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    Tex Morton (born Robert William Lane in Nelson, New Zealand, also credited as Robert Tex Morton; 30 August 1916 – 23 July 1983 Sydney, Australia) was...
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    terror" of the Australian bush. Early pioneers of the genre included Tex Morton, Smoky Dawson (touted as Australia's first singing cowboy), Buddy Williams...
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    essential feature of his singing and was inspired by Jimmie Rodgers and Tex Morton. In the movie Half Ticket, for one of the songs – "Aake Seedhi Lagi Dil...
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  • Major League Baseball player Tex Morton (1916–1983), New Zealand singer Tex Perkins (born 1964), Australian rock musician Tex Rickard (1870–1929), American...
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  • The Australian country musician born Robert Lane changed his name to Tex Morton. Reginald Kenneth Dwight legally changed his name in 1972 to Elton John...
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    Barry Humphries used Morgan as his inspiration for Les Patterson's teeth. Tex Morton once described Morgan as the only original country music artist in Australia...
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    Result (wins only) 1987 Eric Bogle Songmaker Award awarded 1988 Eric Bogle Tex Morton Award awarded 1991 "Silly Slang Song" by Eric Bogle Comedy/Novelty Song...
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  • their first CD, A Tribute to Tex Morton. The album featured songs made famous by the legendary country singer Tex Morton. In 2005, Holden appeared as...
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    influenced by Celtic folk ballads. Country and folk artists such as Tex Morton, Slim Dusty, Rolf Harris, the Bushwackers, John Williamson, and John Schumann...
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  • Tex Morton (known as "The Father of Australian Country Music") in the 1930s. Author Andrew Smith delivers a through research and engaged view of Tex Morton's...
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    were published in 1879 and it quickly became a popular genre. In 1939 Tex Morton recorded a country and western-style ballad about Kelly, and singers including...
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    Billy Hill, recorded by singing cowboy artist Tex Ritter in 1935, and by Australian country musician Tex Morton in 1936. Woody Guthrie wrote and recorded...
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  • Riders of the Purple Sage, Tex Ritter, Marty Robbins, Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Rogers, Pete Seeger, the Sons of the Pioneers, Tex Morton, Billy Walker, Roger Whittaker...
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    of seven children. She began her career singing and yodelling songs by Tex Morton and Harry Torrani, and won a Bundaberg talent quest with Torrani's Mockingbird...
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  • Robert 'Tex' Morton as Rupe Case. John Hamblin as John Case Judith Arthy as Winsome Blake Max Osbiston as Proudfoot Edward Howell as Wheems Robert 'Tex' Morton...
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    record country music in Australia, three years after the New Zealander Tex Morton made his first recording in Australia. Williams recorded his songs about...
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    musical influences included the American Jimmie Rodgers, New Zealander Tex Morton, and Australia's own Buddy Williams. In 1945, Dusty wrote "When the Rain...
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  • of the story. New Zealand-born Australian country and western singer Tex Morton had a successful song "Mandrake" recorded in 1941. It was about a rodeo...
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    who grew tobacco, adding to the amalgam of folk tunes and Tex Morton hillbilly tunes. Morton, a country music singer originally from New Zealand, released...
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  • Along Baldy" (Tex Morton) - 3:14 "Good Old Droving Days" (Tex Morton) - 3:39 "Rocky Ned" (Tex Morton) - 3:30 "Old Boko & Me" (Tex Morton/Lance Skuthorpe)...
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    Won 2000 "Purple Roses" by John Williamson Contemporary Song of the Year Won Country Song of the Year Won 2004 John Williamson Tex Morton Award awarded...
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  • Rodeo and Pacific. Rodeo released music by Reg Lindsay and recordings of Tex Morton. Pacific produced local versions of pop songs from Capitol Records, but...
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    ballad tradition. Pioneers of popular Australian country music include Tex Morton in the 1930s and Smoky Dawson from the 1940s onward. Known as the "King...
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  • the first disc of its kind in the world (although "Goondiwindi Grey" by Tex Morton in 1972 had also been issued in Australia as a picture disc too, but didn't...
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    Peter Sandorff is a member of the Psychobilly band Hola Ghost. Valle, Tex Morton and Andy Laaf are the "Berlin Three" of U.S. Bombs and One Man Army Drummer...
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  • Year Award Won 1989 Smoky Dawson Traditional Bush Ballad Award Won 1990 Smoky Dawson Songmaker Award awarded 1997 Smoky Dawson Tex Morton Award awarded...
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  • Harry Kirby Tom Oliver as a photographer Henri Szeps as Jim Morton, Tony's boss Tex Morton Robyn Nevin as Interviewing Police Officer Gordon Glenwright...
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  • Pickers (2009), Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers, Klang Industries Tex Morton The 1945 song "Look on Yonder Wall" includes the line "Look on yonder...
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  • Gary Waddell, Phil Motherwell, Michael Gow, Edward Robshaw, Tex Morton (as Robert 'Tex' Morton), Ray Marshall, Syd Heylen, Robert Noble, Paul Sonkkila, Keith...
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  • Lorde Ben Lummis Jamie McDell Fiona McDonald Anika Moa Howard Morrison Tex Morton John Rowles Bic Runga Boh Runga Hollie Smith Frankie Stevens Tiki Taane...
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