Daddy Cool

Daddy Cool is one of those bands that were only around for a very short time yet their music is still played today, around fifty years later.

After forming in 1970, they had almost immediate success with their debut single “Eagle Rock” going number 1. By August of 1972, less than 18 months after “Eagle Rock”, they had disbanded for the first time.

It is testament to the quality of their music and their individual musical talents that they are still well known and loved four decades later.

Ross Wilson and Ross Hannaford had played together since they were teenagers in the Pink Finks and then Party Machine. Likewise Gary Young and Wayne Duncan had been working together since the early 60s, mostly backing solo acts such Bobbie and Laurie. All four were working together at the time Daddy Cool started in The Sons Of The Vegetal Mother. By the time Daddy Cool hit its straps these guys were very comfortable playing and working together and it showed.

They recorded their first album which spawned the hits “Come Back Again” and “Eagle Rock” in a marathon two day session and the rest, as they say, is history.

All members enjoyed active and notable music careers after Daddy Cool, most notably Ross Wilson with Mondo Rock and Solo hits.

The band still ocasionally play together to this day.

Members

• Ross Wilson – Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica – 1970–1972, 1974–1975, 2005–present
• Ross Hannaford – Guitar, Bass, Vocals – 1970–1972, 1974–1975, 2005–present
• Wayne Duncan – Bass, Vocals – 1970–1972, 1974–1975, 2005–present
• Gary Young – Drums, Vocals – 1970–1972, 1974–1975, 2005–present
• Jeremy Noone – Saxophone, Keyboards – 1971-72
• Ian “Willy” Winter – Guitar – 1972
• (Ian) Gunther Gorman – Guitar – 1975
• Wayne Burt – Guitar, Vocals – 1975

Video

Recordings

Albums

• Daddy Who? Daddy Cool – Sparmac (July 1971)
• Sex, Dope, Rock’n’Roll: Teenage Heaven – Sparmac (January 1972) #15 aka Teenage Heaven (US release)
• Daddy Cool Live! The Last Drive-In Movie Show – Wizard (September 1973)
• The New Cool – Liberation (October 2007)

Singles

• “Eagle Rock” / “Bom Bom” – Sparmac (May 1971) #14
• “Come Back Again” / “Just As Long As We’re Together” – Sparmac (September 1971) #34
• “Hi Honey Ho” / “Don’t Ever Leave Me” (December 1971) #164
• “Teenage Blues” / “At the Rockhouse” – Sparmac (1972) #834
• “I’ll Never Smile Again” / “Daddy Rocks Off” – Sparmac (July 1972) #164
• “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) #174
• “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” / “Happy Hippy Hut” (by Skyhooks) – Mushroom (1994) #36
• “The Christmas Bug” (2005)

Known Gigs

Date	City	Venue
30/01/71	Myponga, SA	Myponga Music Festival
31/01/71	Myponga, SA	Myponga Music Festival
07/05/71	Melbourne, Vic	Melbourne Town Hall
27/01/74	Sunbury, VIC	Sunbury Pop Festival 1974
17/03/74	Prahran, VIC	Ormond Hall
	+ Skyhooks
25/04/74	Moore Park, NSW	Hordern Pavilion
	Support Bands: Home, La De Das & Stevie Wright Band
09/05/74	Adelaide, SA	Festival Theatre
	+ Skyhooks

Resources

• Daddy Cool Website
• Wikipedia
• Milesago