| Alan Frew | |
| Birth Date: | 1956 11, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Coatbridge, Scotland |
| Origin: | Newmarket, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation: | Singer, musician, author, public speaker |
| Years Active: | 1983–present |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Associated Acts: | Glass Tiger |
Alan Graham Frew (born November 8, 1956) is a Scottish-Canadian singer, songwriter, actor, and author, who is the lead singer of the Canadian rock band Glass Tiger.[1] He has also released three solo albums.[2]
Born 8 November 1956 in Coatbridge, Scotland,[3] Frew moved to Newmarket, Ontario at age 16 with his family.[4]
In 1983, Frew and others formed Glass Tiger.[5] In 1986, the band released its first album, The Thin Red Line.[6] Two of its songs, "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" and "Someday", reached the Top 10 in the U.S. charts.[7] The Thin Red Line went quadruple platinum in Canada and gold in the United States.[8] Glass Tiger was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1987[9] and has won five Canadian Juno Awards.[4]
Frew and Stephan Moccio co-wrote "I Believe", which "became the theme song for Canada's Olympic Broadcast Consortium for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver"[2] and "Free to Be", which is used by the Toronto Maple Leafs as their theme song.[10]
Frew portrayed the character Ewan McCauley in the 2010 Canadian comedy film GravyTrain.[11] [12]
On 20 August 2015, Frew suffered a stroke causing trauma to his right side.[13] As of January 2018, Frew had made a full recovery.[14]
Frew has received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal "in recognition of his service to the Canadian arts, and for his dedication to helping poverty-stricken children".[8] With co-writer Sharon Brennan, Frew wrote The Action Sandwich: A Six Step Recipe to Success by Doing What You're Already Doing, a 2007 autobiography.