Kevin Shegog
Kevin Joseph Alfred Shegog was an Australian country music singer from rural Tasmania. From 1960 to 1962 he released three top 40 singles, "Little Kangaroo", a cover version of Claude King's hit "Wolverton Mountain" and "One Small Photograph".
Biography
Kevin Joseph Alfred Shegog, was born on 20 August 1933 in Lower Turner Marsh near Launceston, Tasmania to Joseph and Elvie Shegog. His parents were dairy farmers. When he was nine years old, Shegog taught himself to play guitar by listening to country songs on radio. He was also a member of the choir at Lower Turner Marsh State School. At the age of fourteen, he started performing at venues and began to write songs. He performed "western music" at a concert in Longford in June 1953. In 1955 the singer relocated to Melbourne and joined the Gold-Toppers. He recorded his first tracks in 1959 with Planet Records, Melbourne. They appeared on a five-track extended play, Deep Down in Shegog and include his cover versions of "Riders in the Sky", "High Noon", "Mule Train" and "The Cry of the Wild Goose".Kevin Shegog and the Gold-Toppers released Shegog's written single, "Little Kangaroo", in late 1960 via W&G Records. It had been issued earlier that year by fellow Country and Western singer, Johnny Ashcroft. It depicts Ned Kelly's girlfriend "The Roo". Shegog's most popular single, "Wolverton Mountain", is a rendition of Claude King's song, which was released in the United States in the same year. A W&G executive had learned of King's proposed single and arranged for the Australian to record it before the US version had appeared. Shegog's version reached No. 3 on the Melbourne singles chart. His next charting single, "Fall Out Shelter" reached the top 40. Shegog continued touring into the mid-1970s.
Personal life
Shegog married Shirley May . Shegog and Haas were dating by August 1954. The couple had five children, Dallas, Susan, Lorena, Angela and Travis. From 1970 the family lived in Melbourne's suburbs of Preston, Reservoir and then Box Hill. Shegog was a distant cousin of Vivian Bullwinkel.Death
Shegog died on 9 November 2000 in Wallaroo, South Australia at the age of 67 from complications of a stroke he had seven years earlier. His ashes were buried with Shirley and Travis in Springvale, Victoria.Legacy
In 1983, Shegog was inducted into the Australian Country Music 'Hands of Fame' cornerstone.Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Label | Year |
| Deep Down in Shegog | Planet Records | 1959 |
| The Best of Kevin Shegog | W&G | 1960 |
| Songs of Praise | W&G | 1962 |
| Wolverton Mountain | W&G | 1962 |
| King of Country & Western | W&G | 1964 |
| Great Country & Western Songs | W&G | 1964 |
| One Small Photograph | W&G | 1964 |
| Kevin Shegog Sings Favourites | W&G | 1965 |