# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/slim-dusty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:05:55.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/slim-dusty"
name: "Slim Dusty"
slug: "slim-dusty"
description: "Slim Dusty, AO MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon, referred to universally as Australia's King of Country Music and one of the country's most awarded stars, with a career spanning nearly seven decades and producing numerous recordings. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australia genre, particularly of bush life, including works by renowned Australian bush poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, who represented the lifestyle. The music genre was coined the \"bush ballad\", a style first made popular by Buddy Williams. Dusty was also known for his many trucking songs."
tagline: "Australian country music singer (1927–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slim_Dusty_with_Golden_Guitar.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-06-13"
deathDate: "2003-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.52
  momentum:             0.4032083243008888
  historical:           16.372764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0244730/"
    handle:    "nm0244730"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0M4w6wFmaVFmP4lIndnEU5"
    handle:    "0M4w6wFmaVFmP4lIndnEU5"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.slimdusty.com.au/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سليم دوستى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Dusty"
    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Dusty"
    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اسلیم داستی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Dusty"
    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Dusty"
    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Dusty"
    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Dusty"
    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Dusty"
    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Слим Дасти"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Dusty"
    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Dusty"
    title: "Slim Dusty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Slim Dusty"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump