Daryl Braithwaite

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Daryl Braithwaite (born January 11, 1949 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian pop singer. Best known as the lead vocalist of Sherbet, Braithwaite has also sustained a successful solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including the #1 hits "You're My World" and "The Horses". He had a cameo appearance in the soap Neighbours on 13th July 2007, where he sang 'Summer of Love' at the wedding of Janelle Timmins and Allan Steiger.<p>Braithwaite, along with his twin bother Glenn, was raised in a working-class family in Melbourne. As a child, he was for a time in the same Melbourne school as Olivia Newton-John.<p>By the time he was in his teens Braithwaite was singing in various Sydney rock groups. In 1970, at the age of 21, he joined Sherbet, a band that had already released one single. Initially hired as Sherbet's second lead vocalist, within a few months Braithwaite became the band's only frontman when original lead singer Dennis Laughlin left.<p>Sherbet's second single ("Can...