The Seekers

The Seekers are a group of Australian folk-influenced popular musicians that was formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States and were a highly popular band of the 1960s, at some points rivaling the popularity of The Beatles.

Their best-known configuration is:

• Judith Durham: lead vocals, piano, tambourine
• Athol Guy: double bass, vocals
• Keith Potger: twelve string guitar, banjo, vocals
• Bruce Woodley: guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals

The Seekers had nine hits in Britain and Australia in the 1960s: I'll never find another you", "A World of Our Own", "The Carnival is Over" (which The Seekers have sung at various closing ceremonies in Australia, including Expo '88 and the Paralympics and still stands as the 30th Best Selling Song in the United Kingdom), "Someday One Day", "Walk With Me", "Morningtown Ride", "Georgy Girl" (the title song of the film of the same name), "When Will the Good Apples Fall" and "Emerald City".

Bruce Woodley's and Dobe Newton's song "I Am Australian", which has been recorded by The Seekers, and by singer Judith Durham with Russell Hitchcock and Mandawuy Yunupingu, has become an unofficial Australian anthem. To date The Seekers have sold over 50 million records.

Just as a matter of interest these songs were  very popular with my dad being fathers day and all that I would like to give a tribute to him on this page.  I remember so many days when we used to hear The Seekers being played on LP records on the Steriogram.  If your listening dad up there I salute you !

"I'll Never Find Another You" sold 1.76 million copies worldwide, and made The Seekers the first Australian pop group to have a Top 5 hit in all three countries (Australia, UK, and United States) simultaneously. They were also the first Australian recording artists to sell more than a million copies of a single. The Seekers followed "I'll Never Find Another You" with two more Tom Springfield compositions, "A World of Our Own" (which reached No.3 in May 1965 in the UK) and "The Carnival Is Over", which reached No.1 in November. At its peak, "The Carnival Is Over" was selling 90,000 copies a day in the UK alone.