Little River Band

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Little River Band
Little River Band 2006
Little River Band 2006
General information
Genre (s) skirt
founding 1975
Website http://www.littleriverband.com/
Founding members
Glenn Shorrock
Vocals, guitar
Graham Goble
Vocals, guitar
 Beeb Birtles
Vocals, guitar
 Ric Formosa
Roger McLachlan
Derek Pellicci
Current occupation
Vocals bass
 Wayne Nelson
guitar
 Rich Herring
guitar
 Greg Hind
Drums
 Mel Watts
Keyboard
 Chris Marion

The Little River Band is an Australian rock band . It was founded in Melbourne .

history

The group emerged in 1975 from the rock group Mississippi . Before that, Beeb Birtles was the bass player in the 1960s pop band Zoot and Glenn Shorrock was the singer in the group Axiom .

They had immediate success in Australia , but some band members had bigger aspirations. Like many other Australian groups, Mississippi and Axiom had tried in vain to break into the English record market. Therefore they decided to concentrate on the English market in the new band.

A key factor in their eventual success was their manager Glenn Wheatley , who was the bass player for the Australian rock group The Masters Apprentices . Wheatley's experience in the music scene of the 60s, combined with his experience working in British and US music management in the early 70s, enabled him to help the band, the first Australian band to chart success in the US to become.

From 1978 to 1981, the Little River Band scored six top 10 singles in the US with "Reminiscing", "Lady", "Lonesome Loser", "Cool Change", "The Night Owls" and "Take It Easy On Me" -Charts. During their career, the band has sold over 25 million records and scored 13 top 40 hits in the US.

Little River Band today

The Little River Band is considered one of the most successful Australian bands today. The original cast was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2004 . In the 2010 comedy The Slightly Different Cops , the song Reminiscing is used as one of the soundtracks.

The three founding members Glenn Shorrock, Graham Goble and Beeb Birtles continue to give concerts under the name Birtles Shorrock Goble .

Occupations

Discography

Albums

  • 1975 Little River Band
  • 1976 After Hours
  • 1977 Diamantina Cocktail
  • 1978 Sleeper Catcher
  • 1979 First Under The Wire
  • 1980 Backstage Pass
  • 1981 Time Exposure
  • 1983 The Net
  • 1984 Playing to Win
  • 1986 No Reins
  • 1986 Too Late to Load
  • 1988 Monsoon
  • 1990 Get Lucky
  • 1991 Worldwide Love
  • 1992 Live Classics
  • 1994 The Night Owls - Best (1977-90, Zounds , all tracks digitally remastered)
  • 2000 Where We Started From
  • 2002 One Night in Mississippi
  • 2003 Streams Of Success
  • 2003 Test of Time
  • 2006 Re-arranged
  • 2007 Standing Room Only - Live
  • 2008 We Call It Christmas
  • 2009 Outback EP
  • 2011 A Little River Band Christmas
  • 2013 Cuts Like a Diamond
  • 2015 The Definitive Collection

Singles

  • It's a long way there (1976; US charts # 28)
  • I'll always call your Name (1977; US charts # 62)
  • Help is on its Way (1977; US Charts # 14)
  • Happy Anniversary (1978; US charts # 16)
  • Reminiscing (1978; US charts # 3)
  • Lady (1979; US charts # 10)
  • Lonesome Loser (1979; US charts # 6)
  • Cool Change (1980; US charts # 10)
  • It's not a Wonder (1980; US charts # 51)
  • The Night Owls (1981; US ​​charts # 6)
  • Take it easy on me (1982; US charts # 10)
  • Man on your Mind (1982; US charts # 14)
  • The other Guy (1983; US charts # 11)
  • We two (1983; US charts # 22)
  • You're driving me out of my Mind (1983; US charts # 35)
  • Playing to win (1985; US charts # 60)
  • Love is a Bridge (1988)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ ARIA Hall of Fame. Australian Recording Industry Association , accessed August 6, 2017 .