The Seekers

The Seekers
The Seekers, 1965
General information
Genre (s)	Pop , folk
founding	1963, 1993
resolution	1968
Current occupation
singing	Judith Durham
double bass	Athol Guy
Guitar , banjo	Keith Potger
Guitar, banjo	Bruce Woodley

The Seekers is an Australian pop group that was very successful internationally in the mid- 1960s .

Career

In 1963 the four band members met in Melbourne . At first they began to make music and sing together just for fun in their spare time. Then they started performing in the Melbourne area every now and then and eventually they got their folk songs on TV.

They called themselves The Seekers and were soon so popular that they gave up their professions and became full-time musicians. At the end of 1964 they went to England , appeared in various TV shows just three weeks after arriving, and in early 1965 they had their first number one hit and million seller with I'll Never Find Another You , a song that Tom Springfield, der Bruder by Dusty Springfield .

Tom Springfield would be responsible for most of the band's songs in the following years.

In 1968 the Seekers disbanded . Keith Potger then founded New Seekers, which was successful from 1970 onwards .

A reunification concert in 1993 with the original line-up was so successful that the group performed together for another 13 years. In 1995 the Seekers were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame . The last release of new songs took place in 2001 only in Australia under the title Future Road , and included studio recordings from 1995 to 1999.

In June 2010 it was announced that The Seekers would give five concerts together with the violinist André Rieu in Australia in October. A concert was held on May 18, 2011 at the Brisbane Entertainment Center. In May and June 2013 The Seekers toured the UK again for the only time since 1968. Further appearances in Australia and New Zealand followed in 2014 and 2015.

In 2009 the 4-CD compilation All Bound for Morningtown was released , on which all recordings from the time at EMI Recordings from 1964 to 1968 were put together. For their 50th anniversary, the double CD 50 - the golden jubilee album was released with all of its 48 old songs and two new recordings.

Today The Seekers is the only internationally popular music group of the 1960s that still exists in its original line-up.

Members

• Judith Durham (born July 3, 1943 ), lead vocals
• Athol Guy (born January 5, 1940 ), double bass
• Keith Potger (born March 2, 1941 ), guitar, banjo
• Bruce Woodley (born July 25, 1942 ), guitar, banjo
• Ken Ray, guitar; in the founding year 1963 replaced by Keith Potger

The Carnival Is Over

The second number one hit , "The Carnival Is Over", was written by Tom Springfield to the tune of the Russian folk song " Stenka Rasin ". The song is often played in Australia at the end of large events, for example by the Seekers live at the closing ceremony for World Expo 88 . Even the end of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney were Seekers with The Carnival Is Over planned but had to cancel because of an injury Judith Durham. They performed for it at the end of the Paralympics .

The song was covered by several singers and bands, including a. from:

• Marianne Kock (Swedish version "Vilken fröjd och vilken smärta") 1965
• James Galway 1981
• Boney M. 1982
• Tommy Scott 1984
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1986
• Sham Rock 2004
• Daniel O'Donnell 2006
• Eve Graham 2006

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	AU
1965	A World Of Our Own	UK5 (35 weeks) UK	US123 (6 weeks) US	-
	The Seekers	UK16 (1 week) UK	US145 (3 weeks) US	-
	The New Seekers	-	US62 (16 weeks) US	-
1966	Come the day	UK3 (67 weeks) UK	-	-
1967	Seekers - Seen In The Green	UK15 (10 weeks) UK	-	-
	Georgy girl	-	US10 (28 weeks) US	-
1968	Live At The Talk Of The Town	UK2 (33 weeks) UK	-	-
	The Best Of The Seekers	UK1 (117 weeks) UK	US97 (10 weeks) US	-
1989	Live on	-	-	AU26 (7 weeks) AU
1993	The Silver Jubilee Album	-	-	AU3 (16 weeks) AU
	25 Year Reunion Celebration - Live	UK93 Gold (video album) (1 week)UK	-	AU9 (8 weeks) AU	with Judith Durham chart entry in UK only 1995
1994	A Carnival Of Hits	UK7th gold (18 weeks)UK	-	-	with Judith Durham
	The very best of	UK- gold UK	-	-
1997	The Seekers Complete	-	-	AU17 (5 weeks) AU
1997	Treasure Chest	-	-	AU7 (10 weeks) AU
	Future Road	-	-	AU4 (12 weeks) AU
2000	The Historic 1969 BBC Farewell	-	-	AU12 (3 weeks) AU
2001	Morningtown Ride To Christmas	-	-	AU18 (6 weeks) AU
2003	Night of Nights ... Live!	-	-	AU26 (1 week) AU
2009	Greatest hits	UK34 silver (5 weeks)UK	-	AU31 (1 week) AU	Chart entry in AU only in 2011
2012	The Golden Jubilee Album	-	-	AU10 (18 weeks) AU
2019	Farewell	-	-	AU3 (13 weeks) AU
	We Wish You A Merry Christmas	-	-	AU21 (4 weeks) AU

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	US
1965	I'll never find another you	DE25 (4 weeks) DE	UK1 (23 weeks) UK	US4 (13 weeks) US
	A World of Our Own A World of Our Own	-	UK3 (18 weeks) UK	US19 (10 weeks) US
	The Carnival Is Over The Seekers	DE14 (4 weeks) DE	UK1 (17 weeks) UK	-
1966	Someday One Day	-	UK11 (11 weeks) UK	-
	Walk With Me A World of Our Own	-	UK10 (12 weeks) UK	-
	Morningtown Ride	-	UK2 (15 weeks) UK	US44 (7 weeks) US
1967	Georgy Girl Come The Day	-	UK3 (11 weeks) UK	US2 gold (16 weeks)US
	When Will The Good Apples Fall The Carnival Is Over	-	UK11 (12 weeks) UK	-
	Emerald City	-	UK50 (1 week) UK	-
1994	World Of Our Own A Carnival of Hits	-	UK76 (2 weeks) UK	-	with Judith Durham
	Georgy Girl A Carnival of Hits	-	UK79 (2 weeks) UK	-	with Judith Durham

Web links

• Audio sample: I'll never find another you

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See en.wikipedia.org: List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom
2. ^ ARIA Hall of Fame. Australian Recording Industry Association , accessed August 6, 2017 . 
3. ↑ bigpondnews.com .
4. ↑ www.couriermail.com.au .
5. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE UK US AU
6. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US