In February 2024, Morgan announced his retirement after his final performance of the Farewell to Australia tour on 21 April 2024, at age 91.

[5] After his grandfather died in 1947, with his grandmother, he moved back to Scrubby Creek to live with his mother and siblings.

[2] Morgan's lyrics use Australian slang including sheilas, drongos, dills and geezers.

He was discovered through Australia's Amateur Hour, a radio talent contest, where he sang his original song "The Sheik of Scrubby Creek" and became a national finalist.

[8] He signed with Regal Zonophone Records (a subsidiary of EMI), which issued his debut single, "The Sheik of Scrubby Creek", in December.

[9] He also undertook national service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at Amberley Base.

[13] For the latter film he depicted Bayonet with "the full force of his unusual personality... [and] the lustre of his success in the entertainment world.

He had platinum and gold album sales, and is one of Australia's most popular country music artists.

In 2009 he wrote a song about his Aboriginal heritage, dedicated to his grandparents who raised him as a child, "The Ballad of Bill and Eva".

[16] Artists who have impersonated Morgan in their shows include Col Elliott and John Williamson.

[19] Morgan's biographical documentary film I'm Not Dead Yet was directed by Janine Hosking and released in 2011.

[20] Australian writer Anna Rose published his biography Chad Morgan − Seventy Years in the Making in 2022.

It was inaugurated in 1976 and the inductee is announced at the Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth each January.