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    The Sherbet Seventies

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    The original Sherbet lineup emerged from the ashes of two Sydney bands, The Downtown Roll Band and Clapham Junction. Englishman Clive Shakespeare formed the Downtown Roll Band in 1968 with Doug Rae (bass), Danny Taylor (drums), Pam Slater (vocals), Francis Ma (vocals) and Adrian Cuff (organ).

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    The band played Stax/Volt soul, James Brown and Tamla Motown covers before calling it a day in March 1969. Dennis Laughlin and Sam See’s previous band, Clapham Junction, ran its own discotheque called the Union Jack.

    There were a number of different Clapham Junction line-ups. Following Laughlin and See’s departure in early 1969, the line-up of Jim Willebrandt (vocals), William Mahoney (vocals), Derek Lewis (guitar), Peter Noble (bass) and David Mills (drums) recorded a single for the Du Monde label.

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    Shakespeare formed Sherbet in April 1969. Taylor left three months later to be replaced by Alan Sandow (ex-Daisy Roots). At the end of the year, the band recorded its debut single for Festival records, Crimson Ships (originally recorded by Badfinger).

    By the time the single appeared in March 1970, Daryl Braithwaite (ex-Bright Lights, House Of Bricks and Samael Lilith) had replaced Laughlin and Bruce Worrall (ex-Bright Lights, House Of Bricks and Samael Lilith) had taken over from Rae on bass. Laughlin then joined an outfit called Toby Jugg.

    Well before Sherbet commenced touring, the band had honed its skills with an unbelievable eight-month residency at Jonathon’s discotheque in Sydney. Throughout this residency, the band played seven hours a night (8:00 pm – 3:00 am), four nights a week. After that, the band were ready to take on the world.

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    The next member to leave was See who departed in October 1970 to join Flying Circus. From there he joined Fraternity, The Stockley See Mason Band and the John Farnham Band among others.

    New Zealand-born Garth Porter (ex-Toby Jugg) came in as See’s replacement and the band signed to Festival’s new subsidiary label, Infinity.

    Can You Feel It Baby? (#22 in August 1971) and a cover of Delaney and Bonnie‘s Free The People (national #36, Sydney #5 in December) were the band’s first national hit singles. In January 1972, Tony Mitchell (ex-Wheelbarrow, Harry Young and Sabbath) replaced Worrall on bass.

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    1972 proved to be a watershed year in Sherbet’s development. Firstly, the band supported Creedence Clearwater Revival on a national tour.

    Following that, the singles You’re All Woman (written by Ted Mulry) (#13 in August) and You’ve Got The Gun (#29 in December) were hits; the band took out first place in the Hoadley’s National Battle of the Sounds final; the debut album Time Change: A Natural Progression came out and finally Sherbet was voted Top Australian Group in the Go-Set Pop Poll.

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    Sherbet issued two singles during 1973; Leiber and Stoller’s Hound Dog (#21 in July) and Cassandra (#5 in October).

    Cassandra came from the band’s second album On With The Show and was the first real indication of the Porter/Shakespeare penned pop masterpieces that were to follow. Both records made extensive use of Porter’s newly acquired Mellotron, which gave Sherbet a distinctive sound and an edge over other Australian pop groups of the day.

    The band ended the year with the Best Australian Group honour at the TV Week King of Pop awards.

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    The rocky single So Glad You’re Mine (March 1974) missed the national Top 40, although the next two, Slipstream (June) and Silvery Moon (August) reached the Top 10 (Slipstream at #7 and Silvery Moon at #9).

    The highly commercial Slipstream album reached #5 in October 1974 and went on to sell over 100,000 copies.

    Braithwaite kick-started his solo career in October 1974 with the national #1 hit single You’re My World. He had already taken the lead role in the local stage production of The Who‘s Tommy in March 1973 and rumours began to circulate that he would leave the group.

    He did not leave, despite winning the TV Week King of Pop award for three years in a row (1975 to 1977).

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    sherbet_925Sherbet’s only release on EMI, Summer Love became the perfect summer hit single when it reached the number one spot in March 1975. Summer Love was the first Sherbet single to be issued in the UK.

    The band’s 4th album, In Concert, Live produced the single Wishing Well (a version of the classic Free song) in April.

    The band scored its first number one album with Sherbet’s Greatest Hits 1970 – 1975 in August. They ended the year with the release of their most ambitious album to date, Life . . . Is For Living.

    The album produced the hit singles Life and the double A-sided Only One You. To coincide with the album’s release, the band embarked on the extensive Life national tour.

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    In January 1976, founder member Clive Shakespeare left the band due to “personal and musical differences”. Initially, Ian “Gunther” Gorman (ex-Home) came in as his replacement until Harvey James (ex-Mississippi, Ariel) took over permanently in April. Shakespeare’s last recording with the band,

    Shakespeare’s last recording with the band, Child’s Play reached #5 during February. James’ first recording with the band Howzat! became the band’s biggest hit single. It reached #1 nationally in May, followed by the double platinum album Howzat! which also reached #1.

    The band took to the road with the national Howzat! tour and released two more singles, Hollywood Dreaming and Rock Me Gently.

    In the meantime, CBS/Epic had released Howzat! in the UK, Europe and South-East Asia, while MCA had issued it in the USA.

    The single reached #4 in the UK in September and Top 10 in South Africa, Israel, a number of European countries and various parts of South-East Asia (including #2 in Thailand). Sherbet embarked on an extensive overseas tour that took in the UK, the USA and South-East Asia.

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