Jimmy Little

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Jimmy Little

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Born: March 1, 1937 (at the Cummeragunja Mission on the Murray River in NSW, Australia)
Died: April 2, 2012 (at his home in Dubbo, NSW, Australia).

His "Royal Telephone" was the first song by an Australian Indigenous performer to top the pop music charts in 1963 (at a time when Aboriginal Australians were not recognised as Australian citizens). He also had a top 10 single "Baby Blue". He was managed in his later years by Graham Bidstrup (aka Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup). In 1999 he won Best Contemporary Album in the ARIAs (for "Messenger", also being inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame same year. Little won Aboriginal of the Year in 1989, was named NSW Senior Australian of the year in 2002, received the Australia Council's Red Ochre Award in 2004, was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours of 2004 (for his work with Indigenous health and education programs), received an honorary doctorate from Sydney University for his contribution to Aboriginal culture, and was also named a National Living Treasure (another significant, honorary Australian title). He started the The Jimmy Little Foundation in 2006 (which aims to increase the life expectancy of Indigenous Australians in regional and remote areas) after receiving a kidney transplant.

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Under The Milky Way

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Cattle and Cane

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The Way I Made You Feel

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Randwick Bells

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Down Below

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July 19, 2011

Yoshi's Oakland

Oakland, California, United States


May 14, 2006

Herbst Theatre

San Francisco, California, United States


February 9, 2006

Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall

New York, New York, United States


March 29, 2005

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club

London, England, United Kingdom

  • 1. All of Me(Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra cover)

  • 2. Embraceable You(George Gershwin cover)

  • 3. Pennies From Heaven(Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra cover)

  • 4. Someone to Watch Over Me(George Gershwin cover)

  • 5. Why Was I Born?(Jerome Kern cover)

  • 6. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child([traditional] cover)

  • 7. Nothing Compares 2 U(Prince cover)

  • 8. Over the Rainbow(Harold Arlen cover)


February 4, 2005

Terrace Theater

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States

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Born: March 1, 1937 (at the Cummeragunja Mission on the Murray River in NSW, Australia)Died: April 2, 2012 (at his home in Dubbo, NSW, Australia).His "Royal Telephone" was the first song by an Australian Indigenous performer to top the pop music char... Read the full biography on this page.

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