"The Garden" is a
charity single
A charity record or charity single is a song released by musicians with most or all proceeds raised going to a dedicated foundation or charity.
George Harrison's "Bangla Desh" single in 1971 is commonly acknowledged as the first ever purpose-made ...
, recorded by the
Australia supergroup Australia Too. All Proceeds went to ''
Freedom from Hunger
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'' in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
.
The song peaked at number 38 on the
Australian singles chart.
[
At the 1986 ]Country Music Awards of Australia
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, it won APRA Song of the Year.
At the APRA Music Awards of 1987
The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 1987 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards held in 1987. The APRA Music Awards were presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian ...
, the song won Most Performed Australasian Country Work.
Artists and musicians
Artists that sang on the record
Laurie Allen, Dave Allenby, Serina Andrew, Johnny Ashcroft
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, Lissa Barnum, Kevin Bennett, Keith Blinman, Bobby Bright
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, Alan Caswell, Stuart Cowell, Smoky Dawson
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, Leanne Douglas, Pat Drummond, Jon English
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, Mort Fist, Renée Geyer
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, Eric Grothe, Mick Hamilton, Alan Hawking, Wayne Horsburgh, Bob Hudson, Marc Hunter
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, Karen Johns, Dan Johnson, Col Joye
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, Genni Kane, Gay Kayler
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, Jan Kelly, Kevin King, Sally King, Anne Kirkpatrick
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Biography
She also has a brother, David Kirkpatrick, who is an accomplished singer-songwriter. The ...
, Roger Knox
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Early life
Knox is from the Gamilaroi nation, part of the Aboriginal Australian community, and was born in Moree, New South Wales. ...
, Vic Lanyon, Darcy Leyear, Rose Marie, Lawrie Minson
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Career
Minson is the son of former Australian radio personality John Minson. His country music career commenced in 1979 acco ...
, Mike McClellan, Nev Nicholls, Sharon O'Neill
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, Doug Parkinson
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, Gordon Parsons, Reg Poole
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, Bob Purtell, Bruni Riley, Doug Rowe, Alex Smith
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, Terry Smith, Ivy Somerfield, Don Spencer
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, Jean Stafford
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She was born in Covina, California, to M ...
, Judy Stone
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, John Swan, Buck Taylor
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, Kathy Thomson, John Wallis, Manny West and Sand Williams.
Musicians that performed on the record
Charlie Boyter, Bob Butler, Roger Corbett, Jimmy Duke-Yonge, Russell Dunlop
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, Phil Emmanuel
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, Tommy Emmanuel
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, Mick Hamilton, Marcus Holden, Leon Isackson, Phil Jenkins, Johnny Marshall, Lawrie Minson, Hugh McDonald, Doug Rowe, Ian Simpson and Darcy Wright.
Track listing
7" (AP-1568)
*Side A "The Garden" - 5:54
*Side B "One Family World" (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 ...
) - 3:03
Charts
References
1985 songs
1985 singles
APRA Award winners
Charity singles
Aid songs for Africa
All-star recordings
Albert Productions singles
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