Judith Durham

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Judith Durham, 1970

Judith Durham AO (born Judith Mavis Cock on July 3, 1943 in Essendon / Melbourne ) is an Australian singer, musician, singer-songwriter and composer. She was a founding member and lead singer of the pop-folk group The Seekers, founded in Melbourne in 1963 and particularly successful in Great Britain .

Life

Judith Durham was born in Essendon in 1943. Musically, she began as a jazz singer before co-founding the Seekers and celebrating international success with them. At the farewell concert on July 7, 1968 in London , she sang solo The Olive Tree , a track that Tom Springfield and Diane Lampert had composed for her and which she had released as a solo single the previous year.

During her following solo career, Judith Durham released the music albums For Christmas With Love , Gift Of Song and Climb Ev'ry Mountain .

She married her music director in Melbourne on November 21, 1969 , the British pianist Ron Edgeworth, who had previously worked with The John Barry Seven , and continued to work with him as a group. Both lived in Great Britain and Switzerland until the mid- 1980s . He played the piano and she sang. Edgeworth died on December 10, 1994 at the age of 56.

The Seekers, dissolved in 1968, continued to work with a new singer, but without much success. It wasn't until 1994, after a little over 25 years, that Judith returned to the Seekers, and the success continued. At the end of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , the Seekers were planned with The Carnival Is Over , but had to cancel due to an injury to Judith Durham. The Seekers embarked on a tour of Australia in May 2013, which ended with a concert in November 2013. Her last concert tour with the Seekers so far took Durham through England in early summer 2014 and to New Zealand in November of the same year.

voice

Judith Durham has a singing voice that stands out from the crowd. Her works have been influenced by Kate Smith , Julie Andrews and Vera Lynn , among others . The musical style of Judith Durham is reminiscent of similar vocal music bands and artists such as Sarah Brightman , Joni James or Nancy LaMott.

Solo releases

  • 1963 Judy Durham with Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers (EP)
  • 1964 Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers & Judy Durham - Trombone Frankie ( music single )
  • 1967 The Olive Tree / The Non-Performing Lion Quickstep (music single) - UK Singles Charts # 33
  • 1967 Again and Again / Memories (music single)
  • 1968 For Christmas with Love ( record )
  • 1970 Gift of Song (LP)
  • 1971 Climb Every Mountain (LP)
  • 1973 JD & The Hottest Band in Town Vol. 1 (LP)
  • 1974 JD & The Hottest Band in Town Vol. 2 (LP)
  • 1980 The Hot Jazz Duo (LP)
  • 1992 Australia Land of Today (CD single)
  • 1994 Let Me Find Love (CD) - ARIA Charts # 8
  • 1996 Mona Lisas (CD) - UK Albums Charts # 46
  • 1997 Always There (CD)
  • 2000 Hold On to Your Dream (CD)
  • 2002 JD and the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir (CD)
  • 2003 Diamond Night ( DVD )
  • 2009 Judith Durham Up Close & Personal - Volume 1 (CD)
  • 2009 Judith Durham's Advance Australia Fair ... A Lyric For Contemporary Australia (CD)
  • 2011 Epiphany (CD)
  • 2011 Colors of My Life - ARIA Charts # 44
  • 2012 The Australian Cities Suite - ARIA Charts # 81 (debut)
  • 2015 Climb Ev'ry Mountain - ARIA Charts # 44
  • 2016 Live in London
  • 2018 So Much More

literature

  • Graham Simpson: The Judith Durham Story: Colors of My Life. Virgin Books, London 2003, ISBN 978-1852270599 .

Web links

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  1. ↑ clip.dj .
  2. ↑ Ron Edgeworth at IMDb .
  3. ↑ The Seekers Concert Setlist. setlist.fm, accessed March 18, 2018 .
  4. ^ Judith Durham at www.akuma.de.
  5. ^ A b David Roberts: British Hit Singles & Albums , 19th. Edition, Guinness World Records Limited, London 2006, ISBN 1-904994-10-5 , p. 173.
  6. ↑ a b Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 28th November 2011 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on November 29, 2011. Retrieved on December 3, 2011.
  7. ↑ CD Release Of Judith's 'Up Close & Personal - Volume 1' Album www.judithdurham.com ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.judithdurham.com
  8. ↑ CD release of 'Judith Durham's Advance Australia Fair' In Reconciliation Week [1]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.judithdurham.com  
personal data
SURNAME Durham, Judith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Essendon , Melbourne , Australia