When Little River Band formed in 1975, Australia immediately took notice. The key band members were already well-known to Australians. Lead singer Glenn Shorrock had made his name in mid-60s group the Twilights, a Beatles-sounding pop group who scored a national number one record with their version of the Velvelettes Needle in a Haystack. When that group broke up in 1969 Shorrock became lead singer of Axiom, whose A Little Ray of Sunshine is still an Australian classic rock staple. LRBs Beeb Birtles had been the bass player for a popular Twilights-era pop group called Zoot (Rick Springfield was a latter member). When that group broke up, in search of musical credibility, Birtles auditioned as the bass player, but was instantly elevated to a front-line position alongside Graham Goble. Even LRBs manager was well-known.