Cool Change became one of Little River Band’s most enduring songs, reaching Top 10 chart success in both Australia and the United States, and still resonating decades later with anyone who’s ever dreamed of slowing life down and changing course. The song was written by Glenn Shorrock, who presented it to the band as a reggae-styled idea. From there, it evolved in the studio. Over many hours in the studio with Peter Jones on piano and Mike Clarke on Bass, David Briggs and Derek Pellicci arrived a

By the time Beeb Birtles AM and I released Lonely Lives, we had already been writing together for several years. Our partnership began in Mississippi in 1972, and continued when we became founding members of Little River Band. Little River Band had an abundance of songwriters. Beeb, myself, Glenn Shorrock and David Briggs were all contributing material, and by 1978 we had written far more songs than could fit on LRB records. Even after contributing extensively to Little River Band, After Hours,

Happy Anniversary, written by Beeb Birtles and David Briggs, appeared on our 1977 album Diamantina Cocktail. Released as a single later that year, it became one of Little River Band’s most enduring songs, reaching No. 16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and playing an important role in our establishing our International breakthrough. What none of us could ever have imagined was where the song would turn up years later. In his memoir Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations, William H. McRaven, a

I'm Coming Home - Beeb Birtles & Graeham Goble (Don Lane Show) (1979) Chords - ChordU