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Roy Hay

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Also known as Roy Ernest Hay

British musician

Person · Open Library

Born
20 August 1910
Died
21 October 1989
Works
40

Top works

  • The Colour Dictionary of Flowers and Plants
  • The dictionary of garden plants in colour, with house and greenhouse plants
  • The dictionary of indoor plants in colour
  • Annuals and biennials
  • Reader's Digest Encyclopaedia of Garden Plants and Flowers

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Film & TV

Southend, Essex, England, UK

Roy Ernest Hay is the guitarist-keyboardist with Culture Club, a band of the 1980s fronted by Boy George. Hay, a trained pianist since the age of five, replaced founding member Johnny Suede in 1981. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Hay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

  • Boy George & Culture Club — Self2026
  • (LIVE) BOY GEORGE AND CULTURE CLUB2025
  • TV Story Superstar — Self (archive footage)2020
  • Culture Club - Live at Wembley World Tour 2016 — Self - Guitarist, Keyboardist2017
  • Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity — Self2015
  • Culture Club Live At The Royal Albert Hall 20th Anniversary Concert — Self2002
  • Party in the Park 1999 — Self2002
  • Culture Club: A Kiss Across the Ocean — Self1984
  • Champs-Elysées — Self - Culture Club1982
  • Smash! The Culture Club Story — Self

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
74
Total plays
3,876

Roy Hay was born in Essex, England. After graduating from school, Roy worked for an insurance company and then as a hairdresser. He was in the band Russian Bouquet and was introduced to Boy George later on by a co-worker from the insurance agency. Roy played keyboard and guitar for the band and sang back-up vocals. He married Alison Green and they bore a daughter together. They were together 13 years before seperating and they are now divorced. Roy is currently dating (darn)! <a href="ht

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ernest
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Southend-on-Sea
Occupation
songwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
guitar
Image
Roy Hay during the Culture Club Tour 2015.jpg
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date of birth
1961-08-12
Commons category
Roy Hay (musician)
member of
Culture Club
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