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{{Infobox single
{{Infobox song
| name = Howzat
| name = Howzat
| cover = Howzat (Single Cover).jpg
| cover = Howzat (Single Cover).jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Side A of the Australian single
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| artist = [[Sherbet (band)|Sherbet]]
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| type = single
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| album = [[Howzat (album)|Howzat]]
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| artist = [[Sherbet (band)|Sherbet]]
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| B-side = Motor Of Love
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| album = [[Howzat! (album)|Howzat]]
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| released = 1976
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| B-side = Motor of Love
| format = [[Phonograph record|Vinyl]], 7",
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| released = May 1976
| genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]]
| length = 3:43
| recorded =
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| studio =
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| label = [[Infinity Records]], [[Festival Records]], [[Epic Records]]
| producer = [[Richard Lush]], Sherbet
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length = 3:43
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| writer = [[Garth Porter]], [[Tony Mitchell (musician)|Tony Mitchell]]
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| label = Infinity ([[Festival Records|Festival]] sublabel), [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[MCA Records|MCA]]
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| last_single = "Child's Play"<br/>(1976)
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| writer = [[Garth Porter]], [[Tony Mitchell (musician)|Tony Mitchell]]
| this_single = "Howzat"<br/>(1976)
| producer = [[Richard Lush]], Sherbet
| next_single = "Gimme Love"<br/>(1976)
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| prev_title = Child's Play
{{Extra album cover |
| Upper caption =
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Hollywood Dreaming"/"Gimme Love
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| Type =
| next_year = 1976
| Cover = Sherbet - Howzat.jpg
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|GfDK5_bsP-k|"Howzat"}}}}
| Lower caption = Epic Records single cover
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| Border =
}}
}}
}}


"'''Howzat'''" is an song by Australian band [[Sherbet (band)|Sherbet]], released in 1976.<ref>[http://www.45cat.com/record/k6398 Sherbet - Howzat at 45cat]</ref> The song reached number 1 in Australia on the [[Kent Music Report]]<ref>[http://australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/howzat-by-sherbet--2 Sherbet - Howzat at Australian Music Database]</ref> and it also reached number 1 in New Zealand on the [[Recorded Music NZ]]. It was released from Sherbet's album of the same name [[Howzat (album)|Howzat]]. The song was written by Band members [[Garth Porter]] & [[Tony Mitchell (musician)|Tony Mitchell]]. The title track was also a number one hit and remains the group's biggest hit, especially outside of Australia, reaching the top 5 of the UK charts and also entering the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.<ref>[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Howzat+by+Sherbet&id=37526 Sherbet - Howzat at Music Vf]</ref>
"'''Howzat'''" is a song by Australian band [[Sherbet (band)|Sherbet]], released in May 1976.<ref>[http://www.45cat.com/record/k6398 Sherbet - Howzat at 45cat]</ref> The song reached number 1 in Australia on the [[Kent Music Report]]<ref>[http://australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/howzat-by-sherbet--2 Sherbet - Howzat at Australian Music Database]</ref> and it also reached number 1 in New Zealand on the [[Recorded Music NZ]]. It was released from Sherbet's album of the same name, ''[[Howzat! (album)|Howzat]]''. The song was written by band members [[Garth Porter]] and [[Tony Mitchell (musician)|Tony Mitchell]]. The title track was also a number one hit and remains the group's biggest hit, especially outside of Australia, reaching the top 5 of the UK charts and also entering the lower end of the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.<ref>[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Howzat+by+Sherbet&id=37526 Sherbet - Howzat at Music Vf]</ref>


At the Australian [[Australian pop music awards|1976 King of Pop Awards]] the song won Most Popular Australian Single.<ref name="Top40TV">{{Cite web | url = http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | title = Australian Music Awards | publisher = Ron Jeff | accessdate = 16 December 2010 | archive-date = 30 June 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120630220831/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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== Title Track ==

In January 2018, as part of [[Triple M]]'s "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Howzat" was ranked number 42.<ref>{{cite news|work=Musicfeeds|title=Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'|url= http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/songs-made-triple-ms-ozzest-100/|accessdate=4 January 2020|date=27 January 2018}}</ref>

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== Title track ==
It is often used as a cricket anthem and is sometimes loudly played by ground organisers at limited-overs matches. [[Howzat]] is a cry used by cricketers when appealing to the umpire for a wicket.
It is often used as a cricket anthem and is sometimes loudly played by ground organisers at limited-overs matches. [[Howzat]] is a cry used by cricketers when appealing to the umpire for a wicket.

== Song Origin ==
== Song origin ==
In 1976, someone suggested to [[Tony Mitchell (musician)|Tony Mitchell]] and keyboardist [[Garth Porter]] that ''Howzat'' might make a good title for a song because some of the members of [[Sherbet (band)|Sherbet]] loved [[cricket]]. Despite Mitchell not being a good cricketer, he sat down with Garth Porter at Porter's [[Rose Bay, New South Wales|Rose Bay]] home to work on the idea. Mitchell soon came up with the "doo-doo, doo-doo" [[Bass guitar|bass]] [[riff]], after which the first thing that came into Porter's mind was the phrase "I caught you out."<ref name="SMH_write">{{cite web | url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/27/1043534002655.html | title=I write the songs | publisher=''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' | date=2003-01-28 | accessdate=2007-08-27}}</ref>
In 1976, someone suggested to [[Tony Mitchell (musician)|Tony Mitchell]] and keyboardist [[Garth Porter]] that ''Howzat'' might make a good title for a song because some of the members of Sherbet loved [[cricket]]. Despite Mitchell not being a good cricketer, he sat down with Garth Porter at Porter's [[Rose Bay, New South Wales|Rose Bay]] home to work on the idea. Mitchell soon came up with the "doo-doo, doo-doo" [[Bass guitar|bass]] [[riff]], after which the first thing that came into Porter's mind was the phrase "I caught you out."<ref name="SMH_write">{{cite web | url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/27/1043534002655.html | title=I write the songs | work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=2003-01-28 | accessdate=2007-08-27}}</ref>

==Reception and legacy==
''[[Cash Box magazine]]'' said "The song is refreshing, with a subdued, economical arrangement, and professional, pleasing vocals. Should be top ten in no time at all. Good use of minor chords."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-08-21.pdf|title=Single Reviews |magazine=[[Cash Box magazine|Cash Box]]|via=World Radio History|page=16|date=21 August 1976|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

In November 2023, the ''[[National Film and Sound Archive]]'' added ''Howzat'' to the ''[[Sounds of Australia]]'' register for songs of "cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance".<ref>{{cite news |date=November 14, 2023 |title=HOWZAT, THE LOVED ONE AND SLIP! SLOP! SLAP! |url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/sounds-australia-2023?fbclid=IwAR1G4pcUyiwdcl3XB5fpnUuOUi87eilGwYWO3in6lF5vbUu0FbXZrVbvfAY |work=National Film and Sound Archive |ref={{sfnRef|"HOWZAT, THE LOVED ONE AND SLIP! SLOP! SLAP!"}}}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |last=Travers |first=Penny |date=November 14, 2023 |title=Slip! Slop! Slap! jingle, I am Australian, Sherbet's Howzat, Robyn Archer's Menstruation Blues among new Sounds of Australia |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-14/nfsa-adds-11-new-recordings-to-sounds-of-australia-registry/103101898 |work=ABC.net.au |ref={{sfnRef|"Slip! Slop! Slap! jingle, I am Australian, Sherbet's Howzat, Robyn Archer's Menstruation Blues among new Sounds of Australia"}}}}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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| length1 = 3:43
| length1 = 3:43
| writer1 = [[Garth Porter]], [[Tony Mitchell (musician)|Tony Mitchell]]
| writer1 = [[Garth Porter]], [[Tony Mitchell (musician)|Tony Mitchell]]
| title2 = Motor Of Love
| title2 = Motor of Love
| length2 = 3:21
| length2 = 3:21
| writer2 = Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell, [[Alan Sandow]]
| writer2 = Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell, [[Alan Sandow]]
| total_length =
| total_length =
}}
}}

== Personnel ==
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* [[Daryl Braithwaite]] – lead vocals, tambourine
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* Harvey James – guitar, vocals
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* Tony Mitchell – bass, vocals
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* Alan Sandow – drums
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* Garth Porter – keyboards, vocals


== Charts ==
== Charts ==
===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
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!scope="col"| Chart (1976)
!scope="col"| Chart (1976)
!scope="col"| Position
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Australian [[Kent Music Report]]<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives|year=1976|page=205|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}.</ref>
!scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives|year=1976|page=271|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Sherbet|song=Howzat|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 July 2017}}
{{singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Sherbet|song=Howzat|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 July 2017}}
|-
|-
!scope="row"| South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(S).html|accessdate=1 September 2018}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[UK Single Charts]]<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/howzat/ Official Charts - Sherbet - Howzat]</ref>
|align="center"|1
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|-
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!scope="row"| [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/howzat/ Official Charts - Sherbet - Howzat]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
|-
|-
!scope="row"| US [[Billboard Hot 100]]<ref>[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Howzat+by+Sherbet&id=37526 Sherbet - Howzat at Music vf]</ref>
!scope="row"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Howzat+by+Sherbet&id=37526 Sherbet - Howzat at Music vf]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 61
| style="text-align:center;"| 61
|-
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!scope="row"| Dutch [[Dutch Top 40]]<ref>[http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Sherbet&titel=Howzat&cat=s Dutch Charts - Sherbet - Howzat]</ref>
!scope="row"| Thailand [[Thailand Top 100]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040419053920/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=365 Sherbert Howzat charts]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
|-
!scope="row"| [[Israel]] Music Chart<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/18323480/it-mean-thing-aint-got-swing It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
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!scope="row"| Netherlands [[Dutch Top 40]]<ref>[http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Sherbet&titel=Howzat&cat=s Dutch Charts - Sherbet - Howzat]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
|-
|-
!scope="row"| Norway [[VG-lista]]<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sherbet&titel=Howzat&cat=s Norwegian Charts - Sherbet - Howzat]</ref>
!scope="row"| Norway [[VG-lista]]<ref>[http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sherbet&titel=Howzat&cat=s Norwegian Charts - Sherbet - Howzat]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 8
| style="text-align:center;"| 8
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (1976)
! Peak<br />position
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=428}}</ref><ref name="aus76">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/QxANsEK|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1976|publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |issue= 131 |via= [[Imgur]] |date= 27 December 1976 |access-date= 15 January 2022 }}</ref>
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|-
| 4
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|}


== Personnel ==
==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
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*[[Daryl Braithwaite]] - Lead Vocals, Tambourine
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Howzat|artist=Sherbet|type=single|relyear=1976|certyear=1976|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|certref=<ref name="UK76">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-12-11.pdf|title=ABBA and Sherbet Score Gold in the UK|magazine=[[Cash Box magazine|Cash Box]]|via=World Radio History|page=45|date=11 December 1976|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>}}
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* Harvey James - Guitar, Vocals
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
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* Tony Mitchell - Bass, Vocals
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* Alan Sandow - Drums
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* Garth Porter - Keyboards, Vocals


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 02:27, 23 August 2024

"Howzat"
Side A of the Australian single
Single by Sherbet
from the album Howzat
B-side"Motor of Love"
ReleasedMay 1976
GenreRock
Length3:43
LabelInfinity (Festival sublabel), Epic, MCA
Songwriter(s)Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell
Producer(s)Richard Lush, Sherbet
Sherbet singles chronology
"Child's Play"
(1976) 		"Howzat"
(1976) 		"Hollywood Dreaming"/"Gimme Love"
(1976)
Music video
"Howzat" on YouTube

"Howzat" is a song by Australian band Sherbet, released in May 1976.[1] The song reached number 1 in Australia on the Kent Music Report[2] and it also reached number 1 in New Zealand on the Recorded Music NZ. It was released from Sherbet's album of the same name, Howzat. The song was written by band members Garth Porter and Tony Mitchell. The title track was also a number one hit and remains the group's biggest hit, especially outside of Australia, reaching the top 5 of the UK charts and also entering the lower end of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3]

At the Australian 1976 King of Pop Awards the song won Most Popular Australian Single.[4]

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Howzat" was ranked number 42.[5]

Title track

[edit]

It is often used as a cricket anthem and is sometimes loudly played by ground organisers at limited-overs matches. Howzat is a cry used by cricketers when appealing to the umpire for a wicket.

Song origin

[edit]

In 1976, someone suggested to Tony Mitchell and keyboardist Garth Porter that Howzat might make a good title for a song because some of the members of Sherbet loved cricket. Despite Mitchell not being a good cricketer, he sat down with Garth Porter at Porter's Rose Bay home to work on the idea. Mitchell soon came up with the "doo-doo, doo-doo" bass riff, after which the first thing that came into Porter's mind was the phrase "I caught you out."[6]

Reception and legacy

[edit]

Cash Box magazine said "The song is refreshing, with a subdued, economical arrangement, and professional, pleasing vocals. Should be top ten in no time at all. Good use of minor chords."[7]

In November 2023, the National Film and Sound Archive added Howzat to the Sounds of Australia register for songs of "cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance".[8] [9]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Howzat"Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell3:43
2."Motor of Love"Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell, Alan Sandow3:21

Personnel

[edit]
  • Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine
  • Harvey James – guitar, vocals
  • Tony Mitchell – bass, vocals
  • Alan Sandow – drums
  • Garth Porter – keyboards, vocals

Charts

[edit]

Weekly charts

[edit]
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[10] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[12] 1
UK Singles Chart[13] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 61
Thailand Thailand Top 100[15] 2
Israel Music Chart[16] 1
Netherlands Dutch Top 40[17] 6
Norway VG-lista[18] 8

Year-end charts

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Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[19][20] 4

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Silver 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Sherbet - Howzat at 45cat
  2. ^ Sherbet - Howzat at Australian Music Database
  3. ^ Sherbet - Howzat at Music Vf
  4. ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  6. ^ "I write the songs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2003-01-28. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
  7. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 21 August 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
  8. ^ "HOWZAT, THE LOVED ONE AND SLIP! SLOP! SLAP!". National Film and Sound Archive. November 14, 2023.
  9. ^ Travers, Penny (November 14, 2023). "Slip! Slop! Slap! jingle, I am Australian, Sherbet's Howzat, Robyn Archer's Menstruation Blues among new Sounds of Australia". ABC.net.au.
  10. ^ Kent, David (1976). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 271. ISBN 0-646-11917-6..
  11. ^ "Sherbet – Howzat". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  12. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  13. ^ Official Charts - Sherbet - Howzat
  14. ^ Sherbet - Howzat at Music vf
  15. ^ Sherbert Howzat charts
  16. ^ It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
  17. ^ Dutch Charts - Sherbet - Howzat
  18. ^ Norwegian Charts - Sherbet - Howzat
  19. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 428. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  20. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1976". Kent Music Report. 27 December 1976. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  21. ^ "ABBA and Sherbet Score Gold in the UK" (PDF). Cash Box. 11 December 1976. p. 45. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via World Radio History.


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