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"Good Times" (aka "Gonna Have a Good Time") is a song by the Australian rock band the Easybeats, written by George Young and Harry Vanda. It was released in June 1968 on their album Vigil, and as a single in July 1968 through Parlophone. It features guest vocals by Steve Marriott of Small Faces, and piano by Nicky Hopkins. The original ...
By 1966 Vanda & Young had begun their writing partnership; together they penned the Easybeats' late 1960s recordings including "Friday on My Mind" which reached No. 1 on the Australian singles charts in 1966 [13] and "Good Times" (1968). [14] [15] The Easybeats became Australia's most popular and successful 1960s rock group. [3]
Some of the surviving tracks ("Good Times", "Land of Make Believe"), as well as newly recorded ones, would be used on what was now titled Vigil (so titled as tribute to the fans who held vigil for the album's long release). [1] Other songs from the original Good Times album would eventually be released on The Shame Just Drained compilation in 1977.
Easyfever was named for fan reactions at the Easybeats appearances, à la Beatlemania, which Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane described, "During the mid-1960s, amid scenes of screaming teenage girls and mass hysteria ('Easyfever'), The Easybeats managed to issue a legacy of fine beat pop."
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The Easybeats were an Australian rock band which formed in Sydney in late 1964. They are best known for their 1966 hit single "Friday on My Mind", which is regarded as the first Australian rock song to achieve international success; Rolling Stone described it as "the first international victory for Oz rock". [2]
LONDON − Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear know how to go beyond. The songwriting duo of Barlow & Bear did just that as the youngest and first all-female songwriting team for a Disney animated film ...
The Easybeats: Released: September 1981; Label: Hammard (HAM 062) Format: Vinyl, CD; 76 The Raven EP LP: Released: 1982; Compilation of the three Raven EPs from 1979, 1980 and 1982. Label: Raven (RVLP-06) Format: Vinyl — Friday on My Mind: Released: 1985; Label: Fan Club (FC 014) Format: Vinyl, CD — The Best of The Easybeats (US only ...