Billy Baxter (song)

"Billy Baxter"
7" single label
Single by Paul Kelly and the Dots
from the album Talk
A-side	"Billy Baxter"
B-side	"Hard Knocks"
Released	20 October 1980 (1980-10-20)
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
"Seeing Is Believing" (1980) "Billy Baxter" (1980) "Midnight Express" (1981)
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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.