• Mildred Geraldine Joy Kirkpatrick OAM (née McKean; 14 January 1930 – 25 May 2023), known professionally as Joy McKean, was an Australian country music...
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  • Australian documentary film directed by Kriv Stenders about the life of Joy McKean and Slim Dusty, Australia's most successful husband and wife singer-songwriter...
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  • (1965) The Nature of the Man (1966) An Evening with Slim and Joy (1966) (with Joy McKean) Essentially Australian (1967) Songs My Father Sang to Me (1968)...
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    Australian feature film directed by Rob Stewart and starring Slim Dusty, Joy McKean, Jon Blake and Mary Charleston. The film dramatises the early life and...
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    Michael John McKean (/məˈkiːən/; born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, singer, and musician known for various...
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  • The Biggest Disappointment (category Joy McKean songs)
    Biggest Disappointment" is an Australian country music song written by Joy McKean and made famous by her husband, Slim Dusty. It has been covered by artists...
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    country music husband-and-wife duo Slim Dusty and Joy McKean. The film features interviews and covers of McKean songs by acclaimed contemporary artists including...
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    who are also accomplished singer-songwriters. Joy's sister Heather McKean (the other half of the McKean Sisters) married Reg Lindsay in February 1954...
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  • Lights on the Hill (song) (category Joy McKean songs)
    "Lights on the Hill" is an Australian country music hit song written by Joy McKean and made famous by her husband, Slim Dusty. It won the first Golden Guitar...
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  • British politician, MP (2010–2017). Clarence Steven McGann, 71, American diplomat. Joy McKean, 93, Australian country singer and songwriter ("Lights...
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    Jasmine Rae, Troy Cassar-Daley, Davidson Brothers, Slim Dusty, Steve Forde, Joy McKean (Australia’s Grand Lady Of Country Music), Jean Stafford (Australia’s...
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  • McKean or MacKean is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, and may refer to: Charles McKean, Scottish architectural historian Michael Jones McKean (born...
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    sister Heather on their own radio show as the McKean Sisters, noted for their yodeling harmonies. Mckean performed with her husband Slim Dusty till his...
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  • country music singer. She is the daughter of country singers Slim Dusty and Joy McKean. She also has a brother, David Kirkpatrick, who is an accomplished singer-songwriter...
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    music singer-songwriter couple Slim Dusty and Joy McKean. The film features interviews and covers of McKean songs by acclaimed contemporary artists including...
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  • Turner, 83, American-born Swiss rock and R&B singer (Ike & Tina Turner) 25 Joy McKean, 93, Australian country singer-songwriter Jean-Louis Murat, 71, French...
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    Disappointment by Joy McKean (sung by Slim Dusty and Troy Cassar-Daley) Mallee Boy by John Williamson Diamantina Drover by Hugh McDonald (of Redgum) Lex...
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  • in the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Dusty's wife Joy McKean penned several of his most popular songs. Chad Morgan, who began recording...
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  • Outback" "The Rain Still Tumbles Down" "Our Wedding Waltz" (written by Joy McKean) "King Bundawaal" "Pub With No Beer" (Original Version) (written by Gordon...
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    known as Melody Farm. The property is now owned by Slim Dusty's widow, Joy McKean Kirkpatrick. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register...
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  • "Australian country music legend Joy McKean dies aged 93". news.com.au. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023. McKean's record company EMI made the announcement...
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    His first marriage was to Heather McKean (born 1932) on 13 February 1954 in Granville. McKean's older sister Joy McKean had married fellow country musician...
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  • American record producer, songwriter, and record executive May 25 – Joy McKean, 93, singer-songwriter and manager known as the "Queen of Australian country...
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    of Australian country music lead him to feature as a part of the 2020 Joy McKean documentary, Slim & I. With Youth Group, Martin has toured extensively...
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  • themes, Biggest Hits, Truckin' Along, with Family, Sentimental Slim, with Joy McKean and Singalong. In 1999, the album was certified gold. LP 1 Slim Dusty...
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    With No Beer" was the first Australian single to go gold. Dusty's wife Joy McKean penned several of his most popular songs. Other notable Australian country...
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    April 1944 by Japanese authorities Kerrod Holland – a rugby league player Joy McKean – an Australian country music matriarch, was born in Singleton in 1930...
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  • Watson - electric guitar on "Gods Heavens Above", string arrangement Jeff McCormack - bass on "Port Augusta", "Rainbow Over The Rock" and "Memories and...
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    Pub With No Beer", and Smoky Dawson. Dusty married singer-songwriter Joy McKean in 1951 and became Australia's biggest selling domestic music artist with...
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    Album. Late in 1991 he combined with other country musicians, Slim Dusty, Joy McKean, Phil Matthews and Max Ellis to organise the founding of the Country Music...
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