AC/DC Producer/Easybeats Star George Young Dies at 70

AC/DC and Easybeats star George Young has died at the age of 70. Young was a co-writer of the international hits “Friday on My Mind” and “Love Is in the Air”, for the Easybeats and helped his younger brothers Angus and Malcolm form AC/DC.  Young co-produced AC/DC’s early albums, such as Let There Be Rock, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, T.N.T., Powerage and High Voltage, and played as AC/DC’s bass guitarist for a short stint, early in their career. Young, along with Harry Vanda, was a part of the songwriting duo Vanda & Young, who along with writing the Easybeats material, helped produce the early AC/DC albums.

AC/DC said in a statement