The band achieved commercial success in both Australia and the United States. They have sold more than 30 million records; six studio albums reached the top 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart including Diamantina Cocktail April and First Under the Wire July , which both peaked at No.
Nine singles appeared in the top 20 on the related singles chart, with " Help Is on Its Way " as their only number-one hit. Ten singles reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot with " Reminiscing " their highest, peaking at No.
Little River Band have received many music awards in Australia. The group have undergone numerous personnel changes , with over 30 members since their formation, including John Farnham as lead singer after Shorrock first departed in None of the musicians now performing as Little River Band are original members, nor members in the s. Various legal disputes over the band's name occurred in the s, with Housden filing suit against Birtles, Goble and Shorrock.
Goble had led Adelaide -formed folk rock group Allison Gros in They relocated to Melbourne and in were renamed as Mississippi , a harmony country rock band, where late that year Birtles joined on guitar and vocals and Pellicci on drums.
They had chart success in Australia and built up a following on the concert and festival circuit. During to the original members of Mississippi had also recorded as a studio band under the pseudonym Drummond. Shorrock had been the lead singer of a pop band, the Twilights —69 , and a country rock group, Axiom , from to alongside singer-songwriter Brian Cadd.
