Harry Robertson (folk singer)
Harry Robertson (1923 – 15 May 1995) was a Scottish-born, Australian seaman, engineer, folk-singer/songwriter, poet and activist, who became a key figure in the development of the Australian folk music tradition. During the 1950s he served in commercial whaling fleets in both sub-antarctic and sub-tropical regions, and wrote a number of songs about his experiences which formed the basis of his 1971 LP release Whale Chasing Men: Songs of Whaling in Ice and Sun, a unique record of life in the whaling industry in the 20th century. He also composed and performed songs on a range of other subjects, including compositions for historical documentaries commissioned by Australian television, a number of which have since been recorded posthumously by musicians interested in perpetuating his musical
Wikipage disambiguates
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
note
primaryTopic
Harry Robertson (folk singer)
Harry Robertson (1923 – 15 May 1995) was a Scottish-born, Australian seaman, engineer, folk-singer/songwriter, poet and activist, who became a key figure in the development of the Australian folk music tradition. During the 1950s he served in commercial whaling fleets in both sub-antarctic and sub-tropical regions, and wrote a number of songs about his experiences which formed the basis of his 1971 LP release Whale Chasing Men: Songs of Whaling in Ice and Sun, a unique record of life in the whaling industry in the 20th century. He also composed and performed songs on a range of other subjects, including compositions for historical documentaries commissioned by Australian television, a number of which have since been recorded posthumously by musicians interested in perpetuating his musical
has abstract
Harry Robertson (1923 – 15 May ...... rpetuating his musical legacy.
@en
active years end year
active years start year
birth place
death date
1995-05-15
death place
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
16,879,771
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,024,728,759
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
birth date
birth name
Henry Robertson
@en
birth place
Barrhead, Scotland
@en
caption
Harry Robertson, from front cover art to his album "Whale Chasing Men"
@en
death date
1995-05-15
death place
Brisbane, Australia
@en
instrument
Guitar
@en
label
Music for Pleasure
@en
name
Harry Robertson
@en
occupation
Merchant seaman, whaler, engineer, songwriter, performer
@en
wikiPageUsesTemplate
years active
subject
hypernym
sameAs
comment
Harry Robertson (1923 – 15 May ...... d in perpetuating his musical
@en
label
Harry Robertson (folk singer)
@en
wasDerivedFrom
givenName
Henry Robertson
@en
homepage
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Harry Robertson
@en