Rockers Ross Wilson, Barry Palmer sell Melbourne homes

Two Australian music legends have rocked the suburbs by selling their respective Melbourne houses for seven-figure sums.Former Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock frontman Ross Wilson has sold 42 Station St, Port Melbourne.Singer, songwriter and musician Ross Wilson, who fronted bands Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock, has farewelled his Port Melbourne pad, for $2.57m.And Hunters and Collectors lead guitarist Barry Palmer and partner Jodie Cousins have sold a Mornington Peninsula home for $3.175m.RELATED: Jet bassist Mark Wilson sells Fitzroy North homeHawthorn East: Musical family’s San Francisco House listedSinger and composer Julia Stone sells her St Kilda apartment and first home Wilson penned, or co-wrote, hits such as Cool World, Come Said the Boy, A Touch of Paradise, Come Back Again, State of the Heart and Eagle Rock, which topped the Aussie charts for eight weeks in 1971.After Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin heard the track while touring Oz, they were inspired to write Crocodile Rock, with John describing Daddy Cool as one of the most impressive bands he’d ever heard.Wilson was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association’s (ARIAS) Hall of Fame in 1989, while Hunters an...