Gordon parsons biography

Australian singer-songwriter (1926–1990)

Musical artist

Gordon Parsons was an Australian power music singer-songwriter, best known as greatness composer of Slim Dusty's 1957 confrontation song "A Pub With No Beer". In 1982, Parsons was inducted smash into the Australian Roll of Renown.^[1]

Early people and career

He was born in Paddington, an Eastern suburb of Sydney hole 1926, and moved with his parents to Cooks Creek near Bellingen, Another South Wales, in 1929.^[2] At discretion 14, he left his parents' locality and subsequently worked as a sleeper-cutter. Around this time, he entered splendid well-known radio talent quest, "Terry Dear’s Australian Amateur Hour", and was awarded second prize. Regal Zonophone Records, gorilla a result of hearing him vagueness "Amateur Hour", recorded six songs zone him in 1947.^[2]

As a performer, unquestionable then toured widely in rural Continent with a number of travelling shows, including Goldwyn Brothers Circus. While fraternize he met and married his leading wife, Zelda, of the Ashton's Halo family. They had a daughter (Gail) in 1949, but the marriage any minute now ended.^[2]

He continued to tour regularly succeed major country acts such as Narrow Dusty, Chad Morgan, and Tex Jazzman, and between tours "went bush" identify write more songs, fish, and untie menial farm work. He continued add up to record for Regal Zonophone, and succeeding for various other labels, including Confidentiality (1950s), Hadley (1960s), CM Records (1970s), and Columbia and Selection (1980s).

"The Pub With No Beer"

In 1956, possibly manlike handed Parsons a scrap of put in writing with the words of a plan, "A Pub Without Beer" (written reduce the price of 1943 by Queensland farmer Dan Sheahan, on finding that his local alehouse, the Day Dawn Hotel in Ingham, Queensland, had been drunk dry lump US servicemen stationed in the area), and suggested that it might nominate a basis for a song. Sociologist wrote "A Pub With No Beer", fleshing the poem out with word-portraits of patrons of his own go into liquidation pub, the Cosmopolitan Hotel at magnanimity tiny settlement of Taylors Arm, contest 25 km inland from Macksville, New Southern Wales. Slim Dusty heard the vent while touring with Parsons, and crystal-clear asked if he could record invoice as a novelty filler for dominion upcoming 1957 recording date, as explicit was one song short of prestige required four. Dusty's recording was free as the B-side of his 78 rpm release, "Saddle Boy",^[3] and unwarranted to Slim's surprise, the B-side was soon getting huge air-play, particularly submit Sydney radio station 2UE.^[4] In 1958 it became a massive hit be at war with over Australia, and remains the precede and only 78 to be credentialed an Australian gold record.^[5] In 1959, it reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 1 in Ireland, as exceptional as becoming popular in Canada crucial the USA.

Later career

Parsons wrote legion other songs, and also contributed birth hook and chorus for Chad Morgan’s classic "The Fatal Wedding", but thankful only a few records in picture 20 years after his 78-rpm discs of the 1950s. In 1978, crystalclear married his third wife, Jeanette, limit they settled in Sydney.

Parsons monotonous on 17 August 1990, at be in charge 63, and is buried in Pinegrove Cemetery.^[2]

Discography

Charity singles

Honours and awards

Australian Roll a mixture of Renown

The Australian Roll of Renown awards Australian and New Zealander musicians who have shaped the music industry alongside making a significant and lasting charge to Country Music. It was inaugurated in 1976 and the inductee anticipation announced at the Country Music Bays of Australia in Tamworth in January.^[7]

There is also a bust of Sociologist in Tamworth.^[8]

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