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Slim Dusty Discography
Slim Dusty has released 122 records (61 studio albums) in his career. By March 1976, Dusty had achieved 37 gold and two platinum records. By November 1979, this Dusty had amassed 63 gold and platinum albums. In 2018, it was reported Dusty had sold more than seven million records and earned over 70 gold and platinum album certifications. NB: Chart positions prior to 1970 are unknown. Certifications prior to 1990 are unknown. Albums Studio albums Soundtrack albums Live albums Compilation albums Chronological list of all albums # ''Slim Dusty Sings'' (1960) # ''Songs for Rolling Stones'' (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders) (1961) # ''Along the Road of Song'' (1962) # ''Aussie Sing Song'' (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders) (1962) # ''Another Aussie Sing Song'' (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders) (1963) # ''Songs in the Saddle'' (1963) # ''Songs of Australia'' (1964) # ''People and Places'' (1964) (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders) # ''Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim Dusty
Slim Dusty, AO MBE (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick; 13 June 1927 – 19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon and one of the country's most awarded stars, with a career spanning nearly seven decades and producing numerous recordings. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australia, particularly of bush life and renowned Australian bush poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson that represented the lifestyle. The music genre was coined the "bush ballad", a style first made popular by Buddy Williams, the first artist to perform the genre in Australia, and also for his many trucking songs. Slim Dusty "released more than a hundred albums, selling more than seven million records and earning over 70 gold and platinum album certifications". He was the first Australian to have a No. 1 international hit song, with a version of Gordon Parsons' "A Pub with No Beer". He received 38 Golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim And I
''Slim and I'' is a 2020 Australian documentary film directed by Kriv Stenders about the life of Joy McKean and Slim Dusty, Australia's most successful husband and wife singer-songwriter duo. Making of the documentary The documentary came about through the passion of Slim and Joy's grandson James Arneman, who had compiled an archive of old footage of the families touring days. The family was approached by film producer Chris Brown before director Kriv Stenders joined the project. Stenders said "The idea to tell their story through the lens of Joy was something that I found very interesting about this project and made me want to be involved the documentary. I knew very little about Slim and Joy, but I listened to their music and read the books about their lives and discovered such an incredible story that needed to be told." Cinematic launch ''Slim and I'' was released in Australian cinemas in September 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, which delayed the film's release in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan (Slim Dusty Song)
"Duncan" is an Australian single recorded in 1980 by Slim Dusty which reached No. 1 on the Kent Music Report charts for two weeks in early 1981. The song was Dusty's second-most successful single after "A Pub with No Beer". It is also known as "Beer with Duncan", "Have a Beer with Duncan" and "I Love to Have a Beer with Duncan". It was written by Pat Alexander. Genesis "Duncan"'s music and lyrics were written by Pat Alexander;. He started writing its main verse in 1976. Alexander had been selling life insurance and spent some time talking and drinking with a prospective customer, factory owner Duncan Urquhart, at the Town and Country Hotel in St Peters, New South Wales. He failed to make the sale, but realised Urquhart merely enjoyed having a drink with him. Note: The source has "I had written in the pits – in 1974" but also has "Five years earlier, the song had come straight out of an experience" implying that it was written in 1976. "Duncan" was Alexander's onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights On The Hill (song)
"Lights on the Hill" is an Australian country music hit song written by Anthony Ernest Brooks, with music by Joy McKean and made famous by her husband, Slim Dusty. It won the first Golden Guitar in January 1973 at the Country Music Awards of Australia, held in Tamworth. It has been covered by Keith Urban and Mental as Anything. About the song The song describes a Truck driver, truckie driving at night with a heavy load being blinded by lights on the hill, hitting a pole, falling of the edge of a road and realising his impending death. First Golden Guitar Award The song won for Joy McKean the first ever Golden Guitar Award for "Song of the Year" at the first Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 1973, and Slim Dusty's rendition won the award for Best EP or Single. The Lights on the Hill Truck and Coach Drivers' Memorial A memorial which bears the name of the song was erected in Gatton, Queensland, in remembrance of truck and coach drivers and other members of the transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Pub With No Beer
"A Pub with No Beer" is the title of a humorous country song made famous by country singers Slim Dusty (in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States) and Bobbejaan Schoepen (in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria). Gordon Parsons wrote and arranged the song about his local pub at Taylors Arm, New South Wales, adapted from Irish poet Dan Sheahan's original poem "A Pub Without Beer" about the Day Dawn Hotel in Ingham, North Queensland, now known as Lees Hotel, Ingham, Queensland. The song gently explores the "devastation" caused to a pub and its community when its beer supply is interrupted. The song was first performed in public by Gordon Parsons in 1954 at the 50th birthday of George Thomas, a resident of Creek Ridge Road, Glossodia (near Windsor in Sydney). It was performed with an extra verse that was dropped from Slim Dusty's recorded version, because it contained elements of blue humour. In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JB Hi-Fi
JB Hi-Fi Limited is an Australian consumer electronics and home appliances retail company. It is publicly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Its headquarters are located in Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria. The company has 316 stores across both countries, including 197 JB Hi-Fi and JB Hi-Fi Home stores in Australia, 105 Good Guys stores in Australia and 14 JB Hi-Fi stores in New Zealand. History 1974–1999 JB Hi-Fi was established in the Melbourne suburb of Keilor East by John Barbuto (JB) in 1974. Barbuto sold the business in 1983 to Richard Bouris, David Rodd and Peter Caserta, who expanded JB Hi-Fi into a chain of ten stores in Melbourne and Sydney turning over $150 million by 2000, when they sold the majority of their holding to private equity. It was subsequently floated on the ASX in October 2003. 2000–2009 In July 2004, JB Hi-Fi bought 70% of the Clive Anthonys chain in Queensland. On 13 December 2006, JB Hi-Fi acquired the Hill and Stewart chain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Movers (Slim Dusty Album)
''Prime Movers'' is a compilation album released by Australian country music singer Slim Dusty. The album was released in July 2016 and peaked at number 43 on the ARIA charts. Background and release Over his career Slim Dusty recorded 80 plus original Aussie 'trucking' songs and his six standalone trucking albums achieved sales well in excess of half a million copies. In March 2007, a 3-disc Slim Dusty compilation titled ''Pubs, Trucks & Plains'' was released which peaked at number 20 onto ARIA Charts The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ... and was certified gold. This single disc version makes all of Slim Dusty's best trucking songs available on one disc. Reception Kix Country said "''Prime Movers'' is a best of style collection of 20 of Slim's classic trucking songs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Den Tapes
''The Den Tapes'' is a compilation album released by Australian country music singer Slim Dusty. The album features all previously, last known unreleased recordings by Slim Dusty. The songs were recorded on cassette by Dusty in his small office 'den' at his home. The album was released in November 2015 and peaked at number 27 on the ARIA charts. The album was released to coincide with the opening of The Slim Dusty Centre and Museum in Kempsey. Background and release Sometime in the late 1990s, Slim begun recording and collating these private recordings of his favourite songs from his youth. These are traditional Australian songs which he grew up listening to back on his family farm, they are songs which inspired and shaped his own future musical direction. Slim's longtime producer Rod Coe discovered this personal collection of solo recordings on a single cassette by sheer accident when looking for something else. Slims wife and songwriter Joy McKean said "The songs you have her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pubs, Trucks & Plains
''Pubs, Trucks & Plains'' is a 3-CD set, compilation album released by Australian country music singer Slim Dusty. The album was released in March 2007 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his single " A Pub with No Beer"; which was the biggest-selling record by an Australian at that time, the first Australian single to be certified gold. ''Pubs, Trucks & Plains'' peaked at number 20 on the ARIA charts and was certified gold. Track listing ; CD1 # " A Pub with No Beer" (1979 version)- 3:01 # "Born with an Endless Thirst" - 4:31 # "The Bloke Who Serves the Beer" - 3:01 # "Duncan" - 2:35 # "Must've Been a Hello of a Party" (live)- 2:59 # "Three Rivers Hotel" - 3:22 # "Wobbly Boot" (featuring Rolf Harris) - 2:58 # "He's a Good Bloke When He's Sober" - 3:37 # "Drowning My Blues" - 2:29 # "Brown Bottle Blues" - 2:52 # "Old Bush Pub" - 2:43 # "Callaghan's Hotel" - 2:47 # "Pay Day at the Pub" - 3:18 # "Joe Maguire's Pub" - 2:58 # "Nebo Pub" - 3:06 # "Finney's Home Brew" - 3:43 # "L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Very Best Of Slim Dusty
''The Very Best of Slim Dusty'' is a greatest hits album by Australian country recording artist Slim Dusty. In 2014, the album was certified 5× platinum. In October 2010, the album was listed at number 24 on the 100 Best Australian Albums 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ... of the past 50 years. In July 2018, the album achieved a milestone of 1000 weeks in the ARIA Country Albums Chart. Dusty is the first artist to ever achieve this milestone. Dan Rosen, Chief Executive of ARIA said, “ARIA would like to congratulate the late ARIA Hall Of Famer Slim Dusty on this amazing achievement. To see an artist reach this milestone is a testament to the King of Country's enduring appeal and incredible artistry.” Reception Adrian Zupp from AllMusic said "''The Very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Classics (Slim Dusty Album)
''Country Classics'' is a 3CD greatest hits album by Australian country recording artist Slim Dusty, released through Reader's Digest. The album was separated into three periods of Dusty's career; The Early Years, The Middle Years and The Later Years. In 1999, the album was certified gold. Track listing ;CD1 - The Early Years (1947-1969) # " When the Rain Tumbles Down in July" (Original Version) # "My Aussie Home" # "Sat'day in the Saddle" # "Springtime On the Range" # "The Grandest Homestead of All" # "When the Sun Goes Down Outback" # "The Rain Still Tumbles Down" # "Our Wedding Waltz" (written by Joy McKean) # "King Bundawaal" # "Pub With No Beer" (Original Version) (written by Gordon Parsons) # "Saddle Boy" # " Along the Road to Gundagai" (written by Jack O'Hagan) # "By a Fire of Gidgee Coal" (written by Stan Coster and Slim Dusty) # "Song of Australia" # "Middleton's Rouseabout" (written by Henry Lawson and Slim Dusty) # "Down the Dusty Road to Home" (written by Joe Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Of Slim Dusty
''The Best of Slim Dusty'' is a 6xLP greatest hits album by Australian country recording artist Slim Dusty, released through Reader's Digest. The six albums had different themes, Biggest Hits, Truckin' Along, with Family, Sentimental Slim, with Joy McKean and Singalong. In 1999, the album was certified gold. Track listing ; LP 1 ''Slim Dusty - Biggest Hits'' ''Side A'' # "Pub With No Beer" # "Duncan" # "Three Rivers Hotel" # "Indian Pacific" # "You Can Never Do Wrong in a Mother's Eyes" # "Winter Winds" # "By a Fire of Gidgee Coal" ''Side B'' # " When the Rain Tumbles Down in July" # "Sweeney" # " The Man from Snowy River" # "Camooweal" # "Trumby" ; LP 2 ''Slim Dusty - Truckin' Along'' ''Side A'' # "Lights on the Hill "Lights on the Hill" is an Australian country music hit song written by Anthony Ernest Brooks, with music by Joy McKean and made famous by her husband, Slim Dusty. It won the first Golden Guitar in January 1973 at the Country Music Awards of Austra .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
