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Paul Maurice Kelly (born 13 January 1955 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian singer-songwriter and is recognised as an icon of Australian rock music as a member of the ARIA Hall of Fame. He is now based in Melbourne, Australia. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... The Australian Record Industry Association Hall of Fame. ... The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central...


His output has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output comfortably straddles folk, rock, and even some country. His lyrics, simply and laconically voiced, have managed to speak to Australian experiences and history perhaps more broadly and directly than any other artist, from "Bradman"[1], about the Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, through "To Her Door"[2], a tale of a struggling couple's breakup and attempts at reconciliation, to "Every Fucking City"[3], a darkly comic story of a backpacker chasing a former girlfriend through a Europe stripped of distinctive national character. Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music which has its own roots in Irish, African, Scottish and English traditional music. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definitions that Folk music is now considered... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and one of Australias greatest popular heroes. ...

Paul Kelly and the coloured girls - Long Bay Jail Xmas eve 1985
Paul Kelly and the coloured girls - Long Bay Jail Xmas eve 1985

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Life and career

Kelly was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the sixth of nine children, in a family of Irish Catholic heritage. He attended Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide and Rostrevor College, and then Flinders University. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ... Irish Catholics are persons of predominantly Irish descent who adhere to the Roman Catholic faith. ... Saint Ignatius College is an independent reception to Year 12 school in Adelaide, South Australia. ... Rostrevor College is a Catholic all boys day and boarding school in Adelaide, South Australia. ... Flinders University, or The Flinders University of South Australia, is a public university in Adelaide. ...


Kelly's career can be broken into three distinct periods: first as Paul Kelly & The Dots; then as Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls, later known as Paul Kelly & the Messengers; and lastly as Paul Kelly the solo artist (a period that also included his involvement with side-projects Professor Ratbaggy, a more groove-oriented and less song-based ensemble and with Uncle Bill/Stormwater Boys, both bluegrass ensembles). Professor Ratbaggy is a sometime four-piece band based in Melbourne, Australia. ...


In the late 1970s Kelly was vocalist for the Melbourne pub-rock band "The High Rise Bombers", following their dissolution he formed "Paul Kelly & The Dots". The Dots period (roughly 1978-1982), saw the release of two albums, Talk in 1981 and Manila in 1982. It was followed by a year or two of uncertainty, plagued with drug use, as Kelly grew as a songwriter but lacked a recording contract. In the liner notes to his 1997 Greatest Hits Collection, Songs From The South, Kelly makes special mention of Michelle Higgins, a former Mushroom Records employee who "locked herself in a hotel room ... and refused to leave until [he] had a record deal". Mushroom Records is an Australian record company. ...


With the Coloured Girls aka Messengers

By the mid-1980s, Kelly had assembled a backing band known as The Coloured Girls, named in response to a line in Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side". For other uses see the Walk on the Wild Side disambiguation page. ...


Originally a loose aggregation of sidemen, the Coloured Girls line-up backed Paul on his 1984 solo album Post. Thereafter, the line-up solidified into : Post is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1985. ...

  • Michael Barclay - drums
  • Jon Scofield - bass
  • Peter Bull - keyboards
  • Steve Connolly - guitar

This line-up released following five albums: Gossip in 1986; Under The Sun in 1987; So Much Water So Close To Home in 1989; Comedy in 1991; and Hidden Things in 1992. Gossip is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls and originally released in 1986. ... Under The Sun is an album recorded by Paul kelly & The Coloured Girls and originally released in 1987. ... So Much Water, So Close To Home is an album by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and originally released in 1989. ... Comedy is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and originally released in 1991. ... Hidden Things is a compilation of B-Sides and Rarities recorded by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and originally released in 1992. ...


The first two albums were credited to Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls in Australia, but for North American release, these albums were credited to Paul Kelly and The Messengers. (It was feared that some might take offense to the moniker "Coloured Girls".) For the final three albums, the band was credited as Paul Kelly and The Messengers in all territories.


Feeling the band had run its course, Kelly amicably dissolved the Messengers line-up in 1992.


Solo and collaboration

Though he has worked with other songwriters since 1992, the years from then till the present, might be considered his solo period. His first post-Messengers solo release was the (truly solo) live double CD Live, May 1992 in 1992, followed by Wanted Man in 1994; Deeper Water in 1995; Live At The Continental And The Esplanade in 1996; Words and Music in 1998; Smoke (with Uncle Bill) in 1999; Professor Ratbaggy (as member of Professor Ratbaggy) in 1999; Nothing But A Dream in 2001; Ways & Means in 2004; and Foggy Highway (with The Stormwater Boys) in 2005. In 2006, Paul Kelly formed a group called Stardust Five, who released their self-titled debut album in March of that year. Live May 1992 is a solo live album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1992. ... Wanted Man is an album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1994. ... Deeper Water is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1995. ... Live At The Continental And The Esplanade is a live album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1996. ... Words And Music is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1998. ... Smoke is an album by Paul Kelly and Melbourne bluegrass band, Uncle Bill. ... Professor Ratbaggy is the debut album recorded by Professor Ratbaggy and originally released in 1999. ... Professor Ratbaggy is a sometime four-piece band based in Melbourne, Australia. ... Nothing But A Dream is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 2001. ... Ways & Means is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 2004. ... Foggy Highway is an album recorded by Paul Kelly (and The Stormwater Boys) and originally released in 2005. ...


Kelly had a big year in 1999, releasing two albums — both in very different musical directions from each other, and from what he was known for. Professor Ratbaggy had a more groove-oriented style compared to his usual folk or rock formula, using samples, synth and percussion. Smoke, released with Uncle Bill, was poles apart: a bluegrass album composed of a few new songs and several of his old songs played in bluegrass style. "Our Sunshine" was one of the new songs on the album and was written as a tribute to Ned Kelly, a famous Australian outlaw. Kelly and Uncle Bill were nominated for a Golden Guitar Award for the song "Until Death to Them Part". Professor Ratbaggy is the debut album recorded by Professor Ratbaggy and originally released in 1999. ... Smoke is an album by Paul Kelly and Melbourne bluegrass band, Uncle Bill. ... Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music which has its own roots in Irish, African, Scottish and English traditional music. ... Ned Kelly the day before his execution Edward Ned Kelly (c. ...


During his solo years, Kelly has also worked as a composer of film and TV scores including Lantana, Silent Partner and One Night The Moon in 2001; and Fireflies in 2004. Lantana is a 2001 Australian film, directed by Ray Lawrence. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...


In 2002 and 2003, two albums of Paul Kelly songs were released: Women At The Well featured songs performed by female artists including Bic Runga, Jenny Morris, Renée Geyer, Magic Dirt, Rebecca Barnard, Christine Anu, and Kasey Chambers; and Stories Of Me featured artists like James Reyne and Jeff Lang. Briolette Kah Bic Runga (born 13 January 1976) MNZM is a New Zealand singer-songwriter whose first solo album, Drive, debuted at number one in the New Zealand charts, and has since become one of the highest-selling New Zealand artists of our time. ... Jenny Morris is a New Zealand rock singer. ... Renée Geyer. ... Magic Dirt at the 2004 Big Day Out Magic Dirt is an Australian rock band, formed in 1992 in Geelong, Australia. ... Christine Anu (born 1970) is an Australian pop singer from Cairns, Queensland. ... Kasey Chambers (born: June 4, 1976) is a popular Australian country music performer with three successive albums reaching number one on the Australian album charts in 2002, 2004 and 2006. ... James Reyne (born James Michael Nugent Reyne on 19 May 1957 in Nigeria) is a popular Australian singer/songwriter. ... Jeff Lang is an Australian guitarist. ...


A book of Paul Kelly's lyrics, titled simply "Lyrics" was published in 1993. A second anthology of lyrics was first published in 1999 - "Don't Start Me Talking (Lyrics 1984-2004)" - and is now in its second edition (2004).[4]


Kelly has written songs with and for many other artists, including Mick Thomas, Renée Geyer, Kate Ceberano, Vika and Linda Bull, Nick Cave, Nick Barker, Kasey Chambers, Yothu Yindi, Archie Roach, Gyan, Monique Brumby and Troy Cassar-Daley. He has also covered songs by other groups including Hot Chocolate and Australian Crawl. One of Australias foremost singer / songwriters;- writer, playwrite, record producer, record company executive. ... Renée Geyer. ... Kate Ceberano, born 17 November 1966, is an award winning Australian pop vocalist entertainer, and Scientologist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2005. ... Nick Barker is an Australian singer songwriter known for his evocative lyrics. ... Kasey Chambers (born: June 4, 1976) is a popular Australian country music performer with three successive albums reaching number one on the Australian album charts in 2002, 2004 and 2006. ... Yothu Yindi (Yolngu for child and mother. ... Archie Roach (born 1956, Mooroopna, Victoria) is an Australian musician. ... // Gyan Evans is an ARIA award winning singer songwriter from Australia who performs professionally as Gyan (pronounced Ghee-ahn). Originally from Geelong; Gyan began her musical career in the Sydney band Haiku before winning the Grand Final in the Australian version of the TV Show Star Search. ... Troy Cassar-Daley is an Australian Aboriginal country musician from Grafton, New South Wales. ... Hot Chocolate was a British band of the 1960s and 1970s formed by Errol Brown (a Briton born in Jamaica). ... Australian Crawl was an Australian rock band formed by James Reyne (lead vocals/piano) and Simon Binks (lead guitar) in 1978 and joined by Guy McDonough (co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Bill McDonough (drums, percussion), Paul Williams (bass guitar), and Brad Robinson (rhythm guitar). ...


In December 2004, in Melbourne, he performed 100 of his songs in alphabetical order, over four nights.


Discography

Albums

Paul Kelly & The Dots

  • Talk (1981)
  • Manilla (1982)

Paul Kelly

Post is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1985. ...

Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls°

° credited as Paul Kelly & The Messengers in North America Gossip is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls and originally released in 1986. ... Under The Sun is an album recorded by Paul kelly & The Coloured Girls and originally released in 1987. ...


Paul Kelly & The Messengers

So Much Water, So Close To Home is an album by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and originally released in 1989. ... Comedy is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and originally released in 1991. ... Hidden Things is a compilation of B-Sides and Rarities recorded by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and originally released in 1992. ...

Paul Kelly

Live May 1992 is a solo live album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1992. ... Wanted Man is an album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1994. ... Deeper Water is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1995. ... Live At The Continental And The Esplanade is a live album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1996. ... Songs From The South - Paul Kellys Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Paul Kelly and was originally released in 1997. ... Words And Music is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 1998. ...

Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill

Smoke is an album by Paul Kelly and Melbourne bluegrass band, Uncle Bill. ...

Professor Ratbaggy

Professor Ratbaggy is the debut album recorded by Professor Ratbaggy and originally released in 1999. ...

Paul Kelly

Nothing But A Dream is an album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 2001. ... Ways & Means is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly and originally released in 2004. ...

Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys

Foggy Highway is an album recorded by Paul Kelly (and The Stormwater Boys) and originally released in 2005. ...

Stardust Five

  • Stardust Five (2006)

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
US Hot 100 US Modern Rock US Mainstream Rock UK
1988 "Dumb Things" - #16 - - Under the Sun

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Modern Rock Tracks chart is a music chart that has appeared in Billboard magazine since the early 1980s. ... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... See also: other events of 1988 Musical groups established in 1988 Record labels established in 1988 list of years in music 1980s in music // Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. ...

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