Harry Vanda
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Harry Vanda is a Dutch popular music singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer from Australia.
Born Johannes Hendricus Jacob Vandenberg, on 22 March 1946, in The Hague, The Netherlands, his family migrated to Australia in the early 1960s and settled in Sydney. Vanda came to fame in Australia in 1964-65 as the lead guitarist in Australia's most popular and successful group of the Sixties, The Easybeats.
In 1966 he began a successful and enduring writing partnership with rhythm guitarist George Young; together they penned all of The Easybeats' late Sixties recordings, including their only major international hit, "Friday On My Mind".
After returning to Australia In the mid-Seventies, Vanda and Young took over as the house producers for leading Australian independent record production company, Albert Productions. From 1974 onwards they enjoyed huge success in Australia and elsewhere, writing and producing hits for a number of popular Australian groups and solo singers including John Paul Young, Cheetah, Stevie Wright, Ted Mulry, Rose Tattoo, The Angels, William Shakespeare, Mark Williams and, most notably, AC/DC (whose lineup included George Young's brothers Malcolm and Angus). Vanda and Young also had major international success with their own studio only project Flash And The Pan, scoring many hits round the world.
Most recently Harry has left a long time partnership with Alberts, and started Flashpoint Music with his producer/engineer son Daniel. They have just finished an album with new Melbourne group, British India, and have also finished a new album with long time cohort John Paul Young due for release in Nov 2006.
[edit] Selected list of songs written by Vanda and Young
- Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats, David Bowie, London
- Good Times - The Easybeats, INXS
- Evie, parts 1,2 & 3 - Stevie Wright 1974, The Wrights
- Love is in the Air - John Paul Young 1978
- Yesterday's Hero - John Paul Young 1975, Bay City Rollers 1976
- Down among the dead men - Flash And The Pan 1978
- Hey St Peter - Flash And The Pan 1976
- Walking in the Rain - Flash And The Pan, Grace Jones
- Waiting for a Train - Flash And The Pan
- Show No Mercy - Mark Williams 1989
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