Vanda & Young

Inside Australia's hit factory

By: John Tait

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Paperback | 1 August 2010

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Harry Vanda and George Young put Friday on our minds, triggered Easyfever with the Easybeats, and harnessed the raw energy and power of Aussie pub rock to make superstars of AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, and the Angels.

The day Vanda and Young met at Sydney's Villawood Migrant Hostel has been called the most significant moment in Australian music history. What followed, as members of the Easybeats, producers and mentors for George's brothers' band AC/DC, and songwriters of a diverse range of hits from `Friday on My Mind', `She's So Fine', `Yesterday's Hero' and `Love is in the Air', has provided the soundtrack to the last 50 years.

Featuring revelatory interviews with Vanda and Young and members AC/DC and the other chart-topping acts they worked with, this is the inspirational story of Australia's top songwriters, producers and starmakers.

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Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories Biographies Arts & Entertainment Biographies History Regional & National History Australasian & Pacific History Arts & Entertainment Music Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups

Introduction: The sultans of rock	p. vii
The land of opportunity	p. 1
The rise of the Easybeats	p. 17
Easyfever	p. 33
Tragedy	p. 50
The London crusade	p. 57
Tall poppies	p. 73
Following 'Friday'	p. 79
Everything that could go wrong	p. 92
The end of the Easys	p. 107
The four-year binge	p. 120
Rebirth of the 'Hit Factory'	p. 137
John Paul Young	p. 152
Aussie Pub Rock	p. 160
Flash and the Pan	p. 180
Reunion, relocation and retirement	p. 195
Epilogue: Somewhere between heaven and Essendon	p. 205
Appendices	p. 209
Australian singles charts	p. 209
Discography	p. 211
The eight most-covered Vanda/Young and Easybeats songs	p. 216
References	p. 219
Notes	p. 224
Acknowledgments	p. 234
Index	p. 237
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