Interprète: The Easybeats
Titre: Friday On My Mind
Année: 1967
Palmarès: #17
The Easybeats était un groupe de rock australien originaire de Sydney. Ce groupe, actif de 1964 à 1969 puis en 1986, fut influencé par le R'n'B, le blues et le courant Mod.
Le groupe eut un relatif succès, surtout en Australie, mais il est le
groupe australien des années 60 le plus connu, notamment grâce au tube Friday on My Mind.
The Easybeats est témoin de son époque : l'après-guerre, la migration
en Australie. Les cinq membres fondateurs sont issus de cette
immigration.
The Easybeats were an Australian rock band. They formed in Sydney in late 1964 and disbanded at the end of 1969. They are regarded as the greatest Australian pop band of the 1960s, echoing the Beatles' success in Britain, and were the first Australian rock and roll act to score an international pop hit with their 1966 single "Friday on My Mind".
The band's line-up exemplified the influence of post-war migration on
Australian society. All five founding members were from families who
had migrated to Australia from Europe: lead singer Stevie Wright and drummer Gordon "Snowy" Fleet were from England; rhythm guitarist George Young was from Scotland; lead guitarist Harry Vanda and bassist Dick Diamonde were from the Netherlands.
