1. Tex Morton adopted the name Morton while busking, after a police officer asked whether he was Bobby Lane, and he answered that he was Bobby Morton, taking the name from a sign seen on a garage.
15 Facts About Tex Morton
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About 1934, Tex Morton recorded some "hillbilly songs" privately in Wellington, though they were not commercially issued.
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On 25 February 1936, Tex Morton recorded four songs for the Columbia Graphophone Company in Sydney, Australia, and between 1936 and 1943, recorded 93 songs, accompanying himself on an acoustic guitar for most tracks, for Columbia's Regal Zonophone label.
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Tex Morton was billed as 'The Yodelling Boundary Rider' on records, though he apparently did not approve of the name.
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From 1950 to 1959, Tex Morton was based in North America.
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Tex Morton toured with Pee Wee King in 1952 and recorded in Nashville in March 1953.
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Tex Morton toured Canada and the United States as a stage hypnotist, memory expert, whip cracker and sharpshooter, and was associated for some time with the Canadian country singer, Dixie Bill Hilton.
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Tex Morton continued to record during the 1960s and 1970s, and had a surprise hit with "Goondiwindi Grey" on the Australian Singles Charts, reaching No 5 in June 1973.
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Tex Morton was the first inductee into Australian Roll of Renown in 1976, recognising his pivotal role in the development of country music in Australia and New Zealand.
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Tex Morton was inducted into the Country Music Awards of Australia Hands of Fame in 1977.
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Tex Morton had married Marjorie Brisbane in 1937, and they had two sons, twins.
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Tex Morton died of cancer and was survived by Bryan and one son.
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Tex Morton's song 'Wrap Me Up with My Stockwhip and Blanket' was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2010.
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Tex Morton's yodelling was influenced by Rodgers, Goebel Reeves and the British Alpine yodeller, Harry Torrani.