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
Lee Remick (The Go-Betweens song) "Lee Remick" including the Meanies on the Go-Betweens tribute album, "Right Here" (1996); Patience Hodgson (of the Grates) on another tribute album, "Write Your Adventures Down" (2007) disc one; and Darren Hanlon on that same album's second disc. 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")