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My Take
George Young is the kind of behind-the-scenes figure I find endlessly fascinating, because his fingerprints are on far more music than his name suggests. Born in Glasgow but making his mark in Australia, he founded The Easybeats and later Flash and the Pan, then formed the legendary Vanda and Young partnership with Harry Vanda. Co-writing Friday on My Mind and Love Is in the Air is a songwriting legacy most artists would kill for. What gets me is that he was also the producer steering early AC/DC, his younger brothers' band. He passed in 2017, but that catalogue keeps working.
Overview
George Redburn Young (6 November 1946 – 22 October 2017) was an Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. 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 reco…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- George Young
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョージ・ヤング
- Reading
- じょーじ・やんぐ
- Born
- November 6, 1946 – October 23, 2017
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dog
- Origin
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- bassist / guitarist / songwriter / record producer / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Sefton High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.