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Page 1 of 7 Family
"Family" came together as a trio on the 26th of
November 1972 where they sang for the first time at Pennant Hills
Shopping Centre in Sydney Australia . Prior to this the three boys were
involved in other
groups in Queensland in a group called "I.R.I.P" which stood for , Ian
Ron Ian and Phil and also a group called "Family Friends" which
included a fellow named Barry Graham doing main vocals with Ian Phil
and Ian basically doing backing vocals . On the occasion of the 26th of
November 1972 "I.R.I.P" were supposed to do the gig but Ron did not
turn up so Ian , Phil and Ian went on alone and did their first gig
together . Some time later Barry Graham joined the trio to become
"Family Friends" but this did not last long and Barry left the group
under good circumstances and became a minister but unfortunately was
killed in a car crash in 1990 just outside of Maryborough, Queensland.
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Most of the song writing for 'Family' in the early years was
undertaken by Ian Truscott and at least half of the
group's performances on stage would be devoted to their original , but
strongly commercial , songs from Ian's
manuscript .Throughout their prominent years both Ian Truscott and Ian
Smallbone are represented as songwriters as well as group singers ,
Phil also contributed to song writing throughout their careers . In
December 1972 they recorded their first single which included Barry
Graham , it was called "The Wedding Song" and on side "B" was "Love
From A Man , it was the first of about 15 singles that where recorded
by "Family" and did not get very far on the charts but the following
single was "Hallelujah Day" and went to # 6 in Brisbane , # 22 in
Sydney and # 38 in Melbourne on the secular Top 40 charts .
[1] Reference: http://www.angelfire.com/in2/familys/home.html
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