With a career spanning more than 35 years Glenn Shorrock is one of the elder statesmen of Australian contemporary show business Born in Kent England Glenn migrated with his family at the age of 10 to Adelaide in the mid1950s A selfconfessed child of rock n roll he began singing in 1962 with a vocal group called the Twilights By 1965 the Twilights became a six piece beat group based in Melbourne scoring hits with Needle in a Haystack Whats Wrong with the Way I Live Cathy Come Home and Young Girl before disbanding in 1969 Axiom with Brian Cadd followed shortly thereafter with hits including Arkansas Grass and Little Ray of Sunshine Axiom disbanded soon after moving to London in 1970 Glenn chose to remain in London as a session singer and songwriter working with other expats and Europeans in a twelvepiece rock orchestra named Esperanto At the conclusion of 1974 Glenn returned to Melbourne to help form Little River Band as lead singer Little River Band cracked the United States market in 1976 and began a string of eight Top Ten Hits in the USA and around the world The band has sold in excess of 25 million albums often being credited for opening the door for many Australian acts on the international circuit In 1995 Glenn fronted Little River Band during their 20th year anniversary His songwriting credits include the international hits Help is on its Way Emma Home on Monday cowriter Beeb Birtles and Cool Change Glenns latest CD was released in 2000 Spin Me Round coproduced with Brian Cadd Glenns credentials extend to all fields of show business notably in theatre and cabaret He starred in Evita and The Rocky Horror Show in addition to his own productions One for the Money Go Cat Go and Two Up A career highlight was producing and performing alongside Sir George Martin in the highly acclaimed production All You Need Is Beatles 1998 He performed the role of Johnny Casino in the smash hit Grease The Arena Spectacular which played to full houses across Australia and in Auckland and costarred in British Rock Symphony with Eric Burdon and Thelma Houston performing the hits of the Beatles Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd Rolling Stones and The Who In 2001 he joined the cast in the inaugural production of Australian Night At The Proms at the Sydney SuperDome
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