James was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 2010 and died on 15 January 2011, aged 58, leaving behind his three children, Gabriel, Alexandra and Joshua.
[1] Mississippi sailed to the United Kingdom in April 1974, working on the Sitmar Line ship, Fairsky, but stagnated there soon after arriving.
[5] He returned to the UK with that group in October, where they recorded their second album, Rock & Roll Scars (1975), at Abbey Road Studios.
[7][8][9] James co-wrote subsequent singles, "Rock Me Gently" (1976), "Beg Steal and Borrow" (1978) and "Angela" (1979), with various band members.
[3][11] In 1982, after leaving Sherbet, James became an original member of the Party Boys, a Sydney-based cover versions group, with Graham Bidstrup on drums, Kevin Borich on lead guitar, Paul Christie on bass guitar, drums and backing vocals and James Reyne on lead vocals (on loan from Australian Crawl).
[14] He was survived by his three children from his first marriage, Gabriel, Alexandra and Joshua[1][15] His family wrote on their Facebook page, "Dad passed away peacefully at 8.15pm tonight.
"[14] Sherbet lead singer, Daryl Braithwaite, posted a message, "Rest in peace Harvey James, you will be sadly missed by everyone that saw you play and knew you.