Slim Dusty saw major metropolitan music radio stations abandon support for country artists, and despite record sales in the multimillions, after the 1950s, Dusty was rarely heard on-air outside regional centres in Australia. Dusty's 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 only 78 rpm record to be awarded a gold disc. (The "Pub with No Beer" is a real place, in Taylors Arm, not far from Kempsey where Slim was born.) In 1959 and 1960, Dutch and German cover versions of
Lee Remick (The Go-Betweens song) Lee Remick (The Go-Betweens song) "Lee Remick" is the debut single by Australian indie group The Go-Betweens. It was released in September 1978 by the Australian independent record label, Able Label, with only 700 copies of the 7" vinyl record produced. Both songs were re-released on "The Able Label Singles" in 1986 (together with "People Say" and "Don't Let Him Come Back") and on the 1999 compilation album, "78 'til 79 The Lost Album". In January 2009 the German label, Little Teddy Recordings, re-issued the single for the 30th anniversary of its original release. Only 500 vinyl copies were pressed.