Jimmy Little-Under the Milky way

Jimmy Little -- a member of the Yorta Yorta people and uncle of the soprano, writer and composer Deborah Cheetham -- grew up on the Cummeragunja Mission on the Murray River in New South Wales. In 1955 he left for Sydney to pursue his country music where his mellow style earned him the nicknames of the Balladeer, Gentleman Jim, and the Honey Voice. His first single, “Mysteries of Life“/“Heartbreak Waltz,“ was released in 1956, but his first hit did not come until 1959 with “Danny Boy,“ which peaked at numbe