Sherbet Trivia

1. Sherbet were a musical group formed in Sydney in 1969. the lead guitarist might have been expected to write lyrical, deep and meaningful songs given his surname. What was this foundation member's name?

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Answer: Shakespeare

Dennis Loughlin on vocals, Doug Rea on bass guitar, Sammy See on keyboards/guitars, Clive Shakespeare on lead guitar, and Danny Taylor on drums formed the first version of Sherbet when they formed in Sydney in 1969. Alan Sandow soon replaced Taylor as the drummer. In March, 1970 Darryl Braithwaite joined as an additional vocalist but Loughlin left the band a few months later leaving Braithwaite as the lead vocalist. Garth Porter replaced See in October. The band's "classic" lineup was not complete until 1972 when Tony Mitchell became the bass players replacing Rea.

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Answer: Clive Shakespeare

Clive Shakespeare formed Sherbet with members from three different Sydney bands: Sam See from 'Clapham Junction', Dennis Laughlin from 'Sebastian Hardie Blues Band' and himself, Doug Rae and Danny Taylor from 'Downtown Roll Band. Their first live performance was at The Brookvale oval in Sydney in March of 1969.

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Answer: Soul

What eventually turned out to be Sherbet's characteristic sophisticated pop sound was honed on a residency at Jonathon's Disco, playing seven hours a night, four days a week for eight months. Hence the soul based music used in the early part of their development which turned 'rockier' in time, but was always considered pop. In 1971, Sherbet entered a national rock band contest, "Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds", winning the New South Wales final but the national final to was won by Fraternity fronted by by Bon Scott of AC/DC fame in his prior band. In 1972 they went a step beyond and won the national final. Sherbet also became known for massive regional tours which included may towns that other bands considered too small to play in. The band also increased its national profile with support slots on tours by visiting international acts. These included The Jackson 5 and Gary Glitter (before he lost public favour).

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Answer: Alan Sandow

Alan was in a band called Daisy Roots when one of the members was called for National Service causing the band to breakup. Around this time, Danny Taylor left Sherbet, leaving them without a drummer. A promoter linked Alan and Sherbet together, and the rest is history.

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Answer: Cassandra

The band's lack of musical direction can be seen in their early single releases yielding a diverse range, musically: a cover version of Badfinger's "Crimson Ships" was their first single (which did not chart) followed by covers of Blue Mink's "Can You Feel It Baby?" (1971), Delaney and Bonnie's "Free the People" (1972) and Ted Mulry's "You're All Woman" (1972). Sherbet released their debut album, "Time Change... A Natural Progression", in 1972 on Infinity Records. The album's debut single, "You've Got the Gun", was written by written by Shakespeare, Porter and Braithwaite and this song was their first self-penned hit reaching top 30. Shakespeare and Porter became a formidable song writing team. Their next self-penned single "Cassandra" was the group's first top ten hit. A string of hits followed:"Slipstream"; "Silvery Moon", and "So Glad You're Mine" before "Summer Love" became their first national number one in 1975.

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Answer: Crimson Ships

Sherbet was signed to Festival Record's new 'Infinity' label and released the single 'Crimson Ships' in March of 1970. Soon after this Dennis Laughlin left and was replaced by Daryl Braithwaite. Garth Porter joined Sherbet's ranks in October after Sam See left to join 'Flying Circus'. This turned out to be fortuitous as Garth formed a song writing partnership with Clive Shakespeare that composed the majority of Sherbet's material.

From Quiz Sherbet - A Quintessential Australian Pop Band

Answer: A cricketing term asking the umpire to give the batsman out

"Howzat" is a contraction of "How is That", a cricketing term yelled at the the umpire by the bowler who must ask for the batsman to be given out. In this context it was a sherbet song about a guy who had just caught his girlfriend doing something she should not have been doing: "But I've been looking at you Looking closely at the things you do I didn't see it the way you wanted me to How, how, howzat! You messed about I caught you out Howzat." The song reached top four on the UK Singles Chart and even reached 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 despite little promotion. The Album of the same name yielded two other top ten hits in Australia: "Child's Play" and "Rock Me Gently".

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Answer: Doug Rae

Doug played with the band when it first formed but left almost immediately. Bruce Worrall replaced him but he left in 1972 and was replaced by Tony Mitchell who then stayed with the band until they split in 1984. Roger was the band's manager, although he was a musician before swapping his bass for a briefcase.

From Quiz Sherbet - A Quintessential Australian Pop Band

Answer: Skyhooks

Sherbet's demographic comprised mainly teenage girls with their themes of love romance whereas glam rock band Skyhooks had an older demographic with darker themes of drug use, loss of girlfriends, teenage sex and gay culture. The two bands were poles apart in demographics. Any rivalry was media-driven. However these were the two most commercially successful groups of the seventies.

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Answer: Roger Davies

In 1970, 20-year old Roger Davies was working at a booking agency. He saw Sherbet performing at Jonathon's disco in Sydney and was impressed not only by their attitude to their music, but also by their rapport with the audience. He became their manager soon after. Sherbet split briefly in 1980 and this is when Roger took up an offer of managing Tina Turner when she was just beginning her comeback. Roger used his experience and skill to guide Tina to a huge career comeback in the 1980's.

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Answer: Countdown

"Countdown" was the most popular music program in Australian TV history. It ran from 1974-1987. It played on Sunday night and repeated the following Saturday. While it was broadcast on the ABC, it reached an audience that did not have access to the commercial TV stations. The show was revolutionary in that it featured music clips which were still a novelty. It also included international acts who appeared live when touring the country. They lip-synched their songs. Because of local content regulations, a large percentage of acts were Australians and many acts such as INXS, Kylie Minogue, Sherbet and Skyhooks got their start on "Countdown".

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Answer: Howzat

'Howzat' gave Sherbet the honour of being the first band to have an overseas hit that was written, recorded and produced entirely in Australia. It made it to number 4 in the UK which prompted a request for them to appear on Top of the Pops. 'Howzat' took the number 1 spot on the Australian charts from ABBA's 'Fernando' which had held the spot for the previous 14 weeks. Sherbet's 'Howzat' album also reached number 1 in Australia, again replacing ABBA. 'Howzat' was recently remastered onto CD and re-released 30 years after both the single and album reached the top of the charts.

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Answer: Clive Shakespeare left.

Founding member Clive left citing personal reasons. Sherbet briefly recruited Gunther Gorman but Harvey James replaced him almost immediately. It also meant that Garth Porter was left as the main songwriter, however Tony Mitchell stepped up as his main assistant. 'Howzat' was the first single released after Clive left.

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Answer: Highway, The Sherbs

After the failure of "Photoplay" in the US, "Sherbet" as a name was thought to be too lightweight a name and so "Highway" was chosen for the American market. It did not help. In 1979 the group disbanded but reformed in 1980. They had a new wave sound which did not win over Australian audiences but both album and single "The Skill" charted in the US

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Answer: Sherbs

RSO records claimed the name Sherbet was too sugary and not sophisticated enough for the image they were trying to promote. Unfortunately, America lost interest pretty quickly and Sherbet split briefly after the work dried up. They rejoined however and returned home in 1980, sans manager Roger Davies, only to find they had been away too long and their teenage fans had deserted them. Under the guise of the Sherbs, they recorded two more albums and one mini album. Although critically acclaimed and the band personally thought this was some of their best work, it failed both to impress older audiences and also to resurrect their career. Sherbet split permanently in 1984. However, it is hard to keep a good band down and there were low-key reunions to play at benefits for departed friends Ted Mulry and Wayne 'Swampy' Jarvis. They also performed on the Countdown Spectacular tour of 2006.

From Quiz Sherbet - A Quintessential Australian Pop Band

Answer: Daryl Braithwaite

Clive Shakespeare and Garth Porter went on to be successful record producers, leaving Daryl Braithwaite the only member to have a commercially successful solo career. He had two number one hits: "You're My World" (October 1974) and "The Horses" (January 1991). He also had a number one album in Australia in 1988 with "Edge".

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Answer: Hearts Are Insane/Red Dress.

The band reunited to perform as the headline act on the Countdown Spectacular tour of 2006 and they recorded two songs especially for inclusion on a Super Hits CD. Garth Porter had written 'Hearts Are Insane' before the band split in 1984 but it was never recorded. The second track 'Red Dress' came from a gathering of band members in the Blue Mountains early in 2006. The CD and DVD release date was set to coincide with the Countdown Spectacular.

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Answer: One: AC/DC

AC/DC were the first band inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. There were inducted in its first intake in 1988. Sherbet were the second group inducted in 1990 and Skyhooks the third in 1992. Daryl Braithwaite was inducted as a solo artist in 2017.

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