Little River Band – Home On Monday
Written By: Glenn Shorrock & Beeb Birtles
From the ‘Diamantina Cocktail’ LP
Lead Singer: Glenn Shorrock
Single Released October 1977. B- Side: Raelene, Raelene
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Little River Band – Help Is On Its Way
Written by: Glenn Shorrock
Lead Singer: Glenn Shorrock
From the ‘Diamantina Cocktail’ LP – 1977
Released as a single in August 77′ the song went to number one in Australia on the Kent Music Report singles chart. The song was the fourth highest selling single by an Australian artist, and eighteenth highest overall for 1977. The song rose to No. 14 on the Billboard 100 charts.
Lineup in this clip: Glenn Shorrock, Beeb Birtles, Graeham Goble, Derek Pellicci, David Briggs & George McArdle
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Little River Band Flashez Interview
Glenn Shorrock , Beeb Birtles and David Briggs interviewed by Ray Burgess on the ABC’s Flashez. – 1977. Topics include: Diamantina Cocktail and upcoming American tour with Jimmy Buffet and Little Feat.
Little River Band’s Beeb Birtles & Glenn Shorrock – Nightmoves Interview 1977
Beeb Birtles and Glenn Shorrock interviewed by Lee Simon for an early edition of the TV show Nightmoves in 1977. Beeb talks about Roger McLachlan and Ric Formosa leaving the band and the use of orchestral string arrangements in the capitol cities, also the next night’s Palais Theatre gig. Recorded 13/5/77.
Little River Band – Days On The Road (Live 1977)
Days On The Road performed live on Nightmoves on 13/5/1977.
Little River Band – Help Is On Its Way
Written by: Glenn Shorrock
From the ‘Diamantina Cocktail’ LP – 1977
Single released: April 18th 1977
B-Side: Changed and Different
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Little River Band – Witchery
Performed on Countdown – 1977
Written By: Beeb Birtles & Graeham Goble
Lead Singer: Glenn Shorrock
Released: April 1976
From the ‘After Hours’ LP
Little River Band – Help Is On Its Way (Countdown 1977)
As part of the 100th episode of Countdown, as broadcast on 3rd April 1977, LRB performed ‘Help Is On Its Way’
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Little River Band – Ben Ean Wine Commercial
Little River Band featuring in a Ben Ean Wine Commercial. In the 1970s, Ben Ean was one of few wines to be advertised on TV. A breezy, comforting egalitarianism prevailed in the ad, which featured the Little River Band: “Who wants to journey on a gigantic yacht? … Who wants to be a millionaire? I don’t”.
Dick Clark Interviews Little River Band on American Bandstand
18/12/1976 Los Angeles, California, Little River Band is interviewed by Dick Clark on American Bandstand. Beeb Birtles is asked about his song ‘I Will Always Call Your Name’.