Arts in Australia country music, which has developed a style quite distinct from its US counterpart, influenced by Celtic folk ballads and the traditions of Australian bush balladeers like Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson. Pioneers of popular country music in Australia included Tex Morton in the 1930s and Smoky Dawson from the 1940s onward. Slim Dusty (1927–2003) was known as the "King of Australian Country Music". His successful career spanned almost six decades and his 1957 hit "A Pub With No Beer" was the biggest-selling record by an Australian to that time, the first Australian single to go gold, and the first and
Go Wild in the Country Go Wild in the Country "Go Wild in the Country" is a single by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow from their album "See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy!". Released in January 1982 by RCA Records, it was their first top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart. "Go Wild in the Country" was written by Malcolm McLaren with band members Matthew Ashman, Dave Barbarossa and Leigh Gorman. Produced by Brian Tench, it was Bow Wow Wow's first single not be produced by McLaren. The January 1982 release of "Go