How I Wrote... "Reminiscing"

Little River Band's Graeham Goble reflects on the group's 1978 hit and its famous fan - John Lennon.

- GARY GRAFF

IT'S NOT HARD to get Little River Band guitarist Graeham Goble to reminisce about "Reminiscing." The 1978 single was the Australian group's most successful in the U.S., peaking at number three on both the Billboard 200 and Cash Box charts. It was named Australian Record of the Year at the 1978 King of Pop Awards and was honored by Broadcast Music International (BMI) for five million plays on American radio, the most for any Australian pop song up to that point.

It was also, somewhat surprisingly, a favorite of the late John Lennon during his mid-'70s affair with former assistant May Pang. "She wrote in her book, Loving John, that they would lay in bed listening to 'Reminiscing," Goble says, "and he was asking her to play it again and again and again. That was pretty amazing."

Originally released as the second single from LRB's fourth album, Sleeper Catcher, "Reminiscing" can be found on the new LRB compilation, Ultimate Hits. Still in Melbourne where the band was formed, Goble has nothing but fond memories of "Reminiscing" and all that came in its wake.

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