Shearston at the SAFA Fundraiser, Paddington Town Hall, January 1965
Background information
Birth name
Gary Rhett Shearston
Born
(1939-01-09)9 January 1939 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Origin
Sydney, Australia
Died
1 July 2013(2013-07-01) (aged 74) Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Folk
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter, priest
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar
Years active
1958–2013
Labels
Leedon/Festival, CBS
Website
garyshearston.com
Musical artist
Gary Rhett Shearston (9 January 1939 – 1 July 2013) was an Australian singer-songwriter and Anglican priest. He was a leading figure of the folk music revival of the 1960s and performed traditional folk songs in an authentic style. He scored a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom in 1974 with his cover version of Cole Porter's song "I Get a Kick out of You". From the 1990s he also worked as a priest in rural New South Wales.
Gary Rhett Shearston (9 January 1939 – 1 July 2013) was an Australian singer-songwriter and Anglican priest. He was a leading figure of the folk music...
earthquake. "Our Town" by Wilson and Lightfoot "The Newcastle Earthquake" by GaryShearston (1990) CBS 655720 "The Newcastle Earthquake Response Record – Volume...
Suite (Aleph, 1999) Marc Secara, Now and Forever (Silver Spot, 2011) GaryShearston, The Greatest Stone On Earth and Other Two-Bob Wonders (Charisma, 1975)...
vocal harmonies. "Without a Song" was released as a single in the UK by GaryShearston in 1974 and by Noah Stewart in 2011. The Carpenters included a partially...
Queen Radio Birdman Rush Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets Del Shannon GaryShearston Edwin Starr Solution Tom Robinson Band Tyla Gang Van der Graaf Generator...
du" ("Nothing Knocks Me Over But You"). In 1974, Australian singer GaryShearston released a 1920s/30s style version. Issued on the Charisma label, it...
marine biology. He learned to play the guitar with his long-time friend GaryShearston. Both young men had a fondness for country and folk music and shared...
Marian Henderson, "Jim Jones of Botany Bay" (PIX magazine EP, 1964) GaryShearston, "Jim Jones at Botany Bay" (on "Folk Songs and Ballads of Australia"...
Celtic folk ballads. Country and folk artists such as Lionel Long, GaryShearston, Marian Henderson, Margaret Roadknight, The Bushwackers and John Schumann...
(1925–1973) Buddy Williams (1918-1986) Lionel Long (1939 – 1 January 1998) GaryShearston (1939 – 2013) John Williamson (b. 1945) John Manifold (balladeer and...
Steve Ashley: Speedy Return (1975) John Cale: Helen of Troy (1975) GaryShearston: The Greatest Show on Earth (1975) Richard Digance: Trading the Boards...
Rae (1972–1979) – AFI Award-winning film and TV musician and composer GaryShearston (1950–1955) – Australia's best selling folk singer Lyndon Watts (1992–1993)...
music band the Atlantics including their hit "Bombora", folk musicians GaryShearston and Patsy Biscoe. He left CBS in 1968 to work as a freelance composer...
teacher. Bent Schmidt-Hansen, 66, Danish footballer (PSV Eindhoven). GaryShearston, 74, Australian singer and songwriter, stroke. Maarten van Roozendaal...
"bush music" or "bush band music". Country and folk artists such as GaryShearston, Lionel Long, Margaret Roadknight, Tex Morton, Slim Dusty, Rolf Harris...
Australia). It was a weekly half-hour series featuring folk music. GaryShearston was the host. Despite the wiping of the era, an episode of this series...
popular artists and groups including Martin Carthy, The Bushwhackers, GaryShearston, Niamh Parsons, June Tabor, Steam Shuttle, and Weddings Parties Anything...
June – Wendy Saddington, Australian singer (Chain) (b. 1949) 1 July – GaryShearston, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1939) 31 July – Helen Quach, Vietnamese-born...
Flies Backwards (Wattle). The title track has since been covered by GaryShearston, Athol McCoy, Chad Morgan and Roger Knox. He was recorded twice more...
other Michel Leyden songs in Australian Tradition in 1965. In 1965 GaryShearston recorded the song on his album “Australian Broadside”. The record came...
winemaker Kenneth Minogue, 83, academic and political scientist 1 July – GaryShearston, 74, singer and songwriter 5 July – Paul Couvret, 91, politician and...
Student, Song of Vietnam. Twenty Summers - Lyrics for a song recorded by GaryShearston Enough Blue Sky: the Autobiography of Mona Brand, an Unknown Well-Known...
Tasmanian politician Rik Kemp, cartoonist (born in the United Kingdom) GaryShearston, singer, songwriter and priest (d. 2013) 10 January – Jill Kitson, radio...
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