Daddy Cool (band)

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Daddy Cool
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genre(s) Rock
Years active 1970—1972
1974—1975
2005—
Label(s) Sparmac, Wizard
Reprise
Sony / BMG
Liberation
Associated acts The Pink Finks
The Party Machine
The Rondells
Sons of the Vegetal Mother
Skyhooks
Gary Young's Hot Dog
Mighty Kong
Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons
Mondo Rock
Black Sorrows
Website http://www.daddycool.com.au/
Members
Wayne Duncan
Ross Hannaford
Ross Wilson
Gary Young
Former members
Jeremy Noone
Ian "Willy" Winter
Gunther Gorman
Wayne Burt

Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan (bass, vocals), Ross Hannaford (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Ross Wilson (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica) and Gary Young (drums, vocals) .[1][2] Their hit single "Eagle Rock" was released in May 1971[1][3] and stayed at #1 on the Australian singles chart for ten weeks.[4][5][6] Their debut July 1971 LP Daddy Who? Daddy Cool also reached #1 and became the first Australian album to sell more than 100,000 copies.[1][5][7] Their name comes from the 1957 song "Daddy Cool"[1] by US rock group The Rays, Daddy Cool included their version on Daddy Who? Daddy Cool.[8]

Daddy Cool's music featured 1950s Doo-wop style rock cover versions and originals which were mostly written by Wilson.[1][3][5] On stage they provided a danceable sound which was accessible and fun.[1] Their second album was Sex, Dope, Rock'n'Roll: Teenage Heaven from January 1972 and reached the Top Ten.[4] Breaking up in August 1972, Daddy Cool briefly reformed during 1974-1975 before disbanding again, they reformed with the band's original line-up in 2005.[1][3][5] Their iconic status was confirmed when they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame on 16 August 2006.[5]

Main articles: The Pink Finks and Sons of the Vegetal Mother

Ross Hannaford (guitar, bass, vocals) and Ross Wilson (guitar, vocals, harmonica) formed pop / R&B Melbourne-based group The Pink Finks in 1964 while still at school.[9] They recorded a version of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie" in 1965 which led to a recording contract and three more singles.[9] In 1967 they formed The Party Machine, which had a more radical sound (influenced by Frank Zappa and Howlin' Wolf), the band included Mike Rudd (later in Spectrum) on bass guitar.[10] They released a single "You've All Gotta Go" in 1969; their printed songbooks were confiscated and burned by the Victorian Vice Squad for being obscene and seditious.[10][11] Wilson disbanded The Party Machine to travel to London where he briefly joined Procession during 1969,[3] after they released Procession on Festival Records[2] Wilson returned to Australia.[3]

Wayne Duncan (bass, vocals) and Gary Young (drums, vocals) were the rhythm section of many bands particularly instrumentals since the 1950s.[1][12] One of these was The Rondells which were also the backing band for Bobby & Laurie a popular singing duo with their #1 hit "Hitch Hiker" from 1966.[12]

Young and Wilson met in 1969 whilst both were working in a book warehouse, each had previous band mates who were interested in forming a new group.[12] Wilson, Hannaford, Young and Duncan formed Sons of the Vegetal Mother later that year,[3] this band had a more experimental Progressive rock sound.[1][10] Other members included: Rudd (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).[13]

As a side project from Sons of the Vegetal Mother, four of its members (Duncan, Hannaford, Wilson and Young) formed Daddy Cool in 1970.[1][12] All shared a love of 1950s music and initially played covers of songs from their record collections.[1][12] One of these was "Daddy Cool" (written by Bob Crewe and Frank Slay)[14] performed in 1957 by US doo-wop band The Rays as the B side to their single "Silhouettes".[15] Daddy Cool became a popular live fixture in Melbourne.[12] Their early 1971 appearance at the Myponga Festival in South Australia upstaged their parent group, Sons of the Vegetal Mother, which subsequently dissolved.[1]

Robie Porter, record producer / part owner of Sparmac Records, saw the band's performance at a 7 May 1971 gig in Melbourne and signed them to his independent label.[1][3] Sparmac also released Healing Force's "Golden Miles" and Rick Springfield's "Speak to the Sky".[16] The single "Eagle Rock" was released before the end of May and quickly went to #1 on the Australian charts where it stayed for a record ten weeks.[4][17] The track written by Wilson,[14] produced by Porter,[5] was replaced at #1 by the single "Daddy Cool" performed in a Chipmunks style by Drummond.[4][18] Drummond (aka Mississippi),[18] which included Graeham Goble (later in Little River Band), had performed it in tribute of Daddy Cool.[19] "Eagle Rock" was named the second-best Australian song of all time at the 2001 APRA Awards with the best being "Friday on My Mind" by 1960s group The Easybeats.[20]

Daddy Cool's debut album, Daddy Who? Daddy Cool, sold an unprecedented 60,000 copies within a month of its release in July 1971, and became the first Australian album to sell more than 100,000 copies.[5][7] The band toured Australia with Spectrum (led by former bandmate Mike Rudd) on the Aquarius Tour.[10] Their second single "Come Back Again", also written by Wilson,[14] was released in September 1971 and reached #3.[4] Also in September, Jeremy Noone (saxophone, keyboards (ex-Sons of the Vegetal Mother) joined the band, he had provided sax on Daddy Who? Daddy Cool. The album produced by Porter, who also provided piano and steel guitar, was released in the US.[1][3] The band had toured there in August but had little chart or radio success.[1][3][7]

In November, Daddy Cool aka D.C.E.P., a five-track EP was released and reached #12.[4] Each group member sang a track, the most widely played was "Lollipop" with vocals by Wilson.[1] "Hi Honey Ho" their third single, written by Wilson,[14] was released in December and reached #16.[4]

Wilson experimented more with his song writing on Sex, Dope, Rock'n'Roll – Teenage Heaven Daddy Cool's second album. Produced by Porter again, it was released on Sparmac Records in January 1972 and incorporated more progressive material similar to Sons of the Vegetal Mother's music.[1] Two of the tracks were 1950s covers "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" and "Sixty Minute Man" and together with the album title provoked concern in media reports.[1] It reached #15 on the National album charts,[4] and was released in USA as Teenage Heaven.[1] At about this time, the group were filmed by director / producer Bob Weis for a 37-minute documentary, Daddy Cool released in 1973.[21] The documentary has interviews and performances by the Duncan, Hannaford, Noone, Wilson and Young line-up.[21]

By February 1972, Noone had left to be replaced by Ian Winter (ex-Carson) on rhythm guitar. "I'll Never Smile Again" was released in July and reached #16, however tensions were occurring within the band: they performed their last gig on 13 August 1972.[1] This last concert was captured as Daddy Cool Live! The Last Drive-In Movie Show, it was released on Porter's new label, Wizard Records in September 1973,[1] and reached #34.[4]

Main article: Mighty Kong (band)

When asked why Daddy Cool first broke up, Wilson responded with:

It was my doing. We went over to the States three times, and even though people loved us, I felt like it was taking coals to Newcastle, you know, singing doo-wop. So I'm looking around America going, 'Gee, if I brought a contemporary band over here, maybe we could really kill.'[7]

—Ross Wilson, 2005

Ian Winter returned to Carson, they produced Blown in 1972 and disbanded before On the Air was released in 1973.[22] In 1977, he rejoined Wilson in Mondo Rock.[2] Duncan and Young formed their own boogie band, Gary Young's Hot Dog in September 1972, they released two singles in 1973 "Rock-a-Billy Beating Boogie Band" and "The Saga of the Three Little Pigs".[23] Hannaford and Wilson, who were constrained by the Daddy Cool image, formed Mighty Kong in May 1973 to play more serious music,[12] they released one album All I Wanna Do is Rock before disbanding in December.[1]

Both Mighty Kong and Gary Young's Hot Dog had disbanded, and by early 1974 a reformed Daddy Cool (Duncan, Hannaford, Wilson and Young) played at the Sunbury Pop Festival which included a fledgling Skyhooks and UK band Queen - the latter two were both booed off stage.[24] In June / July, Wilson took time off from Daddy Cool to produce the recording of Skyhooks' debut album Living in the Seventies for Mushroom Records.[1][25] Besides compilations, Daddy Cool provided three new singles: "All I Wanna Do is Rock (part 1)", "The Boogie Man" and "You Never Can Tell" released in 1974 on Wizard Records.[1] After they performed at the last Sunbury Pop Festival in 1975, Gunther Gorman joined on guitar.[2] When Duncan was injured in a car accident, Hannaford switched to bass and guitarist Wayne Burt (later of Jo Jo Zep) was brought in.[1] By September 1975 the band played their final show in Prahran's Reefer Cabaret.[12]

Main articles: Ross Wilson (musician), Ross Hannaford, and Gary Young (Australian musician)

Wilson continued as a record producer on two more albums for Skyhooks, three albums for Jo Jo Zep and for other artists; he also performed as a founding member of Mondo Rock (1977-1991) and as a solo artist.[25] Wilson was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame as an individual in 1989.[26] Since 2006 he has been a regular judge on Seven Network's celebrity singing TV series It Takes Two. His solo 1989 song "Bed of Nails" was used as the theme for ABC-TV six-part series Bed of Roses starring Kerry Armstrong and broadcast from 10 May 2008.[27]

Hannaford played in other bands and was a session guitarist including work for: Ross Hannaford Trio, The Black Sorrows, Ian Moss and Goanna.[1][2] Young performed and recorded with numerous other bands including: Jo Jo Zep (1976-1981), The Rockin' Emus (1982), Cold Chisel (1983) and The Black Sorrows (1984-1985).[2] His work for Jo Jo Zep provided Young with his second ARIA Hall of Fame induction in 2007.[28] Duncan was also a session musician for various artists: Jane Clifton, The Black Sorrows and Ross Hannaford Trio.[2]

Daddy Cool briefly reformed to support Skyhooks in a proposed 1994 stadium tour, [7][12] together they released a five track CD-single with two new tracks "$64,000 Question" and "Ballad of Oz" by Daddy Cool.[2][29] The reformation collapsed when the single did not chart well and the tour was downgraded to the pub circuit.[7][12] A double A-side single was released in 1995 "Ballad of Oz" (Daddy Cool) / "Jukebox in Siberia" (Skyhooks) on Mushroom Records.[1]

The band reformed 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.[7][12][30]A new Daddy Cool recording, "The Christmas Bug", was released for charity.[31]

In 2006 Aztec Music released The Complete Daddy Cool, a double DVD collection, featuring the complete video of the 2005 Tsunami Benefit performance and a 90-minute documentary on the band. The set also features Bob Weis' 1972 documentary, a "Making Of ..." feature on Weis' film, a 13-minute feature "Hanna On Lead", and nearly 50 minutes of film clips and TV appearances. A new Daddy Cool album, The New Cool was released in 2006 on Liberation Records.[2]

There have been subsequent reformation performances, including headlining the 2007 Moomba Festival[32] and supporting the 2007 Australian tour by Mike Love's Beach Boys and Christopher Cross.[33] Daddy Cool also played a one-off performance in Geelong on 31 October 2007[34], sharing the stage with former touring partners, Spectrum for the first time in over thirty years.

  • Wayne Duncan — bass, vocals (1970-1972, 1974-1975, 2005-present)
  • Ross Hannaford— lead guitar, bass, vocals (1970-1972, 1974-1975, 2005-present)
  • Ross Wilson— lead vocals, guitar, harmonica (1970-1972, 1974-1975, 2005-present)
  • Gary Young — drums, vocals (1970-1972, 1974-1975, 2005-present)
  • Jeremy Noone (Jeremy Killock) — saxophone (tenor sax), keyboards (1971-1972)
  • Ian "Willy" Winter — rhythm guitar (1972)
  • (Ian) Gunther Gorman — guitar (1975)
  • Wayne Burt — guitar (1975)

  • Daddy Who? Daddy Cool - Sparmac (July 1971) #1[4]
  • Daddy Cool EP - Sparmac (November 1971) #12[4]
  • Sex, Dope & Rock'n'Roll: Teenage Heaven - Sparmac (January 1972) #15[4] aka Teenage Heaven (US release)
  • Best Of Daddy Cool (1972)
  • Daddy Cool's Golden Hits - Sparmac (January 1973) #9[4]
  • Daddy Cool Live! The Last Drive-In Movie Show - Wizard (September 1973) #34[4]
  • The Daddy Cool Story (1973)
  • The D. C. Hits EP - Sparmac (1975)
  • Greatest Hits - Wizard (1976) #52[4]
  • The Missing Masters - Wizard (1980)
  • Daddy's Coolest - Wizard (1982) #5[4]
  • Daddy's Coolest Vol. 2 - Wizard (1984)
  • The Daddy Cool Collection - Axis (1984)
  • Totally Cool (1992) #67
  • That's Cool (2000)
  • The New Cool (2006)

  • "Eagle Rock" / "Bom Bom" - Sparmac (May 1971) #1[4]
  • "Come Back Again" / "Just As Long As We're Together" - Sparmac (September 1971) #3[4]
  • "Hi Honey Ho" / "Don't Ever Leave Me" (December 1971) #16[4]
  • "Teenage Blues" / "At the Rockhouse" - Sparmac (1972) #83[4]
  • "I'll Never Smile Again" / "Daddy Rocks Off" - Sparmac (July 1972) #16[4]
  • "Rock'n'Roll Lady" / "Cadallacin'" - Sparmac (September 1972)
  • "One Night" / "Cadallacin'"(live) - Wizard (July 1973)
  • "Boy, You're Paranoid" (live) / "One Night" (live) - Wizard (July 1973)
  • "Flash in My Head" / "Little Darlin'" / "Boy You're Paranoid" - Wizard (August 1973)
  • "Duke of Earl" / "Jambalaya" - Wizard (September 1973)
  • "All I Wanna Do is Rock (part 1)" / "All I Wanna Do is Rock (part 2)" - Wizard (1974)
  • "The Boogie Man" / "I Was a Teenage Creature" - Wizard (1974)
  • "You Never Can Tell" / "All I Wanna Do is Rock" - Wizard (1974)
  • "Eagle Rock" / "Cadillacin'" (live) - Wizard (January 1981) #17[4]
  • "Eagle Rock" / "Daddy Rocks Off" 12" - Wizard (June 1982)
  • "Come Back Again" (short vers.) / "Come Back Again" (long vers.) - Wizard (September 1982)
  • "Hi Honey Ho" (long vers.) / "Come Back Again" (long vers.) 12" - Wizard (November 1982)
  • "Eagle Rock" / "Come Back Again" - Wizard (October 1989)
  • "Ballad of Oz" / "Jukebox in Siberia" (by Skyhooks) - Mushroom (1995) #36
  • "The Christmas Bug" (2005)

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Australian Rock Database entry for Daddy Cool. Magnus Holmgren. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Daddy Cool entry at Howlspace. Ed Nimmervol. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 (doc), Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W.. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g ARIA presents the 2006 ARIA Hall of Fame. ARIA (2006). Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  6. ^ Rock snaps. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Blackman, Guy. "Who's your daddy?", The Age, 2007-02-27. Retrieved on 2008-05-05. 
  8. ^ Albums by Daddy Cool. Rate Your Music. Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  9. ^ a b Long Way to the Top. ABC-TV. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  10. ^ a b c d "The early years". Mike Rudd and Bill Putt. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  11. ^ Ross Wilson. Sound Vault Records. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Donovan, Patrick. "Grandaddies of Oz rock are still cool", The Age, 2005-02-19. Retrieved on 2008-05-07. 
  13. ^ Sons of the Vegetal Mother. Milesago. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  14. ^ a b c d Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). APRA. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  15. ^ The American Bandstand 10 best selling records chart for 1957. TV.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
  16. ^ Sparmac label artists. Global e-Commerce Mega Marketplace (GEMM). Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  17. ^ Rock Snaps. ABC. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  18. ^ a b Mississippi. Milesago. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  19. ^ Drummond "Daddy Cool". Pop Archives. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  20. ^ "APRA's ten best Australian songs". APRA (2001-05-28). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  21. ^ a b Daddy Cool (1973). National Film and Sound Archives. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  22. ^ Carson. Milesago. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  23. ^ Albums by Gary Young. Rate Your Music. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  24. ^ The Almanac - 1974. Mileasago. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  25. ^ a b Australian Rock Database entry for Ross Wilson. Magnus Holmgren. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  26. ^ ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame. ARIA Awards. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  27. ^ Bed of Roses. IMDb. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  28. ^ ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame. ARIA Awards. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  29. ^ "Happy Hippy Hut" / "Ballad of Oz". Rate Your Music. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
  30. ^ Elder, John. "Hot rock plays it Daddy Cool", The Age, 2005-01-30. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 
  31. ^ Daddy Cool bio. Official website. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
  32. ^ What's Happening in Melbourne this week. Melbourne Guide (2007-03-05). Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  33. ^ "Daddy Cool to tour with Beach Boys", News.com.au, 2008-07-11. Retrieved on 2008-05-07. 
  34. ^ Connoley, David. "Chrissie Amphlett set for big homecoming to Geelong", Geelong Advertiser, 2007-10-17. Retrieved on 2008-05-08. 

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