.slowboatrecords.co.nz/inquisition/inquisition02.htm The Slow Boat Inquisition]
- [http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/homegrown-profiles-dave-dobbyn-2005 Homegrown Profiles: Dave Dobbyn], 2005 interview and retrospective
- [http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/3076867/The-Dave-Dobbyn-interview The Dave Dobbyn Interview], 2009
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130510194424/http://www.davedobbyn.co.nz/bio.html Biography (davedobbyn.co.nz) ]
- [http://www.chrisbourke.co.nz/main.php?id=dobbynliner Chris Bourke Biography for 2001 Overnight Success Greatest Hits]
- [http://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/cabaret/9040/portrait.htm 1998 North and South interview]
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Category:New Zealand male songwriters
Category:New Zealand pop singers
Category:New Zealand guitarists
Category:New Zealand male guitarists
Category:New Zealand Christians
Category:Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:People educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland