1980 Birtles & Goble – The Last Romance

The Last Romance (1980, Magic Album) is their only album released by the original Little River Band members Beeb Birtles and Graham Goble.

Birtles & Goble were an Australian pop music duo composed of Beeb Birtles (born 28 November 1948 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Graeham Goble (born 15 May 1947 in Adelaide, Australia). Although they were both full-time members of Little River Band, they released an album and three singles as a duo. The Last Romance was recorded with numerous musicians including current and future members of Little River Band. Birtles and Goble each wrote three of the songs, three songs were co-compositions and one track (“He Gives Us All His Love”) was written by Randy Newman. The first single “I’m Coming Home” was a top ten hit in Australia and also sold over 100,000 copies in the Philippines. Birtles & Goble performed the song live on television programs such as The Don Lane Show and The Paul Hogan Show. The song earned Birtles and Goble a nomination for Best Recorded Songwriters at the 1979 Australian Pop Music Awards.