Lucky Starr

Leslie Morrison (nacido el 29 de diciembre de 1940), más conocido por su nombre artístico Lucky Starr, es un cantante australiano. Lanzó el trabalenguas "I've Been Everywhere" como sencillo en 1962, escrito por el cantautor Geoff Mack, que menciona numerosos pueblos australianos. Adaptado a las ciudades estadounidenses, se convirtió en un éxito para Hank Snow.  Morrison comenzó su carrera de rock and roll en 1957 como cantante principal de The Hepparays. Fue un habitual en Bandstand y Six O'Clock Rock, y reemplazó a Johnny O'Keefe como presentador de este último durante una temporada en 1960. Fuente: Wikipedia Visite el sitio web de Lucky

Discografia:

1962

I've Been Eveywhere

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Tracks:

I've Been Everywhere

Sweet Georgia Brown

I See You As An Angel

The Big Hurt

Heart-Break

Candy Pink Lips(The Lipsing Song)

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Suspense

Wrong

You Still Look Good To Me

Why Don't Leave Us Alone

Oh Yeah - That's How

1965

The Silver Spade Digs Lucky

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1974

I Am The Words

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Tracks:

I Am The Words

Speedball Tucker

Whiskey And The Lonely

We Put Our Trust In Love

The Twenty Gallon Truckie

I've Had Everything

Six Days On The Road

Sweet Memories

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor

Hello Virginia

Sam And His White

Big Wheels

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Tracks:

Diesel Dan

Sunday Morning Street

Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun

Give Me Wheels

T. F. Much

Mule Skinner Blues

Looking At The World Trough A Windshield

King Of The Road

He'll Have To Go

Nashville Cadillac Dreams

Mama Hated Diesels

I've Been Everywhere

1976

Wheels

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Tracks:

What A Lucky Truckie

Highway 31

Trixie's Truck Stop Cafe

Every Highway

Truck Stop Rock

Here Comes The Trucks

Diamond Reo cowboy

Times Run Out On You

Written In The Fire

Loving Sure Comes Easy

Trucking Down Trough The Years

You Must Be A Truckie

1977

Old Friends

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Tracks:

Silver Eagle

I've Been A Long Time Leavin'

Rose Marie

Pub With No Beer

Break These Chains

Lights On The Hill

White Line Fever

Peggy Sue

Things I Didn't Say

Ride Beside Me Jesus

When All The Loves Runs Out

Old Friends

1978

Mister Truck Driven

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Australia's Own: Lucky Starr

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Lucky Country

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Son Of A Gun

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2007

Riverwind

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2020

Blueberry Hill

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1940: Born Les Morrison on December 29 in Mascot, NSW.
1950s: Like most kids finding their musical feet, he was heavily influenced by American pop and rock’n’roll.
1956: Began work as an electrical apprentice in the city. Formed the Hepparays with Bruce Gurr, Tony Caperero, Owen Smith and Dave Taylor.
1959: Won a talent quest at the Allawah Hotel on June 24. Part of the prize was a Festival Records contract and the band first recorded as the Hepparays – Christmas Rock Medley/I Remember Christmas At Home. To create a new image, he decided on a name change to Les Starr. A new guitar in the shape of a star was made. Les Starr and the Hepparays eventually became Lucky Starr and the Hepparays. The band recorded four more singles with Festival – Somebody Touched Me/When You Come Back To Me.
1960: Three more singles were released on Festival – Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home/Wrong, The Big Hurt/Way Down Yonder in New Orleans and Yeah – That’s How/Sweet Georgia Brown. The group disbanded.
1962: Lucky heard Geoff Mack sing I’ve Been Everywhere in a small nightclub, the Afro-Cuban in Kings Cross, and asked if he could record it. He had two weeks to learn the words before hitting the studio, and still needed a lyric sheet when it came time to put down the track. The song went straight to #1 on the Australian music charts and stayed at the top for 15 weeks. Dot Records in America requested a US version of the song, which Geoff Mack wrote, and Lucky recorded, releasing a four-track EP with the versions of the song written for NZ and UK markets. It was sent to America and Hank Snow covered the US version, making it a #1 hit in the States. A full album, I’ve Been Everywhere was released on Festival.
1963: Dot Records released a single for Lucky in the States – Poor Little Jimmy Brown/Blistered. On the strength of the single, he was hugely popular in Las Vegas.
1965: Lucky was the first Australian artist to tour Vietnam.
1970s: Became a cabaret act, touring the Hilton circuit overseas.
1975: His first trucking album, Big Wheels went gold and won the ARIA award for Country Album of the Year.
1976: Released Wheels, another trucking album on RCA and an album with Nev Nicholls – Lucky Starr Radio Show/Nev Nicholls Radio Show on RCA.
1977: Released the album Old Friends on RCA.
1978: Released the album Mr Truck Driver on RCA.
1980: Inducted into the Hands of Fame, Tamworth.
2002-03: Toured extensively with fellow rock stars on Long Way To The Top.
2008: Inducted into the Hall of Fame at the MO Awards.
2011: Released the album Son of a Gun with son Craig Morrison and headlined their own show of the same name in Tamworth during the CMF at Wests.
2021: Still working, still having fun, still trying to avoid the virus and enjoying his OBE status.

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