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
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