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Slim was born in Kempsey , New South Wales , the son of a cattle farmer. He adopted the Stage Name "Slim Dusty" in 1938 at eleven years of age. His earliest musical influences included Jimmie Rodgers . Slim released his first record in 1946 at the age of nineteen. His 1957 hit "A Pub With No Beer" was the biggest-selling record by an Australian to that time, and the first Australian single to go gold. Over the course of his career, he has collected more gold and platinum albums than any other Australian artist. (The "Pub With No Beer" is a real place, in Taylors Arm , not far from Kempsey where Slim Dusty was born). ]] Dusty not only recorded songs written by himself and other fellow Australian performers, but also recorded classic Australian poems by Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson with new tunes, to call attention to the old 'Bush Ballads.' In 1970 , in the days when Australians still received British Honours , he was made a Member of the Order Of The British Empire for services to music. In 1971 he won Best Single at the Australian Country Music Awards at the Tamworth Country Music Festival (Slim's wife Joy McKean won Song of the Year as writer of the song for which he won best single). In all, he won a record 36 "Golden Guitars" over the years. Slim Dusty, with wife Joy McKean, were patrons of the National Truck Drivers' Memorial located at Tarcutta, New South Wales . When he died of cancer in 2003 , he had been working on his 106th album, for EMI Records. The album Columbia Lane - The Last Sessions debuted at number 5 in the Australian album charts and number one on the country charts on March 8 2004 . It went gold after being on sale for less than two weeks. Slim Dusty was best known overseas for his moving rendition of Waltzing Matilda to close the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games . His daughter Anne Kirkpatrick is also an award-winning country singer. There is an Urban Legend that Slim Dusty was the first artist broadcast from space. |
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