Daryl Braithwaite

Daryl Braithwaite (born 11 January 1949) is an Australian singer. He was the lead vocalist of Sherbet (1970–1984 and many subsequent reunions). Braithwaite also had a solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including two number-one hits, “You’re My World” (October 1974) and “The Horses” (January 1991). His second studio album, Edge (November 1988), peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, No. 14 in Norway and No. 24 in Sweden.

In 2017, Braithwaite was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.[1]

Daryl Braithwaite and his twin brother, Glenn, were born on 11 January 1949 and raised in a working class family in Melbourne. His father, a plumber, worked on the Snowy Mountains Scheme in the mid-1950s.[2] Braithwaite attended Punt Road Primary School in South Yarra, then Christ Church Grammar, where the twins sang in the school choir.[2] He later said, “I will always recall the horror of my first solo in the choir singing ‘Hark The Herald Angels Sing’ when the choir master, Leonard Fullard, gave me a note and then suddenly I was on my own. It was terrifying.”[2] In 1961 Braithwaite was in the same class as Olivia Newton-John.[2][3][4]