The 1970 s Australian music scene could have been a whole lot different if it hadn t been for a sliding door moment in the Young family s emigration out of Scotland.
John s parents were first offered Canada, but his Mum said an emphatic, NO! After Scotland, I m not going anywhere cold.
This decision set in motion a career for John Paul Young that now spans 50 years and it s being celebrated in the JPY 50 Years Young - The Anniversary Tour.
Just imagine if Simon Napier Bell hadn t been able to invite John to sing on Pasadena, which later linked him with Harry Vanda & George Young to record Love is in the Air, Yesterday s Hero, I Hate the Music and a myriad of other hits. Australian music owes a lot to John s Mum and her insistence for a life in warmer climes.