The Wiggles are an Australian
children's music group formed in
Sydney,
New South Wales, in 1991. The current members of the group are
Anthony Field,
Lachlan Gillespie,
Simon Pryce, and
Emma Watkins. The original members were Field,
Phillip Wilcher,
Murray Cook,
Greg Page, and
Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album. Page retired in 2006 due to ill health and was replaced by understudy
Sam Moran, but returned in 2012, replacing Moran. At the end of 2012, Page, Cook, and Fatt retired, and were replaced by Gillespie, Pryce, and Watkins. Although Cook and Fatt retained their shareholding in the group and all three continued to have input into its creative and production aspects.