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Tex Morton

New Zealand country singer

New Zealand • 1916-08-30 – 1983-07-23

Tex Morton is credited on 82 releases across 48 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1983–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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82

Pressings credited

48

Albums

5

Decades active

1

In collections

Biography

Tex Morton (born Robert William Lane in Nelson, New Zealand, also credited as Robert Tex Morton; 30 August 1916 – 23 July 1983 Sydney, Australia) was a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician, who was a pioneer in Australian of country and western music and referred to as "The Father of Australian Country Music" being the first artist to record this style outside the United States . He also performed as a vaudevillian, actor, television host, travelling performer and circus performer.

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Credited work

82 releases · 48 albums · active 1983–2025

  • Performance · 109
  • Other credits · 6
  • Engineering · 2
  • Production · 1

Studios: Studio Harderberg · Vielklang Studio, Berlin · Baby Monster Studios · Chung King Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Lolitas
  • Mad Sin
  • Kamikaze Queens
  • Sunny Domestozs
  • Surplus Stock
  • Freunde Der Italienischen Oper
  • Die Goldenen Zitronen
  • Radiotron

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