Country music radio, TV and film. Slim Dusty (1927–2003) was known as the "King of Australian Country Music" and helped to popularise the Australian bush ballad. 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, and with over seven million record sales in Australia he is the most successful artist in Australian musical history. Dusty recorded and released his one-hundredth album in the year 2000 and was given the honour of singing "Waltzing Matilda" in the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Dusty's
Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now "Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now" is a song by Australian singer–songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, "Lessons to Be Learned" (2008). Written by Cilmi, Nick Coler, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, and Shawn Lee, the track was released as the album's second Australian single on 21 July 2008. It debuted at number thirty-one on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart the week of 28 July 2008. Despite only attaining a peak position of number twenty-eight, "Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now" became Australia's twenty-fourth best-selling single of 2008 by a native artist.