| "Billy Baxter" | ||||
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| Single by Paul Kelly and the Dots | ||||
| from the album Talk | ||||
| A-side | "Billy Baxter" | |||
| B-side | "Hard Knocks" | |||
| Released | 20 October 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 AAV Studios, Melbourne | |||
| Genre | Rock, ska | |||
| Length | 2:43 | |||
| Label | Mushroom | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Kelly, Chris Langman | |||
| Producer(s) | Joe Camilleri | |||
| Paul Kelly and the Dots singles chronology | ||||
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"Billy Baxter" is a song by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Dots, released on 20 October 1980 as the lead single from the album Talk (1981). It was written by band members Paul Kelly and Chris Langman. It peaked at No. 38 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. The song was produced by Joe Camilleri (from Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons) for Mushroom Records. In early November the group performed the track on national pop music TV show, Countdown – it was Kelly's first TV appearance. The song's subject, Billy Baxter, is an Australian musician and was a long term member of Coodabeens Footy Show on ABC Radio National.