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 (ISBN 978-0-9736863-9-5), a 2007 autobiography.^{[citation needed]}