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Harry Vanda (born Johannes Hendricus Jacob Vandenberg, 22 March 1946, in The Hague, The Netherlands), is a Dutch-Australian popular music singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer.

Career

His family migrated to Australia in 1963, and settled in Sydney. Vanda came to fame there in 1964-65 as the lead guitarist in Australia's popular and successful group of the 1960s, 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 1960s recordings, including their major international hit, "Friday On My Mind".

After returning to Australia in 1973, Vanda and Young took over as the house producers for leading Australian independent record production company, Albert Productions, and publisher J. Albert & Son. 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, producing landmark albums such as Let There Be Rock, Powerage, If You Want Blood You've Got It,Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, High Voltage/TNT amongst others.

Vanda and Young also had major international success with their own studio only project Flash and the Pan, scoring many hits round the world over a 15 year run, particularly in Europe where they had many chart topping records.

Most recently Vanda has left the long time partnership with Alberts, and started Flashpoint Music with his producer/engineer son, Daniel, setting up Australia's premier private studio.

For those interested in guitars. Harry Vanda used a 1964 Hofner Verithin 1574 with Bigsby tremolo and 511 pickups, before switching in 1965 to a Gibson 345 which it is believed he proudly uses to this day. In The Easybeats Vanda also often played a cherry-red Maton 12-string electric guitar, which he donated to the collection of Powerhouse Museum in Sydney in 1999.

Selected list of songs written by Vanda and Young

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Brian Johnson • Angus Young • Malcolm Young • Cliff Williams • Phil Rudd Bon Scott • Simon Wright • Chris Slade • Mark Evans • Dave Evans Studio albums: High Voltage (Aus.) • T.N.T. • High Voltage (int.) • Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Aus.) • Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (int.) • Let There Be Rock (Aus.) • Let There Be Rock (int.) • Powerage • Highway to Hell • Back in Black • For Those About to Rock We Salute You • Flick of the Switch • '74 Jailbreak • Fly on the Wall • Who Made Who • Blow Up Your Video • The Razors Edge • Ballbreaker • Bonfire • Volts • Stiff Upper Lip • Stiff Upper Lip Tour Edition Live albums: If You Want Blood You've Got It • Live • • Live from the Atlantic Studios • Films and videos: • Fly on the Wall • Who Made Who • AC/DC • Clipped • Live at Donington • For Those About to Rock • No Bull • Stiff Upper Lip Live • Live '77 • Toronto Rocks • Family Jewels
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Production: Harry Vanda • George Young • Mutt Lange • Bruce Fairbairn • Rick Rubin
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Nickname: De Residentiestad (The Residential City), De Hofstad (The Court city, as in a royal court)
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The Easybeats were a rock and roll band from Australia. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and split at the end of 1969. They are widely regarded as the greatest Australian pop band of the 1960s and were the first Australian rock and roll act to score an international pop hit with
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George Redburn Young (born 6 November 1947 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an Australian rock musician, songwriter and record producer, best-known as the co-writer of the international hits, "Friday On My Mind" and "Love Is In The Air"; and for his production of the hard rock band, AC/DC,
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Released 17 November 1966
Format 7" single
Recorded IBC Studios, London 1966
Genre Rock
Length 3:34
Label Parlophone
Producer(s) Shel Talmy
Peak chart positions
  • 1 (Aust)
  • 6 (UK)
  • 16 (US)

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Albert Productions is an Australian record label founded in 1964 by Ted Albert.

Albert Productions featured the following artists:
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Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Young moved to Sydney as a child and by the early 1970s had become the lead singer with the Sydney rock band Elm Tree.
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Stephen Carlton 'Stevie' Wright (born December 20, 1948, in Leeds, Yorkshire) is an Australian musician and songwriter who has been called Australia's first international pop star[1].
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Ted Mulry (September 2, 1947 – September 1, 2001) was a British-born singer, songwriter, bass player and guitarist who achieved success in Australia firstly, as a solo performer, and then leading his own band Ted Mulry Gang, sometimes officially credited as just
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Rose Tattoo is an Australian blues/hard rock band, led by Angry Anderson. Among their best known songs are "We Can't Be Beaten", "Scarred for Life" and "Bad Boy for Love". Their first four albums were produced by Harry Vanda and George Young who also worked with AC/DC.
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Flash and the Pan was an Australian New Wave group (essentially an ongoing studio project) formed in the late 1970s by Harry Vanda and George Young, both formerly members of the Easybeats.
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