Now Where Was I: The Autobiography

Hardback

Main Details

Title Now Where Was I: The Autobiography
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Glenn Shorrock
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 238,Width 180
Category/GenreRock and Pop
Bands, groups and musicians
ISBN/Barcode 9781921024733
ClassificationsDewey:782.42166092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher New Holland Publishers
Imprint New Holland Publishers
Publication Date 1 June 2018
Publication Country Australia

Description

Now Where Was I?' is Glenn's story in his own words. He writes of his childhood in Kent, England and his family's decision to emigrate to Australia in the 1950s. Resettled in the northern suburbs of Adelaide as a 'ten-pound pom' Glenn formed a 'doo-wop' acapella group with some other lads which later became the nucleus for the chart-topping pop group The Twilights. Winning Australia's 'Battle of the Bands' in 1966, Glenn and the boys found themselves in England at the end of the year, recording at Abbey Road while the Beatles wrote Penny Laine in the studio next door. After The Twilights, Glenn found fame with Brian Cadd's group Axiom, with their hit 'A Little Ray of Sunshine' becoming an international best-seller.

Author Biography

GLENN SHORROCK is one of Australian music's most recognisable personalities - and voices! Born in Kent, England in 1944, following his family's decision to emigrate to Australia in the 1950s. There, in the early 1960s, Glenn formed a 'doo-wop' a capella group with some other lads which later became the nucleus for the chart-topping pop group the Twilights. Winning Australia's 'Battle of the Bands' in 1966, Glenn and the boys found themselves in England at the end of the year, recording at Abbey Road while the Beatles wrote 'Penny Lane' in the studio next door. After the demise of the Twilights in 1969, Glenn joined Brian Cadd to form Axiom, with their hit 'A Little Ray Of Sunshine' becoming an Australian classic. In 1975 Glenn became the frontman of a new group, Little River Band. For the next five years, the band travelled and performed around the world, enjoying enormous success in the US and Europe with a string of top-ten hits. In 1982, he decided to take a break from touring but the group replaced him with John Farnham. Although he later returned to the band in the late-1980s, the founding members lost the right to perform under the LRB name. Now in his seventh decade, Shorrock is still going strong.