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On a sad note, George young of the Easybeats died last weekend. He was 70. He was the older brother of Malcolm and Angus Young from AC/DC and helped get them started.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-23/george-young-dies-easybeats/9077274
The Young brothers were born in Glasgow and came to Australia in 1963.
Around that time, a music company called Alberts Productions was established in Sydney.
The hitmakers of Alberts
Alberts has been bringing extraordinary music to the world for 50 years, writes Double J music editor Dan Condon.
Ted Albert, a keen musician who helped start the company, took an interest in The Easybeats, who as teenagers would make a racket at Villawood Migrant Hostel, where they lived.
"When they got together in the laundry at the Villawood Migrant Hostel, it was as much to cling together for support as it was to make music," the broadcaster Glenn A Baker told the ABC, describing the environment as rough.
"But then they found that they had at their fingertips the ability to set particularly little girls' hearts on fire, and suddenly Australia was beset by Easy-fever."
As the southern hemisphere's smart-suited answer to The Beatles, the group went on to find international success. More than a dozen singles charted around the world.
