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True Blue – The Very Best Of John Williamson
''True Blue – The Very Best of John Williamson'' is a compilation album by Australian country music artist John Williamson (singer), John Williamson and was released in November 1995. The album was a celebration of 25 years in the music industry for Williamson. The album peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Charts and was certified 3× platinum in 2006. Williamson released a book titled ''True Blue'' featuring Williamson's lyrics together with explanations as to how the songs came to be written. During the book's launch, Williamson is surprised by Mike Munro from Nine Network This Is Your Life (Australian TV series), This Is Your Life to have his achievements recognized on the TV show. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1996, the album was nominated for Highest Selling Album. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history References 1995 compilation albums John Williamson (singer) compilation albums EMI Records compilation albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Williamson (singer)
John Robert Williamson (born 1 November 1945) is an Australian country music and folk music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, television host and conservationist. Williamson usually writes and performs songs that relate to the history and culture of Australia, particularly the outback, in a similar vein to Slim Dusty and Buddy Williams before him. Williamson has released over fifty albums, ten videos, five DVDs, and two lyric books and has sold more than 4,000,000 albums in Australia. His best known hit is " True Blue". On Australia Day (26 January) in 1992 Williamson was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) with the citation: "for service to Australian country music and in stimulating awareness of conservation issues". He has received twenty-six Golden Guitar trophies at the Country Music Awards of Australia, he has won three ARIA Music Awards for Best Country Album and, in 2010, was inducted into the related Hall of Fame. Early life John Robert Williamson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |