Daddy Cool is an

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band formed in

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in 1970 with the original line-up of

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, bass, vocals), Ross Wilson (

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, rhythm guitar,

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) and Gary Young (drums, vocals) . Their debut single "

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" was released in May 1971 and stayed at number 1 on the Australian singles chart for ten weeks. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until

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created their own

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in mid-1988. Their debut July 1971 LP ''

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'' also reached number 1 and became the first Australian album to sell more than 100,000 copies. The group's name came from the 1957 song " Daddy Cool" by US rock group

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. Daddy Cool included their version of this song on ''Daddy Who? Daddy Cool''. Daddy Cool's music was originally largely 1950s

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style cover versions and originals mostly written by Wilson. On stage they provided a danceable sound which was accessible and fun. Their second album, '' Sex, Dope, Rock'n'Roll: Teenage Heaven'' from January 1972, also reached the Top Ten. Breaking up in August 1972, Daddy Cool briefly reformed during 1974–1975 before disbanding again. They reformed with the band's original line-up in 2005. Their iconic status was confirmed when they were inducted into the

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(ARIA)

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on 16 August 2006. At the

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, Daddy Cool was also inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.

History

1964–1970: Previous bands

(guitar, bass, vocals) and Ross Wilson (guitar, vocals, harmonica) formed pop / R&B Melbourne-based group

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in 1964 while they were still attending high school in the south eastern

suburb of

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; they later attended the senior campus of

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. They recorded a version of Richard Berry's "

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" in 1965 which led to a recording contract and three more singles. In 1967 they formed The Party Machine, which had a more radical sound (influenced by

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and

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), the band now including

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(later in

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) on bass guitar. They released a single "You've All Gotta Go" in 1969; their printed songbooks were confiscated and burned by the Victorian Vice Squad for being obscene and seditious. Wilson disbanded The Party Machine in 1969 after receiving an invitation to travel to London to join expatriate Australian band

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. After they released ''Procession'' on

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Wilson returned to Australia.

(bass, vocals) and Gary Young (drums, vocals) had been the rhythm section of many bands, particularly instrumental groups, since the 1950s. One of these was The Rondells, who were also the backing band for

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a popular singing duo (with number 1 hit single "Hitch Hiker" in 1966). Young and Wilson met in 1969 whilst working in a book warehouse. Each had previous bandmates who were interested in forming a new group. Wilson, Hannaford, Young and Duncan formed

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later that year, a group with an experimental

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sound. Other members included: Rudd (bass), Trevor Griffin (piano), Jeremy Kellock (Jeremy Noone) (tenor sax), Tim Partridge (bass), Ian Wallace (alto sax), Simon Wettenhall (trumpet) and Bruce Woodcock (tenor sax).

1970–1972: Original line-up

Four of Sons of the Vegetal Mother's members (Duncan, Hannaford, Wilson and Young) formed Daddy Cool in 1970. All shared a love of 1950s music and initially played covers of songs from their record collections. One of these was " Daddy Cool" (written by

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and

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) performed in 1957 by US

band

as the B side to their single "Silhouettes"., however Ross Wilson has stated that the band was named before he had heard the song. Daddy Cool became a popular live fixture in

. Their early 1971 appearance at the Myponga Festival in

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upstaged their parent group, Sons of the Vegetal Mother, which subsequently dissolved. One-time child guitar prodigy

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(formerly known as Rob EG), had recently returned to Australia and established himself as record producer, purchasing a share of Melbourne independent label

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. He saw the band's performance at a 7 May 1971 gig in Melbourne and immediately signed them to his label. Sparmac also released Healing Force's "Golden Miles" and Rick Springfield's "

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". The single "

" was released before the end of May and quickly went to number 1 on the Australian charts where it stayed for a record ten weeks. The track written by Wilson, produced by Porter, was, ironically, replaced at No. 1 by a novelty version of a song from Daddy Cool's own setlist—the single " Daddy Cool", performed in

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style by the studio band Drummond. Drummond (aka

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), which included

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(later in

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), had performed it in tribute to Daddy Cool. "Eagle Rock" was named the second-best Australian song of all time at the 2001 APRA Awards with the best being "

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" by 1960s group

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. Daddy Cool's debut album, ''

'', sold an unprecedented 60,000 copies within a month of its release in July 1971, and became the first Australian album to sell more than 100,000 copies. According to Wilson, the sales required for a gold album in Australia in the early 1970s had been 10,000 copies and was altered to 15,000 and then 20,000. The band toured Australia with

(led by former bandmate

) on the Aquarius Tour. Their second single "

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", also written by Wilson, was released in September 1971 and reached #3. Also in September, Jeremy Kellock (aka Jeremy/Jerry Noone) (

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(ex-Sons of the Vegetal Mother,

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) joined the touring lineup of the band (he had played sax on ''Daddy Who? Daddy Cool''). The album, produced by Porter, who also provided piano and steel guitar, was released in the US. The band toured there in August 1971 but had little chart or radio success, although their performances were well received. In November, ''Daddy Cool'' aka ''D.C.E.P.'', a five-track EP was released and reached number 12. Each group member sang a track, the most widely played being "Lollipop" with vocals by Wilson. An edited version of the song "Hi Honey Ho", their third single, written by Wilson, was released in December and reached #16. The full 6:48 studio cut of the song was released on a rare promotional single. Wilson experimented with his song writing on '' Sex, Dope, Rock'n'Roll: Teenage Heaven'', Daddy Cool's second album. Produced by Porter again, it was released on Sparmac Records in December 1971 and incorporated more progressive material similar to Sons of the Vegetal Mother's music. Two of the tracks were 1950s covers "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" and "Sixty Minute Man" and together with the album title provoked concern in the media. It reached No. 15 on the national album charts, and was released in USA as ''Teenage Heaven''. At about this time, the group were filmed by director / producer Bob Weis for a 37-minute documentary, ''Daddy Cool'' released in 1973. The documentary includes interviews with, and performances by, the Duncan, Hannaford, Noone, Wilson and Young line-up. It also includes a song from

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, at that time Ross Wilson's wife. By February 1972, Noone had left, feeling that he was not fully involved in the spirit of the group. He was replaced in March by Ian "Willy" Winter (ex-

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) on

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who was recruited to enable Ross Wilson to concentrate on singing. The band undertook a third US tour from March–June 1972 and recorded several tracks including "Teenage Blues", "At The Rockhouse" and "Rock'n'Roll Lady" at

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studios in L.A. "I'll Never Smile Again" was released in July and reached No. 16, but by this time tensions were growing within the band and Wilson in particular was tiring of the difficulty of presenting the more progressive material he wanted to perform within the confines of the group's entrenched "good time" image. They announced their break-up soon after their return from the US and performed their last gig at the Much More Ballroom on 13 August 1972. The entire concert was recorded and released as the double-album ''Daddy Cool Live! The Last Drive-In Movie Show'', issued on Porter's new label, Wizard Records in September 1973 and reached #34.

1972–1974: Daddy Cool separates

When asked why Daddy Cool first broke up, Wilson responded with: Ian Winter returned to Carson, they produced ''Blown'' in 1972 and disbanded before ''On the Air'' was released in 1973. In 1977, he rejoined Wilson in

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. Duncan and Young formed their own boogie band, Gary Young's Hot Dog in September 1972, they released two singles in 1973 "Rock-a-Billy Beating Boogie Band" and "The Saga of the Three Little Pigs". Hannaford and Wilson, who were constrained by the Daddy Cool image, formed

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in May 1973 to play more serious music, and released one album ''All I Wanna Do is Rock'' before disbanding in December.

1974–1975: First reformation

Both

and Gary Young's Hot Dog had disbanded, and by early 1974 a reformed Daddy Cool (Duncan, Hannaford, Wilson and Young) played at the

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which included a fledgling

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and UK band

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– the latter two were both booed off stage. In June / July, Wilson took time off from Daddy Cool to produce the recording of Skyhooks' debut album '' Living in the Seventies'' for

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. Besides compilations, Daddy Cool provided three new singles: "All I Wanna Do is Rock (part 1)", "The Boogie Man" and "You Never Can Tell" released in 1974 on Wizard Records. After they performed at the last Sunbury Pop Festival in 1975, Gunther Gorman joined on guitar. When Duncan was injured in a car accident, Hannaford switched to bass and guitarist Wayne Burt (later of

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) was brought in. By September 1975 the band played their final show in Prahran's Reefer Cabaret.

1975: Second separation

Wilson continued as a record producer on two more albums for Skyhooks, three albums for Jo Jo Zep and for other artists; he also performed as a founding member of

(1977–1991) and as a solo artist. Wilson was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame as an individual in 1989. Since 2006 he has been a regular judge on Seven Network's celebrity singing TV series '' It Takes Two''. His solo 1989 song "Bed of Nails" was used as the theme for ABC-TV six-part series ''

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'' starring

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and broadcast from 10 May 2008. Hannaford played in other bands and was a session guitarist including work for: Ross Hannaford Trio,

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and

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. Young performed and recorded with numerous other bands including:

(1976–1981), The Rockin' Emus (1982),

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(1983) and The Black Sorrows (1984–1985). His work for Jo Jo Zep provided Young with his second ARIA Hall of Fame induction in 2007. Duncan was also a session musician for various artists:

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, The Black Sorrows and Ross Hannaford Trio.

1994: With Skyhooks

Daddy Cool briefly reformed to support

in a proposed 1994 stadium tour. Together, they released a four track CD-single with two new tracks "$64,000 Question" and "

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" by Daddy Cool, combined with " Happy Hippy Hut" and "

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" by Skyhooks. The reformation collapsed when the single stalled at number 35 on the

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and the tour was downgraded to the pub circuit.

2005–current

The band reformed in February 2005 to play at a 27 February 2005 benefit concert for victims of the

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at the

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. A new Daddy Cool recording, "The Christmas Bug", was released for charity. In 2006 Aztec Music released ''The Complete Daddy Cool'', a double DVD collection, featuring the complete video of the 2005 Tsunami Benefit performance and a 90-minute documentary on the band. The set also features Bob Weis' 1972 documentary, a "Making Of ..." feature on Weis' film, a 13-minute feature "Hanna on Lead", and nearly 50 minutes of film clips and TV appearances. A new Daddy Cool album, ''

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'' was released in 2006 on

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. This was their first album of new material since 1972; it also included the songs recorded in 1994 as part of the ill-fated DC / Skyhooks dual tour. There have been subsequent reformation performances, including headlining the 2007

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and supporting the 2007 Australian tour by

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and

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. Daddy Cool also played a one-off performance in

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on 31 October 2007, sharing the stage with former touring partners,

for the first time in over thirty years. On 19 November 2014 the original band reformed for what became the final time with Daddy Cool inducted into the Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame. The band performed a greatest hits setlist, including 'Cherry Pie', 'Come Back Again', 'Eagle Rock' and 'Hi Honey Ho' amongst others at the sold out awards night show. Wilson stated that this was the first time in over 30 years they had played those early hits. Ross Wilson said of the award: "Daddy Cool first met, played, recorded and worked together in Melbourne and since those early days we’ve been inducted into the industry hall of fame in Australia. As "hometown heroes", The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame means that little bit more because it's a cultural award, not a commercial one". Guitarist Ross Hannaford died on 8 March 2016 aged 65 from cancer; he had been diagnosed with the condition a year earlier. Bassist Wayne Duncan died on 4 December 2016, following a stroke.

Band members

;Current members * Ross Wilson— lead vocals, guitar, harmonica (1970–1972, 1974–1975, 2005–present) * Gary Young — drums, backing and occasional lead vocals (1970–1972, 1974–1975, 2005–present) ;Past members *

— lead guitar, bass, backing and lead vocals (1970–1972, 1974–1975, 2005–2016, his death) *

— bass, backing vocals (1970–1972, 1974–1975, 2005–2016, his death) * Jeremy Noone (Jeremy Killock) — saxophones, keyboards (1971–1972) * Ian "Willy" Winter – rhythm guitar (1972) * (Ian) Gunther Gorman – lead guitar (1975) * Wayne Burt – guitar (1975) ;Timeline

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Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Extended plays

Singles

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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Go-Set Pop Poll

The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, ''

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King of Pop Awards

The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of

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Music Victoria Awards

The

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are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005. ! , - ,

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References

External links

Daddy Cool Official WebsiteDaddy Cool YouTube Channel
* Listen to a clip from 'Eagle Rock' and read more about the song o
australianscreen online
* 'Eagle Rock' was added to th
Sounds of Australia Registry
in 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Daddy Cool APRA Award winners Australian rock music groups Victoria (Australia) musical groups ARIA Award winners ARIA Hall of Fame inductees Musical groups established in 1970 Pub rock musical groups Musical groups from Melbourne Musical quartets