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2 unusual facts about Smoky Dawson


Smoky Dawson

He was widely touted as Australia's first singing cowboy complete with yodel, in the style of Gene Autry: Dawson had an extraordinary long and prolific career, releasing his first single in 1941 and his last album in 2005, aged 92, making him the worlds oldest recording artist (although now surpassed by the forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn).

Smoky Dawson was born as Herbert Henry Brown on 19 March 1913 in Collingwood.



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