The Loved Ones (Australian band)

The Loved Ones
Five men at a demolished house site. Man at left stands, arms folded across chest and peers over sunglasses. Second man has left leg propped on building material. Third man is partly obscured by fourth man sitting in front with hands on knees. Fifth man has right leg propped with his arm on knee and is partly out of shot.
The Loved Ones, 1967.
From left: Kim Lynch, Rob Lovett, Gavin Anderson, Treva Richards (sitting), Gerry Humphrys
Background information
OriginMelbourne, Australia
GenresR&B, rock, blues rock
Years active1965–1967, 1987
LabelsW&G
In (1966–1967)
Astor
Karussell/PolyGram
Raven
Mushroom
Past memberssee members list below

The Loved Ones were an Australian rock band formed in 1965 in Melbourne following the British Invasion. The line-up of Gavin Anderson on drums, Ian Clyne on organ and piano, Gerry Humphrys on vocals and harmonica, Rob Lovett on guitar and Kim Lynch on bass guitar recorded their early hits. Their signature song, "The Loved One", reached number two on Australian singles charts and was later covered by INXS. In 2001 it was selected as number six on the Australasian Performing Right Association's (APRA) list of Top 30 Australian songs of all time. Their debut album, The Loved Ones' Magic Box, was released late in 1967 and included their other hit singles, "Ever Lovin' Man" and "Sad Dark Eyes". They disbanded in October 1967 and, although the band's main career lasted only two years, they are regarded as one of the most significant Australian bands of the 1960s.[citation needed] They reformed for a short tour in 1987 which provided the album Live on Blueberry Hill. Humphrys lived in London from the mid-1970s until his death on 4 December 2005. On 27 October 2010, the Loved Ones were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame.