Slim Dusty

Aliases: Slim Dusty, Dick Carr And His Buckaroos
Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders
Slim Dusty and His Country Rockers
Slim Dusty and the Travelling Country Band
Real name: David Gordon Kirkpatrick
Born: June 13, 1927
Died: September 19, 2003
Country: Australia
IPI: 00016279780 36 works
00055785349 2 works
Affiliation: APRA
Comments: Country music singer and songwriter, who made his first commercial recordings in 1946 and he continued to be musically active until his death in 2003. During this 57 year period he was awarded more gold and platinum albums than any other Australian artist. In 1981 Space shuttle astronauts played "Waltzing Matilda" by Slim Dusty, the first recording transmitted from space. In the 2000 Olympic Games, he was selected to be the final performer where he had an audience of over 100,000 people singing along with him.
Family: Joy McKean Spouse (1951-2003)
Anne Kirkpatrick Daughter
David Kirkpatrick Son

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Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
A Picture of Home	Slim Dusty	1967	Tom Maxwell [AU]
A Pub with No Beer	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Bushlanders	September 1957	(41 artists)
Aussie Dog House Blues	Slim Dusty and His Country Rockers	1960	Lee Kernaghan
Banjo's Man	Slim Dusty	October 1982	(2 artists)
Been a Fool Too Long	Slim Dusty	March 1947	(2 artists)
Big Beggin' Fool	Slim Dusty	April 1970	The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band
Boomerang	Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders and The Delltones	1961	Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders
Born to Be a Rolling Stone	Slim Dusty	1961	(2 artists)
Break Away	Slim Dusty	August 1988	Ernie Constance
By a Fire of Gidgee Coal	Slim Dusty	1964	(11 artists)
Camooweal	Slim Dusty	June 1971	(16 artists)
Cattle Camp Reverie	Slim Dusty	October 1, 1965	Unverified
Christmas on the Station	Slim Dusty	1969	ABC Kids
Claypan Boogie	Slim Dusty	1964	(2 artists)
Closest Thing to Freedom	Slim Dusty and the Travelling Country Band	February 1975	Lindsay Butler
Cunnamulla Feller	Slim Dusty	1965	(3 artists)
Dinkum Bushman's Hands	Slim Dusty	September 1981	Ernie Constance
Drownin' My Blues	Slim Dusty	January 1973	(2 artists)
Duncan	Slim Dusty	November 1980	(4 artists)
Fill 'Er Up	Slim Dusty	May 1984	Ernie Constance
G'Day G'Day	Slim Dusty	August 1988	Steve Grace
Gumtrees by the Roadway	Slim Dusty	July 1957	David & Anne Kirkpatrick
He's a Good Bloke When He's Sober, but...	Slim Dusty	1986	Greenhorns [CZ]
Highway Fever	Slim Dusty	July 1978	Don Walker
How Good It Is	Slim Dusty	2008	(2 artists)
I'll Take Mine Country Style	Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders	December 1961	Rex Franklin with The Prairie Pals and Nolene Anderson
I'm Still Here to Give It My Best	Slim Dusty	February 1992	(3 artists)
I Must Have Good Terbaccy When I Smoke	Slim Dusty	February 1954	(3 artists)
Indian Pacific	Slim Dusty	1977	(11 artists)
Joe Palmer's Ghost	Slim Dusty	April 1977	Ernie Constance
Just an Old Cattle Dog	Slim Dusty	March 17, 2002	Bec Hance
Just Can't Miss It Mate	Slim Dusty	October 1976	Ernie Constance
Lead Me down to the Stockyard	Slim Dusty	1967	(3 artists)
Leave Him in the Long Yard	Slim Dusty	1980	(8 artists)
Like a Family to Me	Slim Dusty	July 1989	Ernie Constance
Looking Forward Looking Back	Slim Dusty	2000	(4 artists)
Losin' My Blues Tonight	Slim Dusty with Joy McKean	October 1953	(9 artists)
My Home on the Sunburnt Plains	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Buckaroos and The Emitrons	July 1960	(2 artists)
Old Bush Mates of Mine	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Buckaroos	1958	(2 artists)
Old Dingo	Slim Dusty	1987	Ernie Constance
Plains of Peppimenarti	Slim Dusty	April 1980	(2 artists)
Ringer from the Top End	Slim Dusty	October 4, 1993	(3 artists)
Roaring Wheels	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Bushlanders	1958	Unverified
Rusty, It's Goodbye	Slim Dusty with Joy McKean	October 1953	(5 artists)
Saddle Boy	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Bushlanders	September 1957	(8 artists)
Saddle Up and Ride	Slim Dusty	1999	Ernie Constance
Silver Spurs	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Buckaroos	November 1958	Wave Jackson
Somebody's Mother	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Buckaroos	1959	Unverified
Stay Away from Me	Slim Dusty	November 1950	The Le Garde Twins
The Angel of Goulburn Hill	Slim Dusty	October 1976	(2 artists)
The Annual Rodeo Ball	Slim Dusty	1985	Ernie Constance
The Biggest Disappointment	Slim Dusty	July 1974	(4 artists)
The Bogong	Slim Dusty	September 1981	Ernie Constance
The Bush Has Had Enough	Slim Dusty	1985	Ernie Constance
The Bushman's Song	Slim Dusty	1964	(4 artists)
The Isa Rodeo	Slim Dusty	June 1966	(2 artists)
The Lights on the Hill	Slim Dusty	March 1972	(22 artists)
The Man from Never-Never	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Buckaroos	July 1958	(2 artists)
There's a Rainbow Round My Memories	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Buckaroos	1959	Dean Perritt - Duet with Dianne Lindsay
The Saddle Is His Home	Slim Dusty & Joy McKean with Dick Carr and His Buckaroos	1959	Tom Maxwell [AU]
The Sunlander	Slim Dusty	1954	Paul Kelly and Uncle Bill
Things Are Not the Same on the Land	Slim Dusty	February 1992	(3 artists)
Things I See Around Me	Slim Dusty	June 1976	Ernie Constance
Three Hundred Horses	Slim Dusty	May 1984	Ernie Constance
Three Rivers Hotel	Slim Dusty	June 1976	(4 artists)
Tonight the Woolshed Swings	Slim Dusty	July 1985	Ernie Constance
Trumby	Slim Dusty	June 1966	(2 artists)
Wagon Trains North	Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders	June 1961	Kalesti Butler
Walk a Country Mile	Slim Dusty	September 1979	(6 artists)
Wedding Bell Blues	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Bushlanders	1959	Feral Swing Katz
We've Done Us Proud	Slim Dusty	1987	Graeme Connors
When Snowy Sings of Home	Slim Dusty	June 1971	Barry Thornton
When the Currawongs Come Down	Slim Dusty	1986	(2 artists)
When the Moon Across the Bushland Beams	Slim Dusty with Dick Carr and His Bushlanders	1959	Rex Franklin and Noeline Anderson - The Sun Valley Trail Singers
When the Rain Tumbles Down in July	Slim Dusty	February 1947	(17 artists)
Where Country Is	Slim Dusty	September 1981	(4 artists)
Why Worry Now	Slim Dusty	April 1951	The Le Garde Twins
Willy Willy	Slim Dusty	June 1971	(2 artists)
Winter Winds	Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders	May 1958	(6 artists)
You Can Never Do Wrong in a Mother's Eyes	Slim Dusty	December 1966	(3 artists)

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