- Aliases
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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
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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
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Joy McKean Spouse (1951-2003)
Anne Kirkpatrick Daughter
David Kirkpatrick Son
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