Slim Dusty the genre in Australia, and also for his many trucking songs. Dusty was the first Australian to have a No. 1 international hit song, with a version of Gordon Parsons' "A Pub with No Beer". He received an unequalled 37 Golden Guitar and two Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards and was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and Australian Roll of Renown. At the time of his death, at the age of 76, Dusty had been working on his 106th album for EMI Records. In 2007, his domestic record sales in Australia surpassed seven million. During his lifetime,
I Want to Know What Love Is In 1985, the New Jersey Mass Choir released the Prelude Records album entitled "I Want to Know What Love Is". The album's fifth track, "I Want to Know What Love Is", was released as a single in the gospel music market which garnered several awards within the industry. "I Want to Know What Love Is" was covered by Australian singer Tina Arena and her recording was released as a single in 1998 from her album "In Deep". Arena's version of the song was produced by Foreigner band member Mick Jones, who wrote the song. This version of the song includes