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
The Very Best of Slim Dusty The Very Best of Slim Dusty The Very Best of Slim Dusty is a greatest hits album by Australian country recording artist Slim Dusty. In 2014, the album was certified 5x platinum. In October 2010, the album was listed at number 24 on the 100 Best Australian Albums of the past 50 years. In July 2018, the album achieved a milestone of 1000 weeks in the ARIA Country Albums Chart. Dusty is the first artist to ever achieve this milestone. Dan Rosen, Chief Executive of ARIA said, “ARIA would like to congratulate the late ARIA Hall Of Famer Slim Dusty