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Monday 12 October 2015

RAY KERNAGHAN


Ray Kernaghan is an Australian country music artist. He is the father of country music artists Lee Kernaghan and Tania Kernaghan and married to Pam Kernaghan. In the early days Ray travelled and played throughout Australia with one of the most successful road entertaining road convoys ''The Rick and Thel Carey Show'' and for a number of years worked as a singer-compere at pubs and clubs in every state. He also supported Conway Twitty's tour.

Kernaghan made his recording debut in 1976 with the single ''No Truckin' Worries Sue/Cold Cold Hands''. His album 'Me and Louie On The Road' was released in 1977 followed by 'Jet Set Country' (1978) which made the album charts and 'Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)' (1979). All three albums were released on the Bullet label. Kernaghan continued to release albums on other labels. He was inducted into the Australian Country Music Hands of Fame in 1995. In 2015, Kernaghan was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown. At one time Kernaghan owned the world's fastest truck Waltzing Matilda.








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