Herb McQuay (died June 29, 2005) was a popular jazz and soul singer from New York who lived and worked in New Zealand during the late 1970s to the mid 1980s.
[4] While in the Army, McQuay was a member of the Special Services Entertainment Division and went to Korea, Vietnam, Okinawa and Thailand and to Germany.
[5] His single "Runnin' Away From You", written by Colin Frechter and John Goodison, backed with his own composition "Storm Clouds" was released on the Bell label in 1974.
[11] The album tracks included "Oh How Happy", "You Are The One", "Do Your Thing", "Hey Girl", "Mrs. Jones", "A Change Is Gonna Come, So You Win Again", "Unchained Melody Blues" and Storm Clouds".
[12] Towards the end of that year, on 18 December, Ernestine Anderson, with Blue Market Quintet appeared at His Majesty's Theatre in Auckland.
In a Sky of Our Own, a Graham McLean production which featured hang gliding champion, Graeme Bird piloting a microlight aircraft.
[19][20] During the 80s, McQuay had worked with big names such as Smokey Robinson, Billy Dee Williams and The Brotherhood of Man.