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Push play to watch Glenn
Shorrock performing Reminiscing live in 2007
With a career
spanning over 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 mid-1950s. A
self-confessed child of rock ‘n’ roll, he began singing in 1962 with a vocal
group called the Twilights. By 1965, the Twilights become a six piece “beat
group” based in Melbourne scoring hits with Needle in a Haystack, What’s
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 ex-pats and Europeans in a twelve-piece rock
orchestra named Esperanto.
At the conclusion of 1974, Glenn returned to Melbourne to help form Little
River Band as lead singer. Managed by long time friend, Glenn Wheatley,
Little River Band cracked the lucrative United States market in 1976, and
began a string of eight Top Ten Hits in the U.S.A. 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,
three and a half-month tour of the United States. His songwriting credits
include the international hits Help is on its Way, Emma, Home on Monday
(co-writer Beeb Birtles), Long Jumping Jeweller, Shut Down Turn Off, My Own
Way Home (co-writter Brain Cadd) and Cool Change. Glenn’s lasted CD was
released in 2000: Spin Me ‘Round, co-produced with Brian Cadd.
Glenn’s 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 co-starred
in British Rock Symphony with Eric Burdon and Thelma Houston, performing the
hits of the Beatles, Led Zepplin, 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 Super Dome.
2002 introduces Glenn re-joining with Graham Goble and Beeb Birtles on stage
with a special rendition of the famous classics with which Little River Band
captured the world.
Glenn continues to enthrall audiences around the world. A popular performer
with an extensive repertoire, he is in constant demand in the entertainment
and recording arenas.
