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Jimmy Little‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1937-03-01

Popularity

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Jimmy Little

Jimmy Little

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1937-03-01

Popularity

star1.5

Biography

Description taken from English Wikipedia. James Oswald Little, AO (1 March 1937 – 2 April 2012) was an Australian Aboriginal musician, actor and teacher, who was a member of the Yorta Yorta tribe and was raised on the Cummeragunja Reserve, New South Wales. Little started his professional career in 1951, as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, which spanned six decades. For many years he was the main Aboriginal star on the Australian music scene. His music was influenced by Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis and American country music artist Jim Reeves. His gospel song "Royal Telephone" (1963) sold over 75,000 copies, and his most popular album, Messenger, peaked at No. 26 in 1999 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999, Little was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and won an ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. On Australia Day (26 January) 2004, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia with the citation, "For service to the entertainment industry as a singer, recording artist and songwriter and to the community through reconciliation and as an ambassador for Indigenous culture". As an actor, he appeared in the films Shadow of the Boomerang (1960) and Until the End of the World (1991), in the theatre production Black Cockatoos and in the opera Black River. As a teacher, from 1985, he worked at the Eora Centre in Redfern and from 2000 was a guest lecturer at the University of Sydney's Koori Centre.

Movie Credits

Until the End of the World

Until the End of the World‌
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calendar 1991

Somewhere in the Darkness

Somewhere in the Darkness‌
star9.0
calendar 1999

Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy‌
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calendar 1990

Shadow of the Boomerang

Shadow of the Boomerang‌
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calendar 1961

Taxi

Taxi‌
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calendar 1953

The Sleeping City

The Sleeping City‌
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calendar 1950

Fright

Fright‌
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calendar 1956

Eadie Was a Lady

Eadie Was a Lady‌
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calendar 1945

Hey, Rookie

Hey, Rookie‌
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calendar 1944

Tv Credits

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show‌
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calendar 1950

The Phil Silvers Show

The Phil Silvers Show‌
star6.6
calendar 1955

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
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calendar 1948