Daddy Who? Daddy Cool
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| Studio album by Daddy Cool | ||||
| Released | July 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 Armstrong Studios, Melbourne |
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| Genre | Australian rock | |||
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Sparmac (Australia) Warner/Reprise (U.S.) Wizard (Australia) |
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| Producer | Robie Porter | |||
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Daddy Who?... Daddy Cool was the debut album by Australian rock band Daddy Cool. Released in July, 1971 it was the first on Robie Porter's Sparmac label. It was the first Australian album to make #1 nationally and stayed at #1 for seven weeks, it smashed all previous sales records - gold within a month - an unprecedented 60,000 copies sold in its initial release, and went on to become the first Australian LP to sell more than 100,000 copies.
The album was originally issued in a textured cover and featured a cartoon rendering of band members by Melbourne artist Ian McCausland (see infobox at right) which became the group's logo. While Daddy Cool's guitarist, Ross Hannaford, was responsible for overall album cover design, McCausland created the band's graphics and much of their visual image. Most of the original songs were written by guitarist, vocalist Ross Wilson except "Bom Bom", which was co-written with Hannaford. The rest of the album contained 1950s R&B covers - The Rivals' "Guided Missiles", Etta James' "Good Rockin' Daddy", Marvin & Johnny's "Cherry Pie", The Rays' "Daddy Cool" and Chuck Berry's "School Days".
Daddy Who?... Daddy Cool was also released in the US on the Warner/Reprise label and the band toured in support of its release. Two singles were lifted from the album: "Eagle Rock" #1 on the Australian national singles chart and "Come Back Again" which reached #3.
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