Harry Vanda
Harry Vanda (actually Johannes Jacob Hendrickus Vandenberg ; born March 22, 1946 in The Hague , Netherlands ) is an Australian pop musician , singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer.
Vanda's family emigrated from the Netherlands to Australia in the early 1960s and settled in Sydney . Vanda became known as a guitarist and songwriter in the mid-1960s with the most successful pop band in Australia at the time, The Easybeats . Together with Easybeats rhythm guitarist George Young , he wrote all of the group's later hits, including the world hit Friday on My Mind .
Vanda's first wife Pam committed mid-1960s suicide , were just as the Easybeats going to London to move. Vanda had to leave his young son in the care of his family in Holland.
In the mid-1970s, after the Easybeats disbanded, Vanda and Young returned to Australia and started working as a production team. From 1974 onwards they had a number of successes. They wrote and produced hits for John Paul Young , Cheetah, Stevie Wright , Rose Tattoo, The Angels, William Shakespeare, Mark Williams and especially for AC / DC , in which George Young's brothers Malcolm and Angus play.
Together with George Young, Vanda raised the band project Flash & the Pan in the late 1970s , which had some hits, including in Europe .
Web links
- Works by and about Harry Vanda in the catalog of the German National Library
- Harry Vanda on ifyouwantblood.de
Remarks
- ↑ According to other sources, the year of birth is 1947
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vanda, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vandenberg, Johannes Jacob Hendrickus (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian pop musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |