Artist · chart history
Little River Band
Band Melbourne Australia Formed 1975
Little River Band formed in 1975 in Melbourne, Australia. Little River Band has 7 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “It's A Long Way There”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #103. The station that charted Little River Band most often is KSHE 95 (St. Louis, MO), with 2 appearances.
Little River Band came together in Melbourne in March 1975, and they sound exactly like what they were: a bunch of Australian players who'd figured out that stacked harmonies, chiming electric guitars and a warm, unhurried groove could travel anywhere, America included. The 1976 lineup is the classic one: Glenn Shorrock on lead vocals, Graeham Goble, Beeb Birtles and David Briggs on electric guitars, George McArdle on bass and Derek Pellicci on drums.
The songwriting mostly came from inside the band, from Goble and Shorrock, Birtles and Briggs. At home, six of their studio albums made the top 10, Diamantina Cocktail and First Under the Wire among them, and "Help Is on Its Way" gave them a number one. In the US they put 10 singles in the Hot 100's top 20, with Goble's "Reminiscing" climbing highest. Sleeper Catcher arrived in 1978 with "Lady", and in 2001 APRA put Shorrock's "Cool Change" on its list of the 30 greatest Australian songs.
Then the revolving door started spinning. Shorrock first left in 1982 and John Farnham took the mic; Wayne Nelson, Stephen Housden and others came through in the '80s, and more than 30 musicians have worn the name in all. Today's lineup includes no original members at all. The 1976 six went into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2004, and the band has sold more than 30 million records.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Little River Band on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It's A Long Way There | 2 | #103 | – | – | |
| 2 | Lady | 1 | #453 | – | – | |
| 3 | Reminiscing | 2 | #697 | – | – | |
| 4 | Home On Monday | 1 | #416 | – | – | |
| 5 | Cool Change | 1 | #89 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 103 | It's A Long Way There | KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) |
| 2026 | 416 | Home On Monday | KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) |
| 2023 | 796 | Reminiscing | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time |
| 2022 | 697 | Reminiscing | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s |
| 2018 | 89 | Cool Change | Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018) |
| 2009 | 453 | Lady | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) |
| 2002 | 564 | It's A Long Way There | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) |
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