One of the pioneers of the Australian music industry, Glenn Wheatley has died at the age of 74. Wheatley, who managed high profile entertainers including John Farnham and Delta Goodrem during his career, reportedly died after being hospitalised with COVID-19. The Queensland-born Wheatley was the bassist for The Masters’ Apprentices in the 1960s, playing on the hits Turn Up Your Radio and Because I Love You. He established the Wheatley Organisation in 1975 and became manager of Little River Band. Little River Band founding member Glenn Shorrock told ABC Breakfast it was a sad day for Australian music. “We first met back in the mid ’60s, he came from Brisbane and I came from Adelaide with the Twilights. The Master’s Apprentices, he played bass for them, not very well I might add,” he said. Shorrock said his old friend was passionate about Australian music and thought musicians were getting a …