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Sherbet (aka Highway or The Sherbs) was one of the most successful Australian rock bands of the 1970s. The 'classic line-up' of Daryl Braithwaite on vocals, Tony Mitchell on bass guitar, Garth Porter on keyboards, Alan Sandow on drums, and Clive Shakespeare on guitar provided their teen-oriented pop style.
Members of the Australian rock band Sherbet, also known as Highway and The Sherbs. Pages in category "Sherbet (band) members" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Garth Ivan Richard Porter AM (born 24 September 1948) is a New Zealand-born Australian multi-instrumental musician, songwriter and record producer.He was a member, on keyboards and backing vocals, of the pop group, Sherbet (1970–84), and co-wrote both of their number-one singles, "Summer Love" (March 1975) and "Howzat" (May 1976).
Daryl Braithwaite performing "Love Songs" in 2020. Daryl Braithwaite (born 11 January 1949) [1] is an Australian singer. He was the lead vocalist of Sherbet (1970–1984 and many subsequent reunions).
Mitchell joined the band Sherbet in 1972. During his time in the band in the 1970s, they would go on to have hits such as Summer Love (1975) and Howzat (1976), both reaching number one in Australia. Tony co-wrote (with Garth Porter) some of Sherbet's biggest hits, including Howzat and Magazine Madonna. [3]
After previously being in a band called The Daisy Roots, Sandow joined Sherbet in 1969, aged seventeen. Sherbet would go on to have hits such as Summer Love (1975) and Howzat (1976), both reaching number one in Australia. After the break-up of Sherbet in 1984, Sandow joined The Willie Winter Band with guitarist Ian "Willie" Winter and bass ...
"Howzat" is a song by Australian band Sherbet, released in May 1976. [1] The song reached number 1 in Australia on the Kent Music Report [2] and it also reached number 1 in New Zealand on the Recorded Music NZ. It was released from Sherbet's album of the same name, Howzat. The song was written by band members Garth Porter and Tony Mitchell.
The majority of Sherbet's original songs were co-written by Shakespeare with fellow band member Garth Porter. Other Sherbet singles co-written by Shakespeare include "Cassandra" (peaked at number nine in 1973), "Slipstream" and "Silvery Moon" (both reached number five in 1974). In January 1976 Shakespeare left the band citing dissatisfaction ...