Editing The Seekers (section)

==Reunions in the 1970s and 1980s==
{{Main|Judith Durham|Athol Guy|Keith Potger|Bruce Woodley}}
Following the Seekers' split, Durham pursued a solo career. She released a Christmas album called ''[[For Christmas with Love]]'' (recorded in Hollywood, California) and later signed with A&M Records, releasing more albums including ''[[Gift of Song]]'' and ''[[Climb Ev'ry Mountain (album)|Climb Ev'ry Mountain]]''. Guy hosted his own TV show in Australia, ''A Guy Called Athol'', before entering politics in 1973, as a member of the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]]. In 1969, Keith Potger formed and managed a new group, [[the New Seekers]], in the UK who also charted highly with their successful song "[[I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)]]".<ref>[http://www.thenewseekers.com/new_seekers_web_site_146.htm Official site Beg, Steal or Borrow] Thenewseekers.com. Retrieved 09 February 2021</ref><ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> Woodley released several solo albums and focused on songwriting, including co-writing the patriotic song "[[I Am Australian]]" with [[Dobe Newton]] (of the [[The Bushwackers (band)|Bushwackers]]) in 1987.

From 1972, Guy, Potger and Woodley planned on reforming the Seekers without Durham. By 1975 they had recruited Louisa Wisseling, a semi-professional folk singer formerly with Melbourne group the Settlers.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> They had a top&nbsp;10 Australian hit with the Woodley-penned "The Sparrow Song".<ref name="Miles"/><ref name="Kent"/> Woodley left the group in June 1977 and was replaced by [[Buddy England]], a former 1960s pop singer and member of [[the Mixtures]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> In 1978, Guy was replaced by Peter Robinson (ex-[[The Strangers (Australian band)|the Strangers]]) and Cheryl Webb replaced Wisseling as lead vocalist, leaving only Keith Potger from the original Seekers line-up. In 1980 the group released an album, ''A little bit of Country'', and toured periodically until the mid '80s. In 1988, Guy, Potger and Woodley reformed the Seekers with [[Julie Anthony (singer)|Julie Anthony]], a cabaret singer.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> In May, the group sang "The Carnival Is Over" at the [[World Expo 88]] in [[Brisbane]].<ref name="WorldXpo"/> In March 1989, the group released the album ''[[Live On (The Seekers album)|Live On]]'', which peaked in the top&nbsp;30 on the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) [[ARIA Charts|Albums Chart]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="AusCharts"/> In June 1990, Anthony left and was replaced by [[Karen Knowles]], a former teen pop singer on ''[[Young Talent Time]]''.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> However the distinctive [[timbre]] and strength of Durham's voice was missing from their sound and the group split again.<ref name="Miles"/>