[1][3][5] Their iconic status was confirmed when they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame on 16 August 2006.
[9] Ross Hannaford (guitar, bass, vocals) and Ross Wilson (guitar, vocals, harmonica) formed pop / R&B Melbourne-based group The Pink Finks in 1964 while they were still attending high school in the south eastern Melbourne suburb of Beaumaris, Victoria; they later attended the senior campus of Sandringham College.
[10] In 1967 they formed The Party Machine, which had a more radical sound (influenced by Frank Zappa and Howlin' Wolf), the band now including Mike Rudd (later in Spectrum) on bass guitar.
[11][12] Wilson disbanded The Party Machine in 1969 after receiving an invitation to travel to London to join expatriate Australian band Procession.
[1][13] One of these was The Rondells, who were also the backing band for Bobby & Laurie a popular singing duo (with number 1 hit single "Hitch Hiker" in 1966).
[13] Wilson, Hannaford, Young and Duncan formed Sons of the Vegetal Mother later that year,[3] a group with an experimental Progressive rock sound.
[13] Their early 1971 appearance at the Myponga Festival in South Australia upstaged their parent group, Sons of the Vegetal Mother, which subsequently dissolved.
[18] The single "Eagle Rock" was released before the end of May and quickly went to number 1 on the Australian charts where it stayed for a record ten weeks.
[21] "Eagle Rock" was named the second-best Australian song of all time at the 2001 APRA Awards with the best being "Friday on My Mind" by 1960s group The Easybeats.
[4] Also in September, Jeremy Kellock (aka Jeremy/Jerry Noone) (saxophone, keyboards (ex-Sons of the Vegetal Mother, Company Caine) joined the touring lineup of the band (he had played sax on Daddy Who?
Produced by Porter again, it was released on Sparmac Records in December 1971 and incorporated more progressive material similar to Sons of the Vegetal Mother's music.
[1] Two of the tracks were 1950s covers "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box" and "Sixty Minute Man" and together with the album title provoked concern in the media.
He was replaced in March by Ian "Willy" Winter (ex-Carson) on rhythm guitar who was recruited to enable Ross Wilson to concentrate on singing.
The band undertook a third US tour from March–June 1972 and recorded several tracks including "Teenage Blues", "At The Rockhouse" and "Rock'n'Roll Lady" at Warner Bros. studios in L.A.[1] "I'll Never Smile Again" was released in July and reached No.
[26][deprecated source] Hannaford and Wilson, who were constrained by the Daddy Cool image, formed Mighty Kong in May 1973 to play more serious music,[13] and released one album All I Wanna Do is Rock before disbanding in December.
[1][28] Besides compilations, Daddy Cool provided three new singles: "All I Wanna Do is Rock (part 1)", "The Boogie Man" and "You Never Can Tell" released in 1974 on Wizard Records.
[2] There have been subsequent reformation performances, including headlining the 2007 Moomba Festival[33] and supporting the 2007 Australian tour by Mike Love's Beach Boys and Christopher Cross.
[34] Daddy Cool also played a one-off performance in Geelong on 31 October 2007,[35] sharing the stage with former touring partners, Spectrum for the first time in over thirty years.
On 19 November 2014, the original band reformed for what became the final time with Daddy Cool inducted into the Music Victoria Awards Hall of Fame.
[36] The band performed a greatest hits setlist, including "Cherry Pie", 'Come Back Again', 'Eagle Rock' and 'Hi Honey Ho' amongst others at the sold-out awards night show.
Ross Wilson said of the award: "Daddy Cool first met, played, recorded and worked together in Melbourne and since those early days we’ve been inducted into the industry hall of fame in Australia.
As "hometown heroes", The Age Music Victoria Hall of Fame means that little bit more because it's a cultural award, not a commercial one".