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Tex Morton

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Bust of Tex Morton in Bicentennial Park, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.

Tex Morton was a Kiwi country and western singer, also known as the ‘Yodelling Boundary Rider’. A prolific songwriter and recorder, as well as hypnotist and whip-cracker, his pioneering style eventually led him to Hollywood, and the Australasian Country Music Awards Hands of Fame.

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Tex Morton, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/tex-morton, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated


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