Lead vocalist of Australia’s 1970s soft-rockers Sherbet, Daryl Braithwaite (born in Melbourne on January 11, 1949) also enjoyed an illustrious solo career. After moving to Sydney in the mid-1960s, he began plotting his trajectory alongside his adventures with Sherbert, releasing debut solo 1974 single “You’re My World”, a cover version of the 1963 ballad by Italian composer Umberto Bindi. Braithwaite’s track stayed at Number 1 for three weeks and was followed closely by 1975 single "Cavalry", which was co-written with his Sherbet bandmate, Tony Mitchell. The track made it to Number 13 on Australia's Kent Music Report singles chart, now known as the ARIA charts. Braithwaite found a niche in cover songs and over the new few years recorded a mix of singles and covers, scoring two Top 20 singles for 1976’s "Old Sid" and 1977’s "Love Has no Pride"/"Fly Away", and recording a version of Small Faces' "Afterglow (Of Your Love)" in October 1977. Braithwaite’s debut studio album, Out on the Fringe was released in 1979 during a period when Sherbert had temporarily split up. Braithwaite lent his focus to the band during the majority of the 1980s, before returning as a soloist in 1988 with successful comeback album Edge, which channeled an adult contemporary sound. Edge spawned four hit singles, including Top Ten favorite “One Summer”. Third album Rise followed in 1990, and four more followed over the next few decades, including 2013’s Forever the Tourist. Braithwaite was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2017. In 2020, the Australian pop-rock icon achieved his first Top 50 single in 27 years with “Love Songs”.
