The founding members include Beeb Birtles, Graeham Goble, Derek Pellicci and Glenn Shorrock.
The group have released 16 studio albums and have won numerous awards in Australia.
In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, named "Cool Change", written by Shorrock, as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.
The 1976 line-up of Goble, Shorrock, Birtles, Pellicci, David Briggs and George McArdle, were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame at the 18th Annual ARIA Music Awards of 2004.
Little River Band are based in the United States and have no original members since 1998.