19-09-2013, 07:09
.....that Australian country music legend SLIM DUSTY passed away...
during his lengthy career he recorded 106 studio albums for Columbia Records....
during his life he sold inexcess of 10 million album albums in Australia, that might not seem like much but when you consider that for much of that time our population was under 20 million, that would make one in under two people here owned a slim album...the equivelant of approx 200million sales in the US alone....astonishing stuff!
he was also the first musician to have his music played in space...his version of 'waltzing matilda' was broadcast back to earth by John Glenn on one of his flight passes over Australia back in the day...
he was the first aussie musician to be invited to play at the holy Grail of country music in the USA(grand old opry)
if you want to know more google/wikki-search him....
[video=youtube;8E0aZ387M_I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E0aZ387M_I[/video]
during his lengthy career he recorded 106 studio albums for Columbia Records....
during his life he sold inexcess of 10 million album albums in Australia, that might not seem like much but when you consider that for much of that time our population was under 20 million, that would make one in under two people here owned a slim album...the equivelant of approx 200million sales in the US alone....astonishing stuff!
he was also the first musician to have his music played in space...his version of 'waltzing matilda' was broadcast back to earth by John Glenn on one of his flight passes over Australia back in the day...
he was the first aussie musician to be invited to play at the holy Grail of country music in the USA(grand old opry)
if you want to know more google/wikki-search him....
[video=youtube;8E0aZ387M_I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E0aZ387M_I[/video]
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.