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Fact of the Day: The first Aussies to conquer the music industry

Long before AC/DC, INXS, and Men at Work had global chart success, a little-known band named after a road sign in regional Victoria set the precedent for the rock’n’roll dream.

Little River Band might be from Melbourne, but they officially formed in 1975 while in England. It was during this time they met Brisbane-born manager Glenn Wheatley who took them from underground to mainstream in four years.

They got a record label deal in Australia with EMI and signed with Capitol Records in the USA by 1979.

Listen to one of Little River Band's most popular songs, 'Cool Change' here:

Source: Shorrock Birtles Goble LITTLE RIVER BAND Founders/YouTube​
 
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Little River Band (Glenn Shorrock) then( John Farnham) I loved the Band and the music.
 
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Correct!

The Easybeats, along with Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, The Loved Ones, The Masters Apprentices, Max Merritt and The Meteors and Doug Parkinson In Focus all predated the Little River Band by a good margin.
 

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