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Bon Scott
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was an Australian singer who was the second lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. In the July 2004 issue of Classic Rock, Scott was ranked number one in a list of the "100 Greatest Frontmen of All Time". Hit Parader ranked Scott as fifth on their 2006 list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Vocalists of all time.
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entertainment · Scottish Australian singer (1946–1980) · singer · composer · also Bon Scott, Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott, Ronald Belford Scott, Scott
Born 9 July 1946 · Died 19 February 1980 · Q204162
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My new schoolmates threatened to kick the shit out of me when they heard my Scottish accent. I had one week to learn to speak like them if I wanted to remain intact. Course, I didn't take any notice. No-one railroads me, and it made me all the more determined to speak my own way. That's how I got my name, you know. The Bonny Scot, see?
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2026· 3 entries
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Yahoo: Bon Scott’s Estate Announces Huge Merch Drop For What Would’ve Been His 80th Birthday
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2024· 2 entries
Yahoo: AC/DC’s Bon Scott Is Getting His Own Biopic, Starring A Young Aussie Actor
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It was reported a feature film called The Kid from Harvest Road was being made of Scott's time in Western Australia before he became a musician
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2021· 1 entry
Released album “Seasons of Change (The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)”.
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2020· 2 entries
Released album “Whole Lotta Rosie Vol. 2 (Live)”.
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Released album “Whole Lotta Rosie Vol. 1 (Live)”.
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2018· 1 entry
And 2022) and Bon: Notes from the Highway (2024) - and Clinton Walker's Highway to Hell (1994 and updated in 2015 and 2023)
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Round And Round: The Forgotten Tales”.
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2005· 1 entry
“s death, thrash metal band Megadeth performed a cover of”
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2004· 1 entry
The song "Highway to Hell" that Scott co-wrote with Malcolm and Angus Young ranked 254 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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2003· 2 entries
Scott's final studio album with AC/DC, 1979's Highway to Hell ranked 199 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time"
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Scott was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of AC/DC with his nephews present to accept the honour in his place
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1999· 1 entry
Released album “With the Spektors and the Valentines”.
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “Complete Sessions 1971–72”.
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Also teaming up with producer Ted Yanni, another old friend of Scott's, to create an entirely new backing for Round & Round & Round that more accurately reflected the original intentions Head had
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1988· 1 entry
Released album “The Early Years 1967-1972”.
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1980· 3 entries
Died 1980-02-19.
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“No matter how long you play rock and roll, songs might change just as long as the balls are there, the rock balls. And that's what's important to us”
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“My new schoolmates threatened to kick the shit out of me when they heard my Scottish accent. I had one week to learn to speak like them if I wanted to remain intact. Course, I didn't take any notice. No-one railroads me, and it made me all the more determined to speak my own way. That's how I got my name, you know. The Bonny Scot, see?”
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1977· 3 entries
The couple separated after two years of marriage and divorced in 1977, but remained friends until Scott's death.
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But remained friends until Scott's death
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Scott and Smith broke up in 1977 but were in touch until his death.
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1975· 1 entry
After Scott had overdosed on drugs
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1973· 1 entry
Just after returning to Australia from the tour of the UK, Fraternity went on hiatus
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1971· 1 entry
While he was the lead singer for Fraternity
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1970· 1 entry
After gaining a place on the National Top 30 with their single "Juliette", The Valentines disbanded due to artistic differences after a much-publicised drug scandal
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1966· 1 entry
Merged with another local band, the Winstons, and formed the Valentines, in which Scott was co-lead singer with Vince Lovegrove
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1964· 1 entry
And became the band's drummer and occasional lead vocalist
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1963· 1 entry
Spent a short time in Fremantle Prison's assessment centre and nine months at the Riverbank Juvenile Institution, relating to charges of giving a false name and address to the police, having escaped legal custody, hav
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1956· 1 entry
The family moved to Fremantle, Western Australia
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1952· 1 entry
At the age of six, living in Melbourne for four years before settling in the Perth neighbourhood of Fremantle, Western Australia, then Adelaide, South Australia in his later years
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-07-09.
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