Stevie Wright obituary

Singer with the Australian band the Easybeats, best known for their worldwide 1966 hit Friday on My MindFor Australian music fans in the 1960s, the Easybeats were the Beatles and the Stones rolled into one. The group’s vocalist, Stevie Wright, who has died aged 68 after suffering from pneumonia, was one of the most uninhibited and exciting performers of the era, and singers including Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Bon Scott of AC/DC and Michael Hutchence of INXS have acknowledged their debt