History
Birtles, Shorrock and Goble were vital members of popular Australian bands prior to forming Little River Band.
Birtles (born 28 November 1948 in The Netherlands) was part of Zoot and Mississippi. Shorrock (born 30 June 1944 in England) provided lead vocals for The Twilights and Axiom. Goble (born 15 May 1947 in Australia) was a member of several bands including Allison Gros, Drummond and Mississippi.
The concept of Little River Band was formulated in London in late 1974. The band was constituted in Melbourne and performed for the first time in Ballarat in March 1975.
Little River Band became one of Australia's first supergroups, achieving gold and platimum awards for multi-million international record sales, Top 10 hits in the USA for five consecutive years (1978–1982), and headlining concerts worldwide. Songs written and sung by Birtles, Shorrock and Goble continue to be played around the world more than 25 years after they were recorded:
- Birtles compositions include: "Curiosity Killed the Cat", "Every Day of My Life", "Happy Anniversary" (co-written with David Briggs), "Home on Monday" (co-written with Glenn Shorrock)
- Shorrock compositions include: "Help Is on Its Way", "Cool Change", "Emma", "Shut Down Turn Off", "Home on Monday" (co-written with Beeb Birtles)
- Goble compositions include: "Reminiscing", "Lady", "Take It Easy on Me", "It's a Long Way There", "The Night Owls", "The Other Guy".
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