Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg (born 22 March 1946), better known as his stage name Harry Vanda, is an Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as lead guitarist of the 1960s Australian rock band the Easybeats who with fellow member George Young formed the 1970s and 1980s songwriting and record production duo ...

Vanda & Young were an Australian songwriting and producing duo composed of Harry Vanda [1] (real name Van den Berg) and George Young. [2] They performed as members of 1960s Australian rock group the Easybeats where Vanda was their lead guitarist and backing singer and Young was their rhythm guitarist and backing singer.

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He was a founding member of the bands The Easybeats and Flash and the Pan, and was one-half of the songwriting and production duo Vanda & Young with his long-time musical collaborator Harry Vanda, with whom he co-wrote the international hits "Friday on My Mind" and "Love Is in the Air", the latter recorded by John Paul Young (who is unrelated).

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Jul 19, 2021 · For trivia buffs George Young’s older brother Alex Young, was a member of the band Grapefruit formed by John Lennon in the 60’s, and Harry Vanda is a second cousin to Agnetha Faltskog of the Swedish supergroup ABBA.

Jul 28, 2010 · The songs of Harry Vanda and George Young have been acclaimed worldwide and recorded by hundreds of artists including David Bowie, Grace Jones, Meatloaf and Shirley Bassey.

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The Easybeats formed around five European migrants. Dutch-born Harry Vanda and Dick Diamonde were living at the Villawodd Migrant Hostel when they met 15-year-old English-born Stevie Wright and Scottish-born George Young. Young was the younger brother of Alex (aka George Alexander), who found success in the UK with The Big Six and Grapefruit.

Dec 2, 2010 · When the band broke up, Harry and George maintained their writing and producing partnership, crafting a string of hit albums for the younger Young boys’ band, AC/DC. Harry is still in the business. George has retired to Portugal.