Editing Judith Durham (section)

==The Seekers==
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The Seekers consisted of Durham, [[Athol Guy]], [[Bruce Woodley]], and [[Keith Potger]], an ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp.) radio producer. Through Potger's position the three were able to make a demo tape in their spare time. This was given to W&G Records, which wanted another sample of Durham's voice before agreeing to record a Jazz Preachers' album. W&G instead signed the Seekers for an album, ''[[Introducing the Seekers]]'', in 1963. Durham, however, recorded two other songs with the Jazz Preachers, "Muddy Water" (which appeared on their album ''Jazz from the Pulpit'') and "Trombone Frankie" (an adapted version of [[Bessie Smith]]'s "Trombone Cholly").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popsike.com/JAZZ-Preachers-LP-60s-Oz-Judith-Durham-SEEKERS-v-Rare/4874934194.html|access-date=9 August 2022|title=Popsike.com|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809235945/https://www.popsike.com/JAZZ-Preachers-LP-60s-Oz-Judith-Durham-SEEKERS-v-Rare/4874934194.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In early 1964, the Seekers sailed to the United Kingdom on [[Fairsky|SS ''Fairsky'']] on which the group provided the musical entertainment. Originally, they had planned to return after ten weeks, but they received a steady stream of bookings through the [[Lew Grade|Grade Agency]] because they had sent the agency a copy of their first album.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/08/judith-durham-obituary|title=Judith Durham obituary|journal=[[The Guardian]]|date=8 August 2022|access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref> On 4 November 1964 at EMI's [[Abbey Road Studios]], the Seekers recorded "[[I'll Never Find Another You]]", written and produced by [[Tom Springfield]]. In February 1965, the song reached [[List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)|number one]] in the UK and Australia.<ref name = "Official UK Chart">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11597/seekers/|access-date=9 August 2022|title=Official UK Chart|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425083908/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11597/seekers/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kent">{{Cite web |url=http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ |title=David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992" |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160305064644/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The group had further Top 10 hits with "[[A World of Our Own]]," "[[Morningtown Ride]]," and "[[Someday, One Day]]."<ref name = "Official UK Chart"/><ref name ="Times Obituary">{{cite news|journal=[[The Times]]|date=9 August 2022|page=45|title=Obituary Judith Durham}}</ref> "[[Georgy Girl (song)|Georgy Girl]]" reached number two (''Billboard'' chart) and number one (''Cashbox'' chart) in the United States.<ref name="Seekers Official Web-site">{{cite web|url=https://www.theseekers.com.au/about-us/fact-file|access-date=9 August 2022|title=The Seekers Official Web-site|archive-date=7 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807093800/https://www.theseekers.com.au/about-us/fact-file|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[The Carnival Is Over]]" is still one of the top 50 best-selling singles in the UK.<ref name="Seekers Official Web-site"/>

On 12 March 1967, the Seekers set an official all-time Australian record when more than 200,000 people (nearly one tenth of the city's entire population at that time) flocked to their performance at the [[Sidney Myer Music Bowl]] in Melbourne, Australia. Their TV special ''The Seekers Down Under'' scored the biggest TV audience ever (with a 67 rating), and early in 1968 they were all awarded the nation's top honour as "[[Australian of the Year|Australians of the Year]] 1967."<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://judithdurham.com/about/judith-durham/ |title=About Judith Durham|publisher=Judith Durham |access-date=11 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923081348/http://judithdurham.com/about/judith-durham/ |archive-date=23 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On a tour of New Zealand in February 1968, Durham advised the group that she was leaving the Seekers,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Judith Durham Story |url=http://www.judithdurham.org.uk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619125157/http://www.judithdurham.org.uk/ |archive-date=19 June 2016 |access-date=11 September 2016 |publisher=Judith Durham}}</ref>  to pursue a solo career. Their last concert before Durham left the band was on a live BBC production on 7 July, where they performed many of their all-time hits.<ref>{{Citation |title=Farewell the Seekers |type=Documentary, Music |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229380/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |others=Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Keith Potger |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)}}</ref>