Gary Young (born 1947 in

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-born Australian musician who was a founding member of Australian rock band Daddy Cool in which he played the drums and sang backing vocals. He also played drums with

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amongst other bands. Young was twice inducted into the Aria Hall of Fame as a member of both Daddy Cool and Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons which were inducted into the

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(ARIA)

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in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

Biography

Rondells

Gary Young (drums, vocals) and

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(bass guitar, vocals) were the rhythm section of many bands, particularly instrumental groups, from the early 1960s onwards. One of these was The Rondells who were also the backing band for

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, a popular singing duo with their No. 1 hit "Hitch Hiker" from 1966. Young joined the Rondells in 1964, at the age of 17, whilst still at

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. The Rondells had developed from a 1962 school band, The Silhouettes, which were a Shadows-style instrumental band with Ian B. Allen (bass), future

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Gil Matthews (guitar), Ed Nantes (guitar), Roger Treble (lead guitar) and Young (drums). This group changed its name to The Lincolns in 1963, by which time Matthews had left and they were managed by Ron Blackmore. Bassist Duncan (ex-Ramrods), who had learnt bass from Allen, replaced Allen who left to join the Planets. The Lincolns added singer Bob Johnson when beat music broke through in 1964. Young later took over on vocals from Johnson, but tired of having to sing and play drums, he quit in early 1965 to form the vocal duo Double Trouble with Issy Dye and was replaced in The Lincolns by drummer Barry Gough. Double Trouble split soon after and Young rejoined Duncan, Treble and rhythm guitarist John Sullivan (who was later replaced by Barry Rogers) in a new touring version of The Lincolns, which was billed as The Rondells whenever they backed another Blackmore act, Bobby & Laurie. They also backed other Blackmore artists such as Bobby Knight,

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, Buddy England, Billy Adams and Bobby Shore. Young also played in The Changing Times and Ram Jam Big Band. In February 1967, following the split of Bobby & Laurie, Laurie Allen put together a soul revue, originally called Dice, later renamed The Laurie Allen Revue. The lineup included The Rondells' Young, Barry Rogers and Duncan, guitarist Phil Manning and as backing singers, sisters Glenys and

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. The Revue released three singles on

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– "Beautiful Brown Eyes" (August 1967), "Any Little Bit" (April 1968) and "As Long As I Got You" (June 1968).

Sons of the Vegetal Mother

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, Young and Duncan formed Sons of the Vegetal Mother later that year, this band had a more experimental

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sound. Other members included:

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(later in

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) (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).

Daddy Cool

As a side project from Sons of the Vegetal Mother, four of its members (Duncan, Hannaford, Wilson and Young) formed Daddy Cool in 1970.

Jo Jo Zep

Radio show host

Young hosts the Chicken Mary radio show on

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. Daddy Cool featuring the original line-up reformed in 2005, released a single 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. A new Daddy Cool album, ''

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'' was released in 2007 on

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were inducted into the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame, this was the ''second'' time for Young who had already been inducted as a member of Daddy Cool in 2006.

Singles discography

** "Rock 'n' Roll Lady" (1972) #30 AUS ** "One Night" (1973) ** "Saga of the Three Pigs" (1973) ** "Rockabilly Beatin' Boogie Band" (1973) ** "

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"/"Mystery Train" (1980) ** "Running Late for Wandong" (1981) ** "Keep your Hands off my Baby" (1982) ** ''Gary Young and the Rocking Emus'' (as Gary Young and the Rocking Emus) (1982)

Awards and nominations

Go-Set Pop Poll

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'' and was established in February 1966 and conducted an annual poll during 1966 to 1972 of its readers to determine the most popular personalities. , - , 1971 , Gary Young (Daddy Cool) , Best Drummer , style="background:tan;", 3rd , -

King of Pop Awards

The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of

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. The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978. , - , 1971 , Gary Young (Daddy Cool) , Best Drummer , , -

References

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