Slim Dusty discography
The discography of Slim Dusty (1927-2003) (AO, MBE), an Australian country music singer, consists of 122 records, 61 studio albums.
By March 1976, Dusty had achieved 37 gold and two platinum records.[1] By November 1979, this Dusty had amassed 63 gold and platinum albums.[2]
In 2018, it was reported Dusty had sold more than seven million records and earned over 70 gold and platinum album certifications.[3]
Dusty had number singles with "A Pub with No Beer" (1958) and "Duncan" (1980). In 2000 his 100th album Looking Forward Looking Back won the ARIA Award for Best Country Album
NB: Chart positions prior to 1970 are unknown. Certifications prior to 1990 are unknown.
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
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| AUS [4][5][6] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Slim Dusty Sings | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Songs for Rolling Stones (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders) |
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| Along the Road of Song |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Aussie Sing Song (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders) |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Another Aussie Sing Song (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders) |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Songs in the Saddle |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Songs of Australia |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| People and Places (credited to Slim Dusty And His Bushlanders) |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Bush Ballads |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| The Nature of Man |
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| An Evening with Slim and Joy (with Joy McKean) |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Essentially Australian |
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— |
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| Songs My Father Sang to Me |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Songs from the Cattle Camps |
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| Sing Along with Dad (with Joy McKean, Anne and David) |
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| Cattle Camp Crooner |
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| Sing a Happy Song |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Songs from the Land I Love |
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| Glory Bound Train |
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| Me and My Guitar |
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| Foolin' Around (with Joy McKean) |
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| Tall Stories and Sad Songs |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Australiana |
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96 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lights on the Hill |
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45 |
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| Things I See Around Me (featuring The Travelling Country Band) |
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62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Give Me the Road
(featuring The Travelling Country Band) |
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81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Just Slim With Old Friends (with Barry Thornton, Paul and Colleen Trenwith and Linsday Butler) |
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| On the Move (with The new Travelling Country Band) |
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59 | |||||||||||||||||
| To Whom it May Concern |
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64 | |||||||||||||||||
| Spirit of Australia |
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79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Walk a Country Mile |
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58 |
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| The Man Who Steadies the Lead |
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61 | |||||||||||||||||
| The Slim Dusty Family Album |
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65 | |||||||||||||||||
| Where Country Is |
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59 | |||||||||||||||||
| Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now? (with The Travelling Country Band) |
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90 | |||||||||||||||||
| On the Wallaby |
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76 | |||||||||||||||||
| Trucks on the Track |
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50 |
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| Singer from Down Under |
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78 | |||||||||||||||||
| To a Mate (Slim Dusty Remembers "Mack" Cormack) |
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| Stories I Wanted to Tell |
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| Beer Drinking Songs of Australia |
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77 | |||||||||||||||||
| Neon City |
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86 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cattlemen from the High Plains |
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95 | |||||||||||||||||
| G'day, G'day |
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78 |
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| King of Kalgoorlie |
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85 | |||||||||||||||||
| Two Singers One Song (with Anne Kirkpatrick) |
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| Coming Home |
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98 | |||||||||||||||||
| That's The Song We're Singing |
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| Ringer from the Top End |
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65 | |||||||||||||||||
| Natural High |
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95 | |||||||||||||||||
| Country Way of Life |
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71 | |||||||||||||||||
| A Time to Remember |
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34 | |||||||||||||||||
| Makin' a Mile |
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34 |
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| West of Winton |
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| Ninety Nine |
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50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Looking Forward Looking Back |
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3 |
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| The Men From Nulla Nulla (credited to Slim Dusty and Shorty Ranger) |
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| Travellin' Still...Always Will (with Anne Kirkpatrick) |
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37 |
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| Columbia Lane – the Last Sessions |
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5 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart, position unknown or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Soundtrack albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Chart positions |
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| AUS [5] | ||
| The Slim Dusty Movie |
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73 |
| I've Been There and Back Again (The Soundtrack to the Joy McKean Book) |
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— |
| Slim and I (Slim Dusty & Various Artists) |
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8 [14] |
Live albums
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| AUS [4][5] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Live at Wagga Wagga |
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— |
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| Live at Tamworth |
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| The Entertainer (Live at the Sydney Opera House) |
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| Live Across Australia (credited to The Slim Dusty Family) |
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| Live into the '90s |
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92 | |||||||||||||||||
| The Slim Dusty Show (Live in Townsville 1956) |
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| 91 Over 50 |
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46 |
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| Slim Dusty Live |
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42 | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart, position unknown or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
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| AUS [4][5][6] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Encores |
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| The Best of Slim Dusty |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| Dusty Tracks |
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| Dinki-Di Aussies |
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| The Best of Slim Dusty Volume 2 |
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| Way Out There |
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| This Is Your Life |
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| Songs from Down Under |
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| Slim Dusty Sings His Favourite Songs |
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| Travelling Country Man |
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| A Guitar and a Hat |
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| Rarities |
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| Rodeo Riders |
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| No. 50 The Golden Anniversary Album |
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10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Slim Dusty ....Vintage Album 1 |
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| Slim Dusty ....Vintage Album 2 |
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| I Haven't Changed a Bit |
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| The Best of Slim Dusty |
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— |
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| I'll Take Mine Country Style |
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— |
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| Australia Is His Name |
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| Slim Dusty ....Vintage Album 3 |
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| Country Livin' |
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| The Heritage Album |
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| Slim Dusty Sings Stan Coster |
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| Slim Dusty ....Vintage Album 4 |
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| Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson |
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— |
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| Slim Dusty ....Vintage Album 5 |
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| Slim Dusty Sings Joy McKean |
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| Travellin' Guitar[16] |
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| A Land He Calls His Own |
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— | |||||||||||||||||
| The Anniversary Album No. 2 (1943-1993) |
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| Regal Zonophone Collection |
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| Country Classics |
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— |
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| Old Time Drover's Lament |
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| Down the Dusty Road |
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| Talk About The Good Times |
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| The Very Best of Slim Dusty |
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15 |
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| The Man Who Is Australia |
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70 | |||||||||||||||||
| A Piece of Australia |
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— |
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| Pubs, Trucks & Plains |
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20 |
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| Reunion (credited to The Slim Dusty Family) |
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15 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sittin' On 80 |
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20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960's Classic Albums |
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| 1970's Classic Albums |
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| 1980's Classic Albums |
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| 1990's Classic Albums |
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| The Son of Noisy Dan: A Musical Autobiography |
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| The Den Tapes |
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27 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Movers |
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43 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gone Fishin' |
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11 [21] |
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| Christmas On the Station |
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| Gone Truckin' |
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95 | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart, position unknown or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Chronological list of all albums
[edit]- Slim Dusty Sings (1960)
- Songs for Rolling Stones (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders) (1961)
- Along the Road of Song (1962)
- Aussie Sing Song (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders) (1962)
- Another Aussie Sing Song (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders) (1963)
- Songs in the Saddle (1963)
- Songs of Australia (1964)
- People and Places (1964) (credited to Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders)
- Australian Bush Ballads (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)
- Songs from the Cattle Camps (1968)
- Sing Along with Dad (1968) (with Joy McKean, Anne and David)
- Cattle Camp Crooner (1969)
- Slim Dusty Encores (1969)
- Sing a Happy Song (1970)
- Songs from the Land I Love (1971)
- Glory Bound Train (1971)
- Live at Wagga Wagga (1972)
- Me and My Guitar (1972)
- Foolin' Around (1973) (with Joy McKean)
- The Best of Slim Dusty (1973)
- Live at Tamworth (1973)
- Dusty Tracks (1973)
- Tall Stories and Sad Songs (1973)
- Australiana (1974)
- Dinki Di Aussies (1974)
- The Best of Slim Dusty Volume 2 (1975)
- Lights on the Hill (1975)
- Way Out There (1975)
- Things I See Around Me (1976) (featuring The Travelling Country Band)
- Give Me the Road (1976) (featuring The Travelling Country Band)
- This Is Your Life (1976)
- Songs from Down Under (1976)
- Slim Dusty Sings His Favourite Songs (1976)
- Just Slim with Old Friends (1977) (with Barry Thornton, Paul and Colleen Trenwith and Linsday Butler)
- On the Move (1977) (with The new Travelling Country Band)
- Travellin' Country Man (1977)
- To Whom It May Concern (1978)
- The Entertainer - Live at The Sydney Opera House (1978)
- A Guitar and a Hat (1979)
- Spirit of Australia (1979)
- Slim Dusty Rarities (1979)
- Rodeo Riders (1979)
- Walk a Country Mile (1979)
- The Man Who Steadies the Lead (1980)
- Slim Dusty Family Album (1980)
- No 50 - The Golden Anniversary Album (1981)
- Where Country Is (1981)
- Vintage Album Volume 1 (1981)
- Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now (with The Travelling Country Band) (1981)
- Vintage Album Volume 2 (1982)
- On the Wallaby (1983)
- I Haven't Changed a Bit (1983)
- Trucks on the Track (1983)
- Slim Dusty Movie (Soundtrack) (1984)
- The Best of Slim Dusty (1984)
- I'll Take Mine Country Style (1985)
- Singer from Down Under (1985)
- To a Mate (1985)
- Australia Is His Name (1985)
- Stories I Wanted to Tell (1986)
- Vintage Album Volume 3 (1986)
- Beer Drinking Songs of Australia (1986)
- Cattlemen from the High Plains (1987)
- Neon City (1987)
- Country Livin' (1987)
- The Heritage Album (1988)
- Slim Dusty Sings Stan Coster (1988)
- G'day G'day! (1988)
- King of Kalgoorlie (1989)
- Vintage Album Volume 4 (1989)
- Two Singers One Song(with Anne Kirkpatrick) (1989)
- Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson (1990)
- Coming Home (1990)
- Slim Dusty Sings Joy McKean (1991)
- Vintage Album Volume 5 (1991)
- A Land He Calls Our Own (1992)
- Live Into the '90s (1992)
- Travellin' Guitar (1992)
- That's the Song We're Singing (1992)
- Ringer from the Top End (1993)
- The Anniversary Album No. 2 (1943-1993) (1993)
- Natural High (1994)
- Country Way of Life (1995)
- Regal Zonophone Collection (1995)
- The Slim Dusty Show (Live in Townsville 1956) (1996)
- Country Classics (1996)
- 91 Over 50 (1996)
- A Time to Remember (1997)
- Talk About the Good Times (1997)
- Old Time Drover's Lament (1997)
- Makin' a Mile (1997)
- Down the Dusty Road (1998)
- The Very Best of Slim Dusty (1998)
- West of Winton (1999)
- Nighty Night (aka '99) (1999)
- Looking Forward Looking Back (2000)
- The Man Who Is Australia (2000)
- A Piece of Australia (2000)
- Ramblin' Shoes 1953-1976 (2000)
- Ramblin' Shoes Vol.2 1980-2000 (2000)
- The Men From Nulla Nulla (with Shorty Ranger) (2001)
- Travellin' Still...Always Will (with Anne Kirkpatrick) (2002)
- Columbia Lane - the Last Sessions (2004)
- Slim Dusty Live (aka Live)(2006)
- Pubs, Trucks & Plains (2007)
- Reunion (credited to The Slim Dusty Family) (2008)
- Sittin' On 80 (2009)
- I've Been There And Back Again (2011)
- 1960's Classic Albums (2012)
- 1970's Classic Albums (2012)
- 1980's Classic Albums (2012)
- 1990's Classic Albums (2012)
- The Son of Noisy Dan: A Musical Autobiography (2013)
- The Den Tapes (2015)
- Prime Movers (2016)
- Slim and I (Soundtrack) (credited to Slim Dusty and various artists) (2020)
- Gone Fishin' (2021)
- Christmas On the Station (2022)
- Gone Truckin' (2024)
Charted and/or certified singles
[edit]During his career, Dusty had five top 40 hits on the Australian charts, with "A Pub With No Beer" and "Duncan" both reaching number one in 1958 and 1980 respectively.
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [5] |
UK [23] | |||
| 1958 | "A Pub with No Beer" | 1 | 3 |
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| "The Answer to a Pub with No Beer" | 12 | — | ||
| "Sequel to a Pub with No Beer" | 23 | — | ||
| 1960 | "Waltzing Matilda" | — | — |
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| 1961 | "Boomerang" | 79 | — | |
| 1971 | "Darwin (Big Heart of the North)" | 71 | — | |
| 1974 | "Lights on the Hill" | 100 | — |
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| "The Biggest Disappointment" | 58 | — | ||
| 1975 | "The Melbourne Cup" | 91 | — | |
| 1979 | "A Pub with No Beer" (re-release) | — | — |
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| 1980 | "Leave Him in the Long Yard" | — | — |
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| "Duncan" | 1 | — |
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| 1981 | "Country Revival" | 99 | — | |
| 1983 | "The Pub That Doesn't Sell Beer" | 94 | — | |
| 1987 | "We've Done Us Proud" | 80 | — | |
| 1988 | "G'day G'day" | 37 | — |
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| 1993 | "Ringer from the Top End" | — | — |
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| 2000 | "Looking Forward Looking Back" | — | — |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Slim Dusty Inks Huge EMI Deal" (PDF). Cash Box. 13 March 1976. p. 55. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "International Dateline - Australia" (PDF). Cash Box. 3 November 1979. p. 46. Retrieved 1 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Bio". Slim Dusty. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Australian Albums". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- Gone Truckin': "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 14 October 2024". The ARIA Report. No. 1806. Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 October 2024. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2024 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Platterlog : LP & Tape – New Releases > 12 December 1988". Imgur.com (original document published by Platterlog). Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1998 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2002 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2004 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Slim & I (Official Soundtrack)". JBHiFi. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1999 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Travellin' Guitar".
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2005 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2014 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Gone Fishin' by Slim Dusty". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Slim Dusty Christmas On The Station". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Slim Dusty - A Pub With No Beer". Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Dave Laing, "Slim Dusty: Country singer famous for A Pub With No Beer", The Guardian (UK), 20 September 2003
- ^ a b c d e f g h "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2024 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Slim Dusty discography discography at Discogs