Ray Kernaghan

Ray Kernaghan is an Australian country music artist. He is married to Pam Kernaghan and they are the parents of musicians Lee, Greg, Tania and Fiona Kernaghan.

Kernaghan has twelve gold and two platinum records.[1] He was inducted into the Australian Country Music Hands of Fame in 1995.[2] In 2015, Kernaghan was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown.[3]

At one time Kernaghan owned the world's fastest truck Waltzing Matilda.[4][5]

Discography

Studio albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
AUS
[6]
Me & Louie On the Road
  • Released: 1977
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Bullet (BLT/12-002)
 -
Jet Set Country
  • Released: 1978
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Bullet (BLT-12-004)
 96
Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)
  • Released: 1979
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Bullet (BLT-12-007)
 -
Ray Kernaghan Country
  • Released: 1981
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Telmak (TMAK 031)
 96
Family Tradition
(with Lee Kernaghan)
  • Released: 1985
  • Format: LP
  • Label: KCR (KCR 009)
 -

Awards and honours

Australian Roll of Renown

The Australian Roll of Renown honours Australian and New Zealander musicians who have shaped the music industry by making a significant and lasting contribution to Country Music. It was inaugurated in 1976 and the inductee is announced at the Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth in January.[7]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015 Ray Kernaghan Australian Roll of Renown inductee

References
  1. Elder, Bruce (1 December 1995). "Kernaghan Country". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. "Ray Kernaghan". countrymusichalloffame.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. "Roll of Renown". TCMF. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. "Waltzing Matilda". Australian Land Speed Racing. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  5. "Fast truck's slick arrival". The Canberra Times. 12 February 1982. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 165. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. "Roll of Renown". Tamworth Country Music Festival. Retrieved 29 October 2020.


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