1. Vincent Melouney was born on 18 August 1945 and is an Australian musician.
17 Facts About Vince Melouney
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Vince Melouney is best known as an official member of the Bee Gees from 1967 to 1969 during the group's initial period of worldwide success.
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Vince Melouney was born in Sydney on 18 August 1945 and attended Normanhurst Boys High School from 1958 to 1961.
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Vince Melouney was the band's lead guitarist from 1963 to 1965, playing on five Top Ten hits.
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Vince Melouney played guitar with The Beatles' mentor Tony Sheridan and the Joe Meek-produced artists Heinz and Screaming Lord Sutch when they toured Australia in the 1960s.
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In late 1966, Vince Melouney relocated to London where he was invited to join the Bee Gees, becoming an official member and partner, along with Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Colin Petersen.
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Tracks featuring Vince Melouney appear on the Bee Gees' platinum album Their Greatest Hits: The Record and their gold albums Best of Bee Gees, Number Ones and Ultimate Bee Gees.
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The Bee Gees' songs involving Vince Melouney have been covered by Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Nina Simone, Gram Parsons, Dusty Springfield, Blur, Noel Gallagher, The Flaming Lips and many other artists.
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Vince Melouney prefers the Gibson Les Paul guitar and can be seen playing this model in numerous Bee Gees videos and live performances from 1967 and 1968.
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Vince Melouney endorsed Vox Amplification beginning in 1963, using an AC30 at performances and on all recordings until late 1967 when he received an endorsement from Marshall Amplification and has mostly used Marshall amps ever since, with the occasional use of a Vox AC30 for shows and an AC10 for recording.
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In 1969, Vince Melouney produced the debut single "Maiden Voyage" by Ashton, Gardner and Dyke with George Harrison visiting a session at Apple Studios.
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The b-side, "See The Sun in My Eyes" is actually a Vince Melouney solo recording written, performed and produced by Vince Melouney and donated to Ashton, Gardner and Dyke.
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Vince Melouney eventually recorded "Let It Ride" in early 2023 with his band Tall Poppy Syndrome, it was released as a digital single on May 19,2023.
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Vince Melouney rejoined The Bee Gees for the "One Night Only" concert in Sydney, playing to an audience of 66,000 fans at Stadium Australia on 27 March 1999 and later reunited with Billy Thorpe and the original Aztecs for the successful "Long Way to the Top" tour in 2002 and 2003.
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In 2020, Vince Melouney released his version of his friends the Easybeats' song "Women ", which was produced by Shel Talmy.
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Vince Melouney appears in the internationally successful 2020 documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, in newly filmed interview segments and archival footage.
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Vince Melouney co-wrote the foreword for the book The Bee Gees in the 1960s by Andrew Mon Hughes, Grant Walters and Mark Crohan, published by Sonicbond in 2021.