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The first Aboriginal performer to gain significant mainstream attention in Australia was Jimmy Little, who is currently enjoying renewed success with his 1999 album Messenger. The song he performed to achieve a number one hit in 1964, 'The Royal Telephone', was a contemporary country song and had no overt Aboriginal character to it. His success nevertheless helped him to establish the first contemporary all-Aboriginal band.

However, it was not until groups like Coloured Stone in the late 1970s and later No Fixed Address, Us Mob, Scrap Metal, Warumpi Band and most significantly Yothu Yindi that traditional-influenced Aboriginal music became more widely accepted into mainstream white Australian culture.