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"Friday on My Mind" is a 1966 song by Australian rock group the Easybeats. Written by band members George Young and Harry Vanda, [5] the track became a worldwide hit, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1967 in the US, No. 1 on the Dutch Top 40 chart, [6] No. 1 in Australia and No. 6 on the UK singles chart, as well as charting in several other countries.
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]
Born Gordon Fleet, he formed The Easybeats at the Villawood Migrant Hostel as the drummer. The group consisted of Gordon (now performing as “Snowy” [2]), Stevie Wright (vocals/originally from Leeds, England), Georgie Young (guitar/from Glasgow, Scotland), Harry Vanda (guitar), and Dick Diamonde (bass, both from the Netherlands).
"Friday on My Mind" (listed as mono version, is actually a folddown stereo mix) ... Harry Vanda - vocals, lead guitar, 12-string guitar; George Young - vocals, ...
"Friday On My Mind" – David Bowie, Gary Moore, Richard Thompson, Peter Frampton, Rickie Lee Jones, The Shadows, etc. "St. Louis" - Little River Band "Walking in the Rain" – Grace Jones "Quick Reaction" - Al Wilson "Yesterday's Hero" – Bay City Rollers "Evie, Part 1 - Suzi Quatro "Hard Road" – Rod Stewart "Guitar Band" - The Living End
After auditioning several titles for Talmy, "Friday on My Mind" caught the producer's ear as the next single. The band recorded the song with Talmy at IBC Studios, London in September. "Friday on My Mind" was released in the UK on 14 October 1966. It reached #6 on the UK Charts making it the group's first big international hit.
Stephen Carlton Wright [2] (20 December 1947 [3] – 27 December 2015) was an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. Called Australia's first international pop star, he is best known for being the lead singer of the Easybeats, who are widely regarded as the greatest Australian pop band of the 1960s.
Wild Frontier contains the hit single "Over the Hills and Far Away", which reached No. 20 in the UK, [10] as well as a cover of the Easybeats' song "Friday on My Mind". The Max Middleton -penned "The Loner" was originally recorded by Cozy Powell for his Over the Top album in 1979 (on which Moore performed, albeit not on Powell's recording of ...