Ray Kernaghan
{{short description|Australian music artist}}
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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.{{cite news|last=Elder|first=Bruce|title=Kernaghan Country|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?multiview=true&sy=nstore&page=1&&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=article&rc=200&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&hids=&sids=news951201_0076_1776|accessdate=6 January 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=1 December 1995}} He was inducted into the Australian Country Music Hands of Fame in 1995.{{cite web|title=Ray Kernaghan|url=http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com.au/Hands/Kernaghan_Ray.htm|publisher=countrymusichalloffame.com.au|accessdate=6 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106044518/http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com.au/Hands/Kernaghan_Ray.htm|archivedate=6 January 2014}} In 2015, Kernaghan was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcmf.com.au/What-s-On/Roll-of-Renown/ |title=Roll of Renown|publisher=TCMF |accessdate=21 August 2018}}
At one time Kernaghan owned the world's fastest truck Waltzing Matilda.{{cite web|title=Waltzing Matilda|url=http://www.gregwapling.com/hotrod/land-speed-racing-australia/land-speed-racing-australia-waltzing-matilda.html|work=Australian Land Speed Racing|accessdate=6 January 2014}}{{cite news|title=Fast truck's slick arrival|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126877997?|accessdate=6 January 2014|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=12 February 1982}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart |
| scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=165}} |
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| scope="row" | Me & Louie On the Road
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| scope="row" | Jet Set Country
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| align="center" |96 |
| scope="row" | Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)
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| align="center" | - |
| scope="row" | Ray Kernaghan Country
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| align="center" | 96 |
| scope="row" | Family Tradition (with Lee Kernaghan) |
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcmf.com.au/roll-of-renown |title=Roll of Renown |publisher=Tamworth Country Music Festival|accessdate=29 October 2020}}
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| 2015
| Ray Kernaghan
| Australian Roll of Renown
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References
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Category:Australian country singers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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