Anne Kirkpatrick (born 4 July 1952) is an

Australian country music Australian country music is a part of the music of Australia. There is a broad range of styles, from bluegrass music, bluegrass, to yodeling to Australian folk music, folk to the more popular. The genre has been influenced by Celtic and English ...

singer. She is the daughter of country singers

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, ...

and

Joy McKean Joy McKean , (born 14 January 1930), is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and wife and manager of the late Slim Dusty. Known as the "grand lady" of Australian country music, McKean is recognised as one of Australia's leading songwrite ...

Biography

She also has a brother, David Kirkpatrick, who is an accomplished singer-songwriter. The year 1964 saw the establishment of the annual Slim Dusty Australia-round tour, a journey that went on for ten months. This regular event was the subject of a feature film, ''

The Slim Dusty Movie ''The Slim Dusty Movie'' is a 1984 Australian feature film directed by Rob Stewart and starring Slim Dusty, Joy McKean, Jon Blake and Mary Charleston. The film The film dramatises the early life and career of Australian country music singer ...

'', in 1984, which includes several performances featuring Anne Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick also features in the 2020 Australian documentary ''

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 a ...

''. Kirkpatrick has won Golden Guitar Awards at the

Tamworth Country Music Festival The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual Australian music festival held for 10 days from Friday to Sunday in mid to late January each year, sometimes including Australia Day, in Tamworth, New South Wales. The festival is the second bigg ...

in 1979, 1991, and twice in 1992. She also won an

ARIA Award The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

for Best Australian Country Record in 1992. and appeared on the 1990 compilation album ''

Breaking Ground - New Directions in Country Music ''Breaking Ground - New Directions in Country Music'' is a compilation album of Australian contemporary country music. It was produced by John Spence and released in Australia by ABC Records in 1990. It was nominated for a 1991 ARIA Award for ...

'' which was nominated for the 1991

for

Best Country Album The Grammy Award for Best Country Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the country music genre. Honors in ...

. In 2010, Kirkpatrick was inducted into the

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Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Other singles

Awards

ARIA Awards

Kirkpatrick has been nominated for five

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Country Music Awards (CMAA)

Kirkpatrick has won six

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awards at the Tamworth

Country Music Awards of Australia The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales ...

, - , 1979 , , "Grievous Angel" , , Female Vocalist of the Year , , , - , 1991 , , ''Two Singers One Song'' (with Slim Dusty) , , Top Selling Album , , , - , 1992 , , ''Out of the Blue'' , , Album of the Year , , , - , 1992 , , "I Guess We've Been Together Too Long" , , Female Vocalist of the Year , , , - , 2005 , , "Back to the Saltbush Plains" (with

Tracy Coster Tracy Coster is an Australian country music singer and songwriter. She was born on 12 April 1966. Her father, Stan Coster, was an acknowledged songwriter. Early life It is hard to determine the time Tracy Coster started her career. She was born ...

) , , Vocal Collaboration of the Year , , , - , 2007 , , "Peppimenarti Cradle" , , Bush Ballad of the Year , , , -

Australian Roll of Renown

The

honours Australian and New Zealander musicians who have shaped the music industry by making a significant and lasting contribution to Country Music. It was inaugurated in 1976 and the inductee is announced at the

in Tamworth in January. , - , 2010 , Anne Kirkpatrick , Australian Roll of Renown ,

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the

Mo Awards The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards) were an annual Australian entertainment industry award, that where established in 1975, to recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia. They were l ...

), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Anne Kirkpatrick won two awards in that time. (wins only) , - , 1991 , Anne Kirkpatrick , Country Female Entertainer of the Year , , - , 1992 , Anne Kirkpatrick , Country Female Entertainer of the Year , , -

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkpatrick, Anne 1952 births ARIA Award winners Australian country singers Australian women singers Living people