Paul Kelly (musician) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Paul Kelly
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul Maurice Kelly |
| Born | January 13, 1955 |
| Origin | Adelaide, Australia |
| Genres | Acoustic, Folk rock, Australian rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | vocals, guitar, harmonica |
| Years active | 1974–current |
| Labels | Mushroom Records A&M Records EMI Records Capitol Records |
| Associated acts | Paul Kelly and the Dots Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls Paul Kelly and the Messengers Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys Stardust Five Professor Ratbaggy |
Paul Maurice Kelly was born on 13 January 1955 in Adelaide, South Australia. Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. Kelly has led many groups including Paul Kelly and the Dots, Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls and Paul Kelly and the Messengers. Kelly is one of Australia's most well-known singer-songwriters. His importance was recognised in 1997 when he was added to the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame.
Kelly writes and plays in many music styles, from bluegrass to reggae. His main styles are folk, rock, and country. Kelly's Top 40 singles on the National charts were his 1980s songs "Billy Baxter", "Before Too Long", "Darling it Hurts", "To Her Door", "Dumb Things", and his 2000 single "Roll on Summer". "To Her Door", written by Kelly, was his best local hit. It got to Number 14 on the Australian singles charts in 1987. "Dumb Things" got to Number 16 on the US Billboard Modern Rock chart in 1988. He has also had success with his albums with Top 20 hits on the National charts for Gossip, Under The Sun and So Much Water So Close To Home from the 1980s; Comedy, Wanted Man, Songs from the South: Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits and Words and Music from the 1990s; and Nothing But A Dream, Ways & Means and Stolen Apples from the 2000s. The compilation album Songs from the South got to Number 2 in 1997. His highest charting studio album was Nothing But A Dream which got to Number 7 in 2001.
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Salamanca Place, Hobart (2007). In mid-1974 Kelly made his first public performance in a folk club along this street, "[It] was a row of warehouses gradually being converted into galleries, shops and cafés. The club was upstairs above a jewellery and craft store. Tables and chairs on a wooden floor with a small stage ... By the time I got onstage I was shaking. I sang Bob Dylan's 'Girl from the North Country', the Nashville Skyline version, and 'The Streets of Forbes', a folk song about the bushranger Ben Hall. Somehow I got through my two-song gig, headed straight for the bar for more beer..." – Kelly (2010), How to Make Gravy, pages 16–18.
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Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls,Long Bay Gaol, Christmas Eve, 1985
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Hotel Esplanade, St Kilda. In May 1995, Kelly recorded tracks for Live at the Continental and the Esplanade (1996) in the Hotel's Gershwin Room.Photo taken in December 2009.
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One Night the Moon (2001), showing Paul Kelly, Memphis Kelly and Kaarin Fairfax in the lullaby scene.
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Country singer Melinda Schneider and Kelly collaborated on "Still Here".Photo taken in December 2008
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Kelly performing "The A-Z Shows" in New York City, September 2011. The tour was in support of his memoir, How to Make Gravy and the related 8×CD boxed set, A – Z Recordings, both issued in September 2010.
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Paul Kelly (at right) and his nephew, Dan Kelly, performing at Rockwood Music Hall in September 2011
