Labels Little Rock
Mushroom Record label Mushroom Records | Genre Pop music | |
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Origin Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Genres Pop, Christmas, children's Years active 1990 (1990)–1994 (1994) Past members Eliza-Jane Barnes
Elly-May Barnes
Jackie Barnes
Mahalia Barnes Albums Hey Rudolph!, Snakes & Ladders Members Mahalia Barnes, Jackie Barnes, EJ Barnes | ||
The tin lids walk the dinosaur
The Tin Lids were an Australian children's pop group formed in 1990 with Eliza-Jane Barnes, Elly-May Barnes, Jackie Barnes and Mahalia Barnes: all on vocals. They are the four offspring of Jimmy Barnes and Jane Mahoney. The group released three albums, Hey Rudolph! (November 1991) – which peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart, Snakes & Ladders (July 1992) – which was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1993, and Dinosaur Dreaming (1993).
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The tin lids christmas day
History
Tin Lids is rhyming slang for "the kids", as the band members are all children of Scottish-born Australian rock musician, Jimmy Barnes, and his Thai-born wife, Jane Mahoney (born Jane Dejakasaya): Eliza-Jane Barnes (born 1984), Elly-May Barnes (born 1989), Jackie Barnes (born 1986) and Mahalia Barnes (born 1982). The group were in the children's choir as part of the back-up singers on their father's track, "When Your Love Is Gone", from his solo album, Two Fires (September 1990). Their maternal uncle, Mark Lizotte, is an Australian rock musician, who also performs as Diesel or Johnny Diesel.
The Tin Lids released their first album in November 1991 as a collection of Christmas carols, Hey Rudolph!, which peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Most of the instrumentation was supplied by David Froggatt, the album's producer and arranger, it was recorded at Barnes' Freight Train Studios, Sydney. The album provided the single, "Christmas Day" (December 1991), which reached No. 40 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
Their next single is a cover version of Was (Not Was)'s song, "Walk the Dinosaur", which appeared in May 1992. The Canberra Times journalist described how it "is a joint venture with Hanna Barbera and The Flinstones. The video will feature guest appearances by Fred and Dino."
Their second album is Snakes and Ladders (July 1992), which was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1993,
Another single from that album, "School Song" (August 1992), was written by Mandawuy Yunupingu (lead singer of Yothu Yindi). That track was recorded by Tin Lids and Yunupingu Kids, the latter group were the indigenous leader's daughters.
Barnes and Yunupingu were highlighting the Sister Schools project, which hopes that "schools with few or no Aboriginal children will forge educational and social links with schools with large numbers of Aboriginal children, in an attempt to foster tolerance and understanding." One of the singers, Dhapanbal Yunupingu, later recalled, "They took us all into Jimmy's studio, Jimmy's kids and us, and we did this recording. It took about a week, but we had a lot of fun."
The Tin Lids third album, Dinosaur Dreaming (1993), provided the single, "Dinosaurs in Space" (1994). The group disbanded in that year.
Albums
Singles
Songs
Twelve Days of ChristmasHey Rudolph! · 1991
If Santa ForgetsHey Rudolph! · 1991
Christmas DayHey Rudolph! · 1991