Gary Young

Gary Young (born 1947) is an American-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 Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons 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 Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

Biography

Rondells Gary Young (drums, vocals) and Wayne Duncan (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 Bobby & Laurie, a popular singing duo with their No. 1 hit "Hitch Hiker" from 1966.

The Rondells had developed from a 1962 school band, The Silhouettes, which were a Shadows-style instrumental band with Ian B. Allen (bass), future Aztec 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. this band had a more experimental Progressive rock sound. Other members included: Mike Rudd (later in Spectrum) (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 hosted the Chicken Mary radio show on 3RRR for 23 years, concluding in 2011. 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 2004 tsunami at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne. A new Daddy Cool recording, "The Christmas Bug", was released for charity. A new Daddy Cool album, The New Cool was released in 2007 on Liberation Records. 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) "Ubangi Stomp"/"Mystery Train" (1980) "Running Late for Wandong" (1981) "Keep your Hands off my Baby" (1982) Albums discography Gary Young and the Rocking Emus (as Gary Young and the Rocking Emus) (1982)

Awards and nominations Go-Set Pop Poll The Go-Set Pop Poll was coordinated by teen-oriented pop music newspaper, Go-Set 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

King of Pop Awards The King of Pop Awards were voted by the readers of TV Week. The King of Pop award started in 1967 and ran through to 1978. 1971 Gary Young (Daddy Cool) Best Drummer