Slim Dusty
David Gordon “Slim Dusty” Kirkpatrick (Kempsey, 13 juni 1927 – Sydney, 19 september 2003) was een Australische countryzanger. Hij verkocht tijdens zijn carrière meer dan vijf miljoen albums en singles in Australië.
Biografie
Slim Dusty werd geboren als zoon van een boer, maar was op jonge leeftijd al actief binnen de muziek: op elfjarige leeftijd nam hij zijn artiestennaam Slim Dusty aan. In 1945 bracht hij zijn eerste lp uit, waarvan het nummer The pub with no beer internationaal het bekendste is, door coverversies die in 1959 en 1960 in Nederland, Oostenrijk en België uitgebracht werden door de Belgische muzikant Bobbejaan Schoepen.
Daarnaast is hij bekend als degene die het nummer Waltzing Matilda ten gehore bracht in de afsluitende ceremonie van de Olympische Zomerspelen 2000 in Sydney.
Toen Slim Dusty in 2003 stierf, werkte hij aan zijn 106e album voor EMI: Columbia Lane – the Last Sessions kwam binnen op nummer 5 van de hitlijsten in Australië en werd goud binnen twee weken.
Discografie
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| Slim Dusty Sings |
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| Songs for Rolling Stones (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders) |
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| Along the Road of Song |
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| Aussie Sing Song (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders) |
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| Another Aussie Sing Song (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders) |
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| Songs in the Saddle |
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| Songs of Australia |
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| People and Places (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders) |
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| Australian Bush Ballads |
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| The Nature of Man |
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| An Evening with Slim and Joy (with Joy McKean) |
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| Essentially Australian |
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| Songs My Father Sang to Me |
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| Songs from the Cattle Camps |
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| Sing Along with Dad (with Joy McKean, Anne and David) |
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| Cattle Camp Crooner |
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| Sing a Happy Song |
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| Songs from the Land I Love |
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| Glory Bound Train |
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| Me and My Guitar |
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| Foolin’ Around (with Joy McKean) |
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| Tall Stories and Sad Songs |
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| Australiana |
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| Lights on the Hill |
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45 |
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| Things I See Around Me (featuring The Travelling Country Band) |
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| Give Me the Road(featuring The Travelling Country Band) |
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| Just Slim With Old Friends (with Barry Thornton, Paul and Colleen Trenwith and Linsday Butler) |
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| On the Move (with The new Travelling Country Band) |
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| To Whom it May Concern |
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| Spirit of Australia |
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| Walk a Country Mile |
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58 | |
| The Man Who Steadies the Lead |
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| The Slim Dusty Family Album |
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| Where Country Is |
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| Who’s Riding Old Harlequin Now? (with The Travelling Country Band) |
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90 | |
| On the Wallaby |
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| Trucks on the Track |
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| Singer from Down Under |
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| To a Mate (Slim Dusty Remembers “Mack” Cormack) |
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| Stories I Wanted to Tell |
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| Beer Drinking Songs of Australia |
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| Neon City |
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86 | |
| Cattlemen from the High Plains |
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| G’day, G’day |
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78 | |
| King of Kalgoorlie |
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85 | |
| Two Singers One Song (with Anne Kirkpatrick) |
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| Coming Home |
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| That’s The Song We’re Singing |
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| Ringer from the Top End |
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| Natural High |
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95 | |
| Country Way of Life |
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71 | |
| A Time to Remember |
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34 | |
| Makin’ a Mile |
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34 |
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| West of Winton |
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| Ninety Nine |
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50 | |
| Looking Forward Looking Back |
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| The Men From Nulla Nulla (credited to Slim Dusty and Shorty Ranger) |
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| Travellin’ Still…Always Will (with Anne Kirkpatrick) |
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37 |
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| Columbia Lane – the Last Sessions |
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5 |
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Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details | Chart positions |
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| The Slim Dusty Movie |
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| I’ve Been There and Back Again (The Soundtrack to the Joy McKean Book) |
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| Slim and I (Slim Dusty & Various Artists) |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details | Chart positions |
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| Live at Wagga Wagga |
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| Live at Tamworth |
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| The Entertainer (Live at the Sydney Opera House) |
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| Live Across Australia (credited to The Slim Dusty Family) |
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| Live into the ’90s |
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| The Slim Dusty Show (Live in Townsville 1956) |
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| 91 Over 50 |
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46 |
| Slim Dusty Live |
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42 |
Compilatie albums
| Title | Album details | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| Encores |
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| The Best of Slim Dusty |
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| Dusty Tracks |
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| Dinki-Di Aussies |
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| The Best of Slim Dusty Volume 2 |
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| Way Out There |
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| This Is Your Life |
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| Songs from Down Under |
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| Slim Dusty Sings His Favourite Songs |
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| Travelling Country Man |
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| A Guitar and a Hat |
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| Rarities |
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| Rodeo Riders |
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| No. 50 The Golden Anniversary Album |
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| Slim Dusty ….Vintage Album 1 |
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| Slim Dusty ….Vintage Album 2 |
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| I Haven’t Changed a Bit |
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| The Best of Slim Dusty |
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| I’ll Take Mine Country Style |
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| Australia Is His Name |
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| Slim Dusty ….Vintage Album 3 |
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| Country Livin’ |
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| The Heritage Album |
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| Slim Dusty Sings Stan Coster |
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| Slim Dusty ….Vintage Album 4 |
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| Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson |
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| Slim Dusty ….Vintage Album 5 |
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| Slim Dusty Sings Joy McKean |
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| Travellin’ Guitar[15] |
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| A Land He Calls His Own |
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| The Anniversary Album No. 2 (1943-1993) |
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| Regal Zonophone Collection |
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| Country Classics |
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| Old Time Drover’s Lament |
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| Down the Dusty Road |
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| Talk About The Good Times |
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| The Very Best of Slim Dusty |
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15 |
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| The Man Who Is Australia |
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70 | |
| A Piece of Australia |
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| Pubs, Trucks & Plains |
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20 |
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| Reunion (credited to The Slim Dusty Family) |
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15 | |
| Sittin’ On 80 |
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| 1960’s Classic Albums |
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| 1970’s Classic Albums |
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| 1980’s Classic Albums |
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| 1990’s Classic Albums |
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| The Son of Noisy Dan: A Musical Autobiography |
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| The Den Tapes |
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27 | |
| Prime Movers |
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43 | |
| Gone Fishin’ |
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11 |
singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Certifications | |
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| 1958 | “A Pub with No Beer” | 1 | 3 |
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| “The Answer to a Pub with No Beer” | 12 | |||
| “Sequel to a Pub with No Beer” | 23 | |||
| 1961 | “Boomerang” | 79 | ||
| 1971 | “Darwin (Big Heart of the North)” | 71 | ||
| 1974 | “Lights on the Hill” | 100 | ||
| “The Biggest Disappointment” | 58 | |||
| 1975 | “The Melbourne Cup” | 91 | ||
| 1980 | “Duncan” | 1 | ||
| 1981 | “Country Revival” | 99 | ||
| 1983 | “The Pub That Doesn’t Sell Beer” | 94 | ||
| 1987 | “We’ve Done Us Proud” | 80 | ||
| 1988 | “G’day G’day” | 37 | ||
Slim Dusty