"When I came back, my desk was covered in flowers. That's who Bon Scott was." The story of a friendship with a golden-hearted charmer

Bon Scott wagging his finger (studio portrait).

George Young and Harry Vanda couldn’t make the show, so they sent trusted Albert Music executive Fifa Riccobono to see AC/DC’s new singer. The venue was Sydney’s Rockdale Masonic Hall, packed to the walls with curious fans wondering how the former singer from Fraternity would fit into this loud young band with the schoolboy guitarist. Then Bon Scott walked on stage.

“He came out with a tooth missing, wearing this skin-tight satin one-piece outfit,” Riccobono recalled. “I remember thinking: ‘You’ve got to be kidding.’”