Celebrity Featured: The Seekers
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About The Seekers
The seekers were formed in Australia in 1963 by Athol Guy, Keith Potger, and Bruce Woodley who had all attended Melbourne Boys High School together. Together with Woodley and a singer named Ken Ray, they formed a 'doo wop' outfit called the Escorts.
By 1963, the folk boom that had started sweeping America and England in 1959 had made its way to Australia, and the Escorts evolved into the Seekers. Later that year, they met Judith Durham. Durham already had records out and she was quickly worked into the group, replacing Ray as lead singer. Her membership in the group quickly got them a recording contract with W&G Records.
The single, "I'll Never Find Another You," reached number one in England and number four in America, and "The Carnival Is Over," became their biggest-selling single in England, moving over 93,000 copies in a single day and reaching the top spot on the charts. "Georgie Girl," was their biggest American success, released late in 1966 and reaching number two in early 1967.
In England, the group's commercial fortunes continued into 1968 and beyond. Their 1968 concert album, Live at Talk of the Town- got to number two and became their best-selling British album to date. The company followed this with The Best of the Seekers, which reached number one in 1969. By that time, Judith Durham had decided to leave, and the group was officially disbanded in early 1969 following a farewell concert that was broadcast on British television.
In 1994, the original members of the group, including Durham, re-formed and played more than 100 concerts, including a series of silver anniversary shows at the Royal Albert Hall. Finally, in 1997, a box set of the complete recorded work of the Seekers, filling five CDs, was released in Australia.