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According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, " longside Skyhooks, Sherbet was the most successful Australian pop band of the 1970s.

With a run of 20 consecutive hit singles to its credit, and 17 albums that yielded ten platinum and 40 gold disc awards, Sherbet was the first domestic act to sell a million dollars worth of records in Australia ".

In 1990 Sherbet were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame alongside classical composer and pianist, Percy Grainger.

On 15 January 2011 Harvey James died of lung cancer.

On 15 February 2012 Clive Shakespeare died of prostate cancer.