# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-young-q503701
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:37:59.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-young-q503701"
name: "George Young"
slug: "george-young-q503701"
description: "George Redburn Young was an Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He was a founding member of the bands The Easybeats and Flash and the Pan, and was one-half of the songwriting and production duo Vanda & Young with his long-time musical collaborator Harry Vanda, with whom he co-wrote the international hits \"Friday on My Mind\" and \"Love Is in the Air\", the latter recorded by John Paul Young."
tagline: "Australian rock musician (1946–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Young_1968.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-11-06"
deathDate: "2017-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.59345466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1240570/"
    handle:    "nm1240570"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Young"
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    title: "George Young (1946-2017)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Young (musiker)"
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    title: "George Young"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "George Young"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump