Birtles & Goble

Birtles and Goble were a pop music duo composed of Beeb Birtles (born 28 November 1948 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Graeham Goble (born 15 May 1947 in Adelaide). Although they were both fulltime members of the Little River Band, they released an album and three singles as a duo. Birtles and Goble had worked together since 1972, first in the band Mississippi and then in the Little River Band (LRB). LRB had an abundance of songwriters, with Birtles, Goble, Glenn Shorrock and David Briggs all contributing hit songs. Birtles and Goble were prolific songwriters so, despite contributing to four LRB albums by 1978 ('Little River Band', 'After Hours', 'Diamantina Cocktail' and 'Sleeper Catcher'), they had a wealth of material left over. Their first recording was ''Lonely Lives'' recorded in 1978 which charted in Brisbane and Perth. This single was also released in Canada, Japan and NZ.