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Happy Anniversary (Little River Band song)

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1407: 350:'s Stephen Thomas Erlewine described how the album, "spawning the hit singles 'Happy Anniversary' and 'Help Is on Its Way'... With its laidback, sweet country-rock, has a similar sound to the band's debut, but the melodies are a little sharper and catchier... better, more fully-rounded collection." 31: 320:" (November). For the international market "Happy Anniversary" was issued in December 1977 as the album's second single behind "Help Is on Its Way" (May). In the United States it peaked at number 16 in March 1978 on the 345:
and observed, "'Witchery', 'LA in the Sunshine' and 'Happy Anniversary' are all catchy numbers although after I had listened to 'Happy Anniversary' a few times the lyrics began to grind and become somewhat banal."
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and the group producing. "Happy Anniversary" was co-written by Birtles and Briggs.
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McFarlane, Ian (2017). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Little River Band'".
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Song recordings produced by John Boylan (record producer)
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chorus is the chief hook; the style is basic r&b."
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Holmgren, Magnus; Reboulet, Scott; Warnqvist, Stefan;
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on guitar and vocals, George McArdle on bass guitar,
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Songs written by David Briggs (Australian musician)
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Single
Little River Band
Diamantina Cocktail
B-side
Studio
Armstrong Studios
Genre
Label
EMI
Songwriter(s)
Beeb Birtles
David Briggs
Producer(s)
John Boylan
Little River Band
Home on Monday
Shut Down Turn Off
Little River Band
Diamantina Cocktail
Beeb Birtles
David Briggs
Billboard Hot 100
Little River Band
Diamantina Cocktail
Beeb Birtles
David Briggs
Graeham Goble
Derek Pellicci
Glenn Shorrock

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