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Slim Dusty was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly seven decades. He was born David Gordon Kirkpatrick on June 13, 1927 in Kempsey, New South Wales, and adopted the stage name 'Slim Dusty' in 1938 at eleven years of age. In 1942 Dusty made his first recording, and by 1946 he had signed his first contract with Columbia Gramophone on the Regal Zonophone label. He recorded six titles, including ‘When the Rain Tumbles Down in July’. In 1954 Dusty began his full-time musical career, touring with his first traveling show, the lSlim Dusty Show’. In 1956 he established a partnership with showman Frankie Foster and began touring as a large tent show. Dusty’s classic ‘A Pub with No Beer’ was recorded in 1957 and quickly became the best-selling record ever by an Australian; the following year, Dusty received Australia’s first gold record award for the song. Slim was recognised for his long time services to Australian entertainment with an MBE and an Order of Australia in 1969. Dusty’s autobiography, ‘Walk a Country Mile’, was published in 1979 and became a bestseller in Australia; an album by the same name went platinum. Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Dusty received award after award. His fiftieth album, ‘The Golden Anniversary Album’ (1981), reached multiplatinum status in Australia. A feature film about his life, ‘The Slim Dusty Movie’, was released in 1984. In 1999, Prime Minister John Howard named Slim Dusty Australia's Father of the Year and Senior Australian of the Year. Slim Dusty passed away in 2003, aged 76. 


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