Editing The Seekers

{{short description|Australian folk group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = The Seekers
| image             = The Seekers.png
| alt               = 
| caption           = The Seekers in 1965. From left to right: Athol Guy, Keith Potger, Judith Durham, Bruce Woodley
| image_size        = 300px
| landscape         = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank -->
| background        = group_or_band
| alias             = 
| origin            = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia
| genre             = [[Easy-listening]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[Folk music|folk]]
| years_active      = {{start date|1962}}–{{end date|1968}}, {{start date|1975}}–{{end date|1988}}, {{start date|1992}}–2022
| label             = [[W&G Records|W&G]], [[EMI Records|EMI]], [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]], [[Astor Records|Astor]], [[Decca Records]], [[World Record Club]]
| website           = {{URL|theseekers.com.au}}
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = [[Athol Guy]]<br />[[Keith Potger]]<br />[[Bruce Woodley]]<br />[[Judith Durham]]<br />Ken Ray<br />Louisa Wisseling<br />[[Buddy England]]<br />Peter Robinson<br />[[Julie Anthony (singer)|Julie Anthony]]<br />[[Karen Knowles]]<br />Rick Turk<br />Cheryl Webb
}}

'''The Seekers''' were an Australian [[folk music|folk]]-influenced [[pop music|pop]] group originally formed in [[Melbourne]] in 1962. They were the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States. They were especially popular during the 1960s, with their best-known configuration of [[Judith Durham]] on vocals, piano and [[tambourine]]; [[Athol Guy]] on [[double bass]] and vocals; [[Keith Potger]] on [[twelve-string guitar]], [[banjo]] and vocals; and [[Bruce Woodley]] on guitar, [[mandolin]], banjo and vocals.

The group had Top 10 hits in the 1960s with "[[I'll Never Find Another You]]", "[[A World of Our Own]]", "[[Morningtown Ride]]", "[[Someday, One Day]]", "[[Georgy Girl (song)|Georgy Girl]]" and "[[The Carnival Is Over]]". Australian music historian [[Ian McFarlane]] described their style as "concentrated on a bright, uptempo sound, although they were too pop to be considered strictly folk and too folk to be rock".<ref name="McF"/> In 1967,<ref name="OzDay"/> they were named as joint "[[Australian of the Year|Australians of the Year]]" – the only group thus honoured. In July 1968, Durham left to pursue a solo career and the group disbanded. Keith Potger formed a new group in the UK, [[the New Seekers]], which had a hit single in 1971 with "[[I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing]]".

In 1995, the Seekers were inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]]. "I'll Never Find Another You" was added to the [[National Film and Sound Archive]] of Australia's [[Sounds of Australia]] registry in 2011. Woodley's and [[The Bushwackers (band)|Dobe Newton]]'s song "[[I Am Australian]]", which was recorded by the Seekers as well as Durham with [[Russell Hitchcock]] and [[Mandawuy Yunupingu]], has become an unofficial Australian anthem. With "I'll Never Find Another You" and "Georgy Girl", the group also achieved success in the United States, but not nearly at the same level as in the rest of the world. The Seekers have sold over 50 million records worldwide and were individually honoured as [[Order of Australia|Officers of the Order of Australia]] in the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/hey-there-its-the-seekers-ao/story-fn3dxiwe-1226947778186|title=Hey there, it's The Seekers|website=Theaustralian.com.au|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>

==Early years==
The Seekers were formed in 1962 in Melbourne by [[Athol Guy]] on [[double bass]], [[Keith Potger]] on [[twelve-string guitar]] and [[Bruce Woodley]] on [[guitar]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> Guy, Potger and Woodley had all attended [[Melbourne High School (Victoria)|Melbourne Boys High School]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref name="Elder"/><ref name="Miles"/> In the late 1950s, Potger led the Trinamics, a [[rock 'n' roll]] group, Guy led the Ramblers and, joining with Woodley, they decided to form a [[doo-wop]] music group, the Escorts.<ref name="ARDb"/><ref name="Miles"/> The Escorts had Ken Ray as the lead singer and in 1962 they became "The Seekers".<ref name="McF"/> Ray left the group to get married. His place was taken by [[Judith Durham]], an established traditional [[jazz]] singer who added a distinctive female lead voice. She had earlier recorded an extended play disc on [[W&G Records]] with the Melbourne group [[Frank Traynor]]'s Jazz Preachers.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/>

Durham and Guy had met when they both worked in an advertising agency – initially Durham only sang periodically with the Seekers, when not performing at local jazz clubs.<ref name="Miles"/><ref name="LongWay"/>  She was replaced in Traynor's jazz ensemble by [[Margret RoadKnight]].<ref name="Miles"/> The Seekers performed [[folk music|folk]]-influenced pop music and soon gathered a strong following in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="McF"/>  Durham's connections with W&G Records led to the group's later signing a recording contract with the label.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> Their debut album, ''[[Introducing the Seekers]]'', was released in 1963. Their debut single, released in mid-1963, was the African American spiritual song "[[Kumbaya]]". Their second single was the traditional historic [[Australia]]n [[bush ballad]] from 1894, "[[Waltzing Matilda]]", which appeared in November and which reached the Melbourne "Top&nbsp;40" singles chart.<ref name="McF"/> and peaked at number 74 on the national chart. When being photographed for the album's cover, Potger was replaced by Ray – his day job with the [[Australian Broadcasting Commission]] (ABC) as a radio producer barred him from involvement in a commercial enterprise.<ref name="Yarrow"/><ref name="Introducing"/>

==Discovery in the United Kingdom==
The Seekers were offered a twelve-month position as on-board entertainment on the [[Sitmar Line]] passenger cruise ship ''[[Fairsky]]'' in March 1964. In May, they travelled to the UK and had intended to return to [[Australia]] after staying ten weeks, but upon arrival they were offered work by a [[London]] booking agency, the [[Lew Grade|Grade Organisation]].<ref name="McF"/> They signed there with [[World Record Club]] and issued a single, "Myra", co-written by the group.<ref name="Miles"/><ref name="APRAMyra"/> The group regularly appeared on a British TV show series, ''"Call in on Carroll"'', hosted by [[Ronnie Carroll]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Roving"/>

After filling in on a bill headlined by singer [[Dusty Springfield]], they met her brother, songwriter and producer [[Tom Springfield]], who had experience with writing folk-pop material and lyrics/tunes with the siblings' earlier group [[The Springfields]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> He penned "[[I'll Never Find Another You]]", which they recorded in November 1964.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> It was released by [[EMI Records]], on their [[Columbia Graphophone Company]] (Columbia)
label, in December and was championed by the [[offshore radio]] station "[[Radio Caroline]]" which frequently played and promoted their music.<ref name="ODonnell"/> Despite the fact that the group had not signed a contract with EMI, the single reached the UK "Top&nbsp;50" and began selling well. In February 1965, it reached No.1 in the UK and Australia, and No.4 in the United States where it was released on EMI's [[Capitol Records]] label.<ref name="Kentpre1970"/><ref name="UKSinglesChart"/><ref name="BillboardS"/><ref name="AMGBillS"/> "I'll Never Find Another You" was the seventh biggest-selling single in [[Great Britain|Britain]] for 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/65chart.htm#top100 |title=The 100 Best-Selling Singles of 1965 in the U.K. |access-date=7 August 2015}}</ref> though their own "[[The Carnival Is Over]]", released later in the year, would eventually eclipse it – and went on to sell 1.75 million copies worldwide.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ODonnell"/>

The Seekers were the first Australian pop group to have a Top&nbsp;5 hit in Australia, the UK and the US.<ref name="Miles"/> Australian music historian [[Ian McFarlane]] described their style as "concentrated on a bright, uptempo sound, although they were too pop oriented to be considered strictly folk and too folk to be rock".<ref name="McF"/> The distinctive soprano voice of Durham, the group's vocal harmonies and memorable songs encouraged the British media, including the national broadcasting agency on [[radio]] and [[television]], the [[BBC]], to give them exposure,<ref name="LongWay"/><ref name="ABCTVDoco"/> allowing them to appeal to a broad cross-section of the young British [[folk music|folk]], [[pop music|pop]] and [[rock music|rock]] music audience.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/><ref name="Yarrow"/>

==String of hits==
[[File:I'll Never Find Another You - Open Up Them Pearly Gates - Cash Box ad 1965.jpg|thumb|''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' advertisement, March 13, 1965]] 
The Seekers achieved their first success in the United States in 1965 with their gospel hit "[[I'll Never Find Another You]]" reaching peaks of No. 4 for pop and No. 2 for easy listening on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine charts. They followed "I'll Never Find Another You" with the protest song, "[[What Have They Done to the Rain|What Have They Done to the Rain?]]" in February 1965 which did not chart in the Top&nbsp;40.<ref name="Kentpre1970"/>

The group were named "Best New Group of 1964" at the April 1965 ''[[New Musical Express]]'' Poll Winners Awards.<ref name="NME1000"/> They appeared at the annual celebratory [[Wembley Empire Pool]] concert, on a bill which included [[the Beatles]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Dusty Springfield]] and [[the Animals]].<ref name="LongWay"/> In May, another [[Tom Springfield]] composition was issued, "[[A World of Our Own]]", which reached Top&nbsp;3 in Australia and the UK and Top&nbsp;20 in the US.<ref name="Kentpre1970"/><ref name="UKSinglesChart"/><ref name="BillboardS"/><ref name="AMGBillS"/> [[Malvina Reynolds]]'  lullaby "[[Morningtown Ride]]" was issued in Australia in July and peaked in the Top&nbsp;10.<ref name="Kentpre1970"/> That same month, Durham had to temporarily leave the group due to emergency [[nasal surgery]]; she was replaced on live dates from July to early September by Scottish-born singer Ellen Wade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Melody-Maker-IDX/IDX/60s/65/Melody-Maker-1965-0821-OCR-Page-0005.pdf|title=Ellen Gets Big Break With The Seekers|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>

Durham quickly returned to the group and their next single, "[[The Carnival Is Over]]", appeared in November 1965. The melody is based on a [[Russia]]n folk song, while the lyrics were written by Tom Springfield; it reached No. 1 on both the Australian and the UK charts<ref name="Kentpre1970"/><ref name="UKSinglesChart"/> and, at its peak, the single was selling around 93,000 copies a day in the UK alone.<ref name="Elder"/> However, although "The Carnival Is Over" became a signature song for the group, it was not a great success in North America, peaking at No. 105 in the US and missing the Canadian charts completely.

On 16 November 1965, they appeared at a [[Royal Command Performance]] at the [[London Palladium]] before [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]].

Also in 1965, the group met [[Paul Simon]], of the American duo [[Simon & Garfunkel]], who was pursuing a solo career in the UK following the initial poor chart success of the duo's debut LP, ''[[Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.]]''.<ref name="Elder"/><ref name="Simons"/> In 1966, the Seekers released the Simon-penned "Someday One Day", which reached No. 4 in Australia and No. 11 in the UK.<ref name="Kentpre1970"/><ref name="UKSinglesChart"/> Their version was Simon's first UK success as a songwriter and his first major hit as a composer separately from his work with [[Art Garfunkel]].<ref name="Elder"/> Woodley co-wrote some songs with Simon, including "[[Cloudy (song)|Cloudy]]", "I Wish You Could Be Here" and "[[Red Rubber Ball]]" which became an American No. 2 single for [[the Cyrkle]].<ref name="AMGBillSCyrkle"/> The Seekers' version was provided on their 1966 album ''Come the Day'' (released on the album titled ''Georgy Girl'' in the US).<ref name="Elder"/>

Early in 1966, after returning to Australia, the Seekers filmed their first TV special, ''At Home with the Seekers''. In November, a re-recorded version of "Morningtown Ride" was released in the UK which reached No. 2. <ref name="UKSinglesChart"/> The song had been recorded earlier as an Australian single on the 1964 album ''Hide and Seekers'' and appeared on the 1965 American debut, ''The New Seekers''.

In December 1966 they issued "[[Georgy Girl (song)|Georgy Girl]]", which became their highest charting American hit when it reached No. 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot&nbsp;100]] and No. 1 on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' Top&nbsp;100 in February 1967.<ref name="BillboardS"/><ref name="Cashbox"/> It was the title song and theme for the British [[Georgy Girl|film of the same name]] starring [[Lynn Redgrave]] and [[James Mason]] and sold 3.5&nbsp;million copies worldwide.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> They were awarded a gold record certificate by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref name="RIAACert"/><ref name="SeekersDVD"/> Meanwhile, it was No. 3 in the UK and No. 1 in Australia.<ref name="Kentpre1970"/><ref name="UKSinglesChart"/> It's writers, [[Jim Dale]] and [[Tom Springfield]], were nominated for the 1967 [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Academy Award for Best Original Song of 1966]], but the Oscar was won by the title song of the film ''[[Born Free]]''.<ref name="Oscar"/>

In February 1967, "Morningtown Ride" reached the Top&nbsp;50 in the US.<ref name="BillboardS"/><ref name="AMGBillS"/>

==Return to Australia and breakup==
In March 1967, the Seekers returned to Australia for a homecoming tour, which included a performance for [[3DB (Melbourne)|Music for the People]] at the [[Sidney Myer Music Bowl]] in Melbourne, attended by an estimated audience of 200,000.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> The ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' (1968) listed it as the greatest attendance at a concert in the [[Southern Hemisphere]].<ref name="WhosWhoMuse"/><ref name="Guinness"/> Melburnians were celebrating the annual [[Moomba Festival|Moomba festival]], a free community festival, and many thousands were enjoying other attractions but are included in the crowd estimate.<ref name="Nim"/> The Seekers were accompanied during their 20-minute set by the Australian Symphony Orchestra, conducted by [[Hector Crawford]]. Film of their appearance was incorporated into their 1967 Australian television special, ''The Seekers Down Under'', which was screened on [[Seven Network|Channel 7]] and drew a then record audience of over 6&nbsp;million.<ref name="Miles"/><ref name="CreswellFabinyi"/><ref name="OzDay"/> It was also screened in the UK on BBC1 on 24 June 1968, and repeated on 27 December 1968. 

In January 1968, on [[Australia Day]], in recognition of its achievements, the group was named joint [[Australian of the Year|Australians of the Year]] – the only group of people to have this honour bestowed upon them.<ref name="OzDay"/><ref name="Lewis"/> They personally accepted their awards from [[John Gorton]], the [[Prime Minister of Australia]], during their tour.<ref name="Cockington"/> During this visit, the group filmed another TV special, ''The World of the Seekers'', which was screened in cinemas before being screened nationally on [[Nine Network|Channel 9]] to high ratings and is in the Top&nbsp;10 most watched TV shows of the 20th century in Australia.<ref name="Dale"/>

On 14 February 1968, during the New Zealand tour, Durham approached the other group members to announce that she was leaving the Seekers to pursue a solo career and the group subsequently disbanded. <ref>https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-seeker-who-found-international-fame-20210512-p57r7k.html</ref>Their final performance was on 7 July 1968, and was shown on BBC One as a television special called ''Farewell the Seekers'', with an audience of more than 10&nbsp;million viewers.<ref name="Miles"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=1968-07-07 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4d7ac1fbd8744df89f718f8d98673681 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The special had been preceded by a month-long season at London's [[Talk of the Town (nightclub)|Talk of the Town]] nightclub and a live recording of one of their shows was released as a live album, ''[[Live at the Talk of the Town (The Seekers album)|Live at the Talk of the Town]]''. It reached No.&nbsp;2 on the UK charts. Also in July, the compilation album ''[[The Seekers' Greatest Hits]]'' was released and spent [[Number-one albums of 1968 (Australia)|17 weeks at No.&nbsp;1 in Australia]].<ref name="Kentpre1970"/> It was released as ''[[The Best of The Seekers]]'' in the UK and spent six weeks at No.&nbsp;1 in 1969, managing to knock ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles (White Album)]]'' off the top of the charts and preventing [[the Rolling Stones]]' ''[[Beggars Banquet]]'' from reaching the top spot. The album spent 125 weeks in the charts in the UK.<ref name="LongWay"/>

==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"/>

==1990s, 2000s and 2010s==
[[Image:The Seekers dvd.jpg|thumb]]
The Seekers reunited late in 1992, with the classic line-up of Durham, Guy, Potger and Woodley.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Miles"/> In March 1992, all four met together for the first time in 20 years at a restaurant in [[Toorak, Victoria|Toorak]], an inner suburb of Melbourne. Before then they had never talked about reforming; they just wanted to get to know each other again. It was two months later that they decided to do a reunion concert, which led to a 102-date tour.<ref>''[[Who Magazine]]'', 29 March 1993, p. 72: ''The Carnival Starts Over'' by Michael Fitzgerald.</ref> The 25-Year Silver Jubilee Reunion Celebration tour in 1993 was sufficiently successful that the group continued to perform and record together, on and off, until shortly before Judith Durham's death in August 2022. From 1993 until 2022 they staged several sell-out tours of Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The group issued several new albums, including the studio albums ''[[Future Road]]'' in October 1997 (which peaked at No.&nbsp;4 on the ARIA Albums Chart) and ''[[Morningtown Ride to Christmas]]'' (which reached the top&nbsp;20 in 2001<ref name="AusCharts"/>) Both albums were certified platinum.

In 1995, the group were inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]].<ref name="ARIA1995"/><ref name="TallP1995"/> In the build up to the Sydney [[2000 Summer Olympics]], an ABC TV satire, ''[[The Games (Australian TV series)|The Games]]'', parodied the Seekers in the final episode, "The End". Durham had suffered a broken hip and sang "The Carnival Is Over" in a wheelchair at the closing ceremony of the related [[2000 Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games]] on 29 October. ''[[Long Way to the Top]]'' was a 2001 [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] six-part documentary on the history of Australian rock and roll from 1956 to the modern era.<ref name="ABCTVDoco"/> The Seekers featured on the second episode, "Ten Pound Rocker 1963–1968", broadcast on 22 August, in which Durham and Woodley discussed their early work on a cruise ship, meeting [[Tom Springfield]] and their success in Britain.<ref name="ABCTVDoco"/> Four of their songs were played during the episode: "I'll Never Find Another You", "The Carnival Is Over", "A World of Our Own" and "Georgy Girl".<ref name="LWttTE2"/>

In October 2002, on the 40th anniversary of their formation, they were the subjects of a special issue of Australian postage stamps.<ref name="AusPost1"/><ref name="AusPost2"/> On 1 September 2006, they were presented with the [[Freedom of the City|Key to the City]] by Melbourne's Lord Mayor, [[John So]]. In February 2009, the [[SBS One|SBS TV]] program ''[[RocKwiz]]'' hosted a 50th anniversary concert at the Myer Music Bowl, ''RocKwiz Salutes the Bowl'', which included "World of Our Own" performed by [[Rebecca Barnard]] and Billy Miller and "The Carnival Is Over" by Durham.<ref name="SBS"/>

In 2004 a DVD, ''The Seekers at Home and Down Under'', was released. It consists of a 1966 television documentary on the Seekers and a 1967 special. The cover includes a photo from the 1966 documentary.

In October 2010, ''[[The Seekers' Greatest Hits|The Best of the Seekers]]'' (1968) was listed in the book ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]''.<ref name="ODonnell"/> Also in October, they were scheduled to tour various Australian cities in support of violinist [[André Rieu]] and his orchestra. However, the tour was postponed when Rieu was taken ill.<ref name="MSNToday"/> They released another ''Greatest Hits'' compilation in May 2011 which peaked in the top&nbsp;40.<ref name="AusCharts"/> That month they supported Rieu on the rescheduled Australian tour.<ref name="Plant"/> "I'll Never Find Another You" was added to the [[National Film and Sound Archive]] of the [[Sounds of Australia]] registry in 2011.<ref name="NFSA"/> "The Seekers' Golden Jubilee Tour" kicked off 2013 in May, celebrating fifty years since the group had formed in December 1962. Performing in Sydney, Brisbane, Newcastle and Melbourne, they received rave reviews to sold-out audiences. However, Judith Durham suffered a brain haemorrhage after their first concert in Melbourne. The rest of the Australian tour and later-to-be-staged UK tour were postponed; the former continued in November, while the UK tour took place in May and June 2014, ending with two performances at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], London.

In November 2015, during a tour of Guy's new group, Athol Guy and Friends, featuring Jenny Blake on vocals, the group were joined by Potger and Woodley for a one-performance fundraiser hosted by the school. The performance featured many of the Seekers' hits as well as other songs that had influenced them over the years. The performance closed with a performance of "[[I Am Australian]]", which Guy introduced as a song that was pertinent given "what was happening around the world" at the time.

In [[Music Victoria Awards of 2015|2015]], they were inducted into the [[Music Victoria Awards|Music Victoria Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-winners|title=Previous Winners| website=Music Victoria|access-date=13 August 2020}}</ref>

In April 2019, the Seekers released ''[[Farewell (The Seekers album)|Farewell]]'', a live recording from their 2013 50th anniversary tour. Following Durham's retirement from live performance, the group continued as "The Original Seekers" with the addition of long-time producer and guitarist and singer [[Michael Cristiano]] as the group's "fourth voice". In June 2019, they released a new studio album titled ''Back to Our Roots'' also produced by Michael Cristiano. The album features Guy, Potger and Woodley joining with Cristiano on songs they had sung prior to Durham's tenure with the group. The album was released with "The Original Seekers" as the group's name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theseekers.com.au/merchandise/the-original-seekers-back-to-our-roots-cd-with-a4-hand-signed-image|title=The Original Seekers ''Back to Our Roots'' CD with A4 hand signed image|website=The Seekers|date=June 2020|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>

==2020s==
On 28 April 2020, Universal Music Australia announced that a trilogy of Seekers' compilation albums would be released over the following twelve months under the title ''Hidden Treasures'', featuring rarities and lost classics.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cashmere |first=Paul |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/the-seekers-to-release-rarities-album-20200428|title=The Seekers to Release Rarities Album|website=Noise11|date=28 April 2020|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theseekers.com.au|title=The Seekers Launch Volume 1 of three-album series of their Hidden Treasure|website=The Seekers|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> ''[[Hidden Treasures – Volume 1]]'' was released on 22 May 2020 and peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Charts.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cashmere |first=Paul |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/australian-albums-the-1975-notes-on-a-conditional-form-debuts-at-no-1-20200531|title=Australian Albums: The 1975 'Notes on a Conditional Form' Debuts At No 1|website=Noise11 |date=31 May 2020 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> ''[[Hidden Treasures – Volume 2|Volume 2]]'' was released October the same year.

In a 2021 interview, Keith Potger said the group members were considering ways to commemorate their 60th anniversary, in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cashmere |first=Paul |date=6 July 2021 |title=The Seekers Start Planning What A 60 Year Anniversary Will Look Like |url=http://www.noise11.com/news/the-seekers-start-planning-what-a-60-year-anniversary-will-look-like-20210706 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=Noise11 |author-link=Paul Cashmere |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Death of Judith Durham==
On 5 August 2022, Judith Durham died from [[bronchiectasis]], a chronic lung disease, at [[The Alfred Hospital]] in Melbourne, aged 79. She was cremated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Jackson |date=2022-08-06 |title=Judith Durham, lead singer of The Seekers, dies aged 79 |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/culture/music/judith-durham-lead-singer-of-the-seekers-dies-aged-79-20220806-p5b7t1.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=WAtoday |language=en}}</ref>

The Seekers' final recording together, "Carry Me", was unveiled by Athol Guy at Durham's state memorial service. Written by Bruce Woodley, the song was completed by Woodley, Potger and Guy adding their vocals and instrumentation to Durham's vocals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwhXSsjHz3k|title=Judith Durham & The Seekers (2022) - Carry Me|date=6 September 2022 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

==Members==
=== Current members ===
*[[Athol Guy]] – double bass, backing vocals (1962–1968, 1975–1978, 1988–present)
*[[Keith Potger]] – lead guitar, banjo, backing and lead vocals (1962–1968, 1975–1985, 1988–present)
*[[Bruce Woodley]] – rhythm guitar, banjo, backing and lead vocals (1962–1968, 1975–1977, 1988–present)

=== Former members ===
*[[Judith Durham]] – lead and backing vocals, piano (1962–1968, 1992–2019; died 2022)
*[[Julie Anthony (singer)|Julie Anthony]] – lead and backing vocals (1988–1990)
*[[Buddy England]] – guitars, backing vocals (1977–1980)
*[[Karen Knowles]] – lead and backing vocals (1991)
*Ken Ray – vocals, guitar (1962)
*[[Peter Robinson (Australian musician)|Peter Robinson]] – bass, backing vocals (1978–1986)
*Rick Turk – guitars, piano, backing and lead vocals (1981–1986)
*Ellen Wade – vocals (June–August 1965)
*Cheryl Webb – lead and backing vocals (1977–1986)
*Louisa Wisseling – lead and backing vocals (1975–1977)

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==Million sellers==
The following recordings by the Seekers were each certified as having sold over one million copies: "[[I'll Never Find Another You]]", "[[A World of Our Own]]", "[[The Carnival Is Over]]" and "[[Georgy Girl (song)|Georgy Girl]]"; all were written or co-written by Tom Springfield and were each awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name="Murrells"/> The Seekers have sold over 50 million records worldwide.<ref name="Clancy"/>

==Notable performances==
* 1965 – The Seekers won the Best New Group in the New Musical Express Poll Winners Awards and performed on 11 April at the Wembley Empire Pool, on a bill that included the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Cliff Richard and Dusty Springfield. Archive footage from this show was included in the Seekers' 2014 50th anniversary tour.
* 1965 – In June the Seekers performed in the United States on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' singing "A World of Our Own" and "[[You Can Tell The World]]".
* 1966 – In November the Seekers performed at a [[Royal Command Performance]] at the London Palladium before the [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Mother]].
* 1967 – The Seekers made another appearance on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' singing "[[Georgy Girl]]".
* 1967 – The Seekers represented Australia at [[Expo 67]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada (when they appeared on television in Australia via the first satellite transmission from the United States to Australia).
* 1967 – On the 12th of March, at Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, The Seekers played to an estimated 200,000 people in a televised concert celebrating their overseas success.

==Television specials==
* 1965 – ''An Evening with The Seekers''
* 1966 – ''The Seekers at Home''
* 1967 – ''[[The Seekers Down Under]]'' and ''[[The World of The Seekers]]''
* Four television mini-specials titled ''A Date with the Seekers''
* 1968 – ''[[1968 BBC Farewell Spectacular]]''
* 2019 – ''[[ABC Television's Australian Story]]''
* 2019 – ''[[SBS Television screens the Decca DVD Farewell Album]]'' (trimmed to about one hour)

==Discography==
{{Main|The Seekers discography}}

===Studio albums===
* ''[[Introducing the Seekers]]'' ([[W&G Records|W & G]], 1963)
* ''[[The Seekers (1964 album)|The Seekers]]'' (also known as ''Roving with the Seekers'') (W & G, 1964)
* ''[[Hide & Seekers]]'' (also known as ''The Four and Only Seekers'' and ''The New Seekers'') (W & G, 1964)
* ''[[A World of Our Own (album)|A World of Our Own]]'' (also known as ''The Seekers'') ([[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]], 1965) 
* ''[[Come the Day]]'' (also known as ''Georgy Girl'') (Columbia, 1966) 
* ''[[Seekers Seen in Green]]'' (Columbia, 1967) 
* ''[[The Seekers (1975 album)|The Seekers]]'' ([[Astor Records|Astor]], 1975) 
* ''[[Giving and Taking]]'' (Astor, 1976)
* ''[[A Little Bit of Country]]'' (Hammard, 1980)
* ''[[Live On (The Seekers album)|Live On]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Future Road]]'' ([[EMI]], 1997) 
* ''[[Morningtown Ride to Christmas]]'' (2001)
* ''Back To Our Roots'' [as The Original Seekers] (2019)

===Live albums===
* ''[[Live at the Talk of the Town (The Seekers album)|Live at the Talk of the Town]]'' (Columbia, 1968) UK: 2
* ''[[25 Year Reunion Celebration]]'' (with [[Judith Durham]]) (1993) AUS: 9, UK: 93
* ''[[1968 BBC Farewell Spectacular]]'' (1999) AUS: 12
* ''[[Night of Nights... Live!]]'' (2002) AUS: 26
* ''[[Farewell (The Seekers album)|Farewell]]'' (2019) AUS: 3
* ''[[The Carnival of Hits Tour 2000]]'' (Reissue of Night of Nights... Live!) (2019)
* ''Live in the UK'' (2021)

===Charting compilation albums===
* ''[[The Seekers Sing Their Big Hits]]'' (1965) AUS: 3
* ''[[Introducing the Seekers Big Hits]]'' (1967) AUS: 5
* ''[[The Seekers' Greatest Hits]]'' (1968) AUS: 1
* ''[[The Best of The Seekers]]'' (1968) UK: 1
* ''The Carnival is Over'' (1969) AUS: 17
* ''Something Old/ Something New'' (1984) AUS 55
* ''[[The Silver Jubilee Album]]'' (1993) AUS: 3
* ''[[A Carnival of Hits]]'' (1994) UK:7
* ''The Best of The Seekers'' (1997) AUS: 45
* ''[[Greatest Hits (The Seekers album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (2009) UK: 34, AUS: 31
* ''[[The Golden Jubilee Album]]'' (2012) AUS: 10
* ''[[Hidden Treasures – Volume 1]]'' (2020) AUS: 21
* ''[[Hidden Treasures – Volume 2]]'' (2020) AUS: 56

===CD box sets===
* ''[[The Seekers Complete]]'' [5CD] (1995) AUS: 17
* ''[[Treasure Chest (The Seekers album)|Treasure Chest]]'' [3CD] (1997) AUS: 7
* ''[[All Bound for Morningtown]]'' [4CD] (2009) NZ: 36

==See also==
* [[List of songs recorded by The Seekers]]

==References==
===General===
{{Refbegin}}
* "''The Dictionary of Performing Arts in Australia – Opera . Music . Dance – Volume 2''" – Ann Atkinson, Linsay Knight, Margaret McPhee – [[Allen & Unwin]], 1996
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081215070843/http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1080,CH2837%257EMO19,00.html The Seekers stamps] – How to fit four giants on to a postage stamp sheet? – [[Australia Post]]
* 'The Judith Durham Story – Colours of My Life' by Graham Simpson ([[Random House]], 1994, 1998, 2000), ([[Virgin Books]], 2004).
{{refend}}

===Specific===
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<ref name="McF">{{cite web|last=McFarlane|first=Ian|authorlink=Ian McFarlane|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604095357/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=360|archivedate=4 June 2004|url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=360|accessdate=23 September 2011|website=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]]|title=Encyclopedia entry for 'The Seekers'|date=1999}}</ref>

<ref name="ARDb">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606081828/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/s/seekers.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/s/seekers.html | title = The Seekers | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]]. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | archive-date=6 June 2011| url-status = usurped | access-date = 11 February 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Elder">{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5389/biography|pure_url=yes}} | title = The Seekers: Biography | access-date = 23 September 2011 | last = Elder | first = Bruce | publisher = [[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] }}</ref>

<ref name="Miles">{{cite web | url = http://www.milesago.com/Artists/seekers.htm | title = The Seekers | work = Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975 | last1 = Kimball | first1 = Duncan | publisher = Ice Productions | year = 2002 | access-date = 24 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="Yarrow">{{cite web | url = http://www.babyboomercentral.com.au/icons_seekers.htm | title = Icons: The Seekers | work = Baby Boomer Central: The Life and Times of Australia's Baby Boomer Generation | publisher = Australia on CD (Stephen Yarrow) | year = 2010 | access-date = 25 September 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331224212/https://www.babyboomercentral.com.au/icons_seekers.htm | archive-date = 31 March 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Introducing">{{cite web | url = http://www.telinco.com/seekers/INTRODUCING.htm | title = (Introducing) The Seekers | work = Seekers Discography | publisher = Telinco.com (Richard Saunders) | access-date = 25 September 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110920051210/https://www.telinco.com/seekers/INTRODUCING.htm | archive-date = 20 September 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="APRAMyra">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]]| title = Myra | work = APRA Works Search | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Myra | access-date = 25 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="Roving">{{cite web | url = http://www.telinco.com/seekers/THE_SEEKERS.htm | title = Roving with The Seekers | work = Seekers Discography | publisher = Telinco.com (Richard Saunders) | access-date = 25 September 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929132734/https://www.telinco.com/seekers/THE_SEEKERS.htm | archive-date = 29 September 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Kentpre1970">{{cite book | url = http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=30148&pages=3 | title = Australian Chart Book 1940–1969 | last1 = Kent | first1 = David | author1-link = David Kent (historian) | isbn = 0-646-44439-5 | year = 2005 | publisher = [[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd]] | location = [[Turramurra]] }} Note: Chart positions back calculated by Kent in 2005. Published on-line by Hung Medien with information supplied by staff writer Gavin Ryan (aka Bulion).</ref>

<ref name="UKSinglesChart">{{cite web | url = http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/seekers/ | title = Seekers – Top&nbsp;75 Releases Official UK Singles Archive | access-date = 9 September 2011 | work = [[UK Singles Chart]] | publisher = [[The Official Charts Company]] }}</ref>

<ref name="BillboardS">{{cite magazine | url = {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the seekers|chart=all}} | title = The Seekers Album & Song Chart History | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher = [[Prometheus Global Media]] | access-date = 25 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="AMGBillS">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5389/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} | title=The Seekers – Charts & Awards – ''Billboard'' Singles | publisher = [[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] |access-date=25 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="Simons">{{cite book | last = Simons | first = David | title = Studio Stories - How the Great New York Records Were Made | location = San Francisco | publisher = Backbeat Books | year = 2004 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uEmmAK1qjbYC | pages = 94–97 | isbn = 978-0-87930-817-9 }}</ref>

<ref name="AMGBillSCyrkle">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4010/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} | title=The Cyrkle – Charts & Awards – ''Billboard'' Singles | publisher = Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=25 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="RIAACert">{{Cite certification | region=United States | artist=Seekers, The | title = Georgy Girl | access-date = 25 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="SeekersDVD">''The Seekers at Home and Down Under'' – VHS and DVD releases</ref>

<ref name="NME1000">{{cite news | url = http://www.skidmore.edu/~gthompso/britrock/NME/nme6603.html | title = Spring Concert Tour of Britain for The Seekers | work = [[NME]] | publisher = [[IPC Media]] ([[Time Inc.]]) | date = 11 March 1966 | issue = 1000 | access-date = 26 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="Cashbox">{{cite web|url=http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1967.html |title=Top Singles – 1967 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] |publisher=George Albert |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002051927/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1967.html |archive-date=2 October 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="LongWay">{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/seekers.htm | title = Artist: Judith Durham – Band: The Seekers | work = [[Long Way to the Top]] | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]| access-date = 26 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110925072307/http://www.abc.net.au/longway/artist_index/seekers.htm | archive-date = 25 September 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Oscar">{{cite web | url = http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1967 | title = 39th Academy Awards Winners | work = Oscar Legacy | publisher = [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] | access-date = 26 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="WhosWhoMuse">{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vfBLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22The+Seekers%22 | title = International Who's Who in Popular Music | edition = 9th | year = 2007 | publisher = [[Routledge]] | location = London | page = 150 | isbn = 978-1-85743-417-0 }}</ref>

<ref name="Guinness">{{cite book | title = Guinness Book of World Records | last1 = McWhirter | first1 = Norris | author1-link = Norris McWhirter | last2 = McWhirter | first2 = Ross | author-link2 = Ross McWhirter | publisher = [[Sterling Publishing]]| location = New York | year = 1968 | page = 155 }}</ref>

<ref name="Nim">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en4/seekers/seekers.htm | url = http://www.howlspace.com.au/en4/seekers/seekers.htm | title = The Seekers | last = Nimmervoll | first = Ed | publisher = Howlspace: The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll). White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd | archive-date = 26 July 2012 | access-date = 11 February 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="CreswellFabinyi">{{cite book | title = The Real Thing: Adventures in Australian Rock & Roll, 1957 to Now | last1 = Creswell | first1 = Toby | author1-link = Toby Creswell | last2 = Fabinyi | first2 = Martin | author-link2 = Martin Fabinyi | publisher = [[Random House|Random House Australia]] | location = [[Milsons Point]] | date = 1 March 2006 | isbn = 978-0-09-183548-4 }}</ref>

<ref name="OzDay">{{cite web|url=https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/the%20seekers:-athol%20guy,%20judith%20durham,%20keith%20potger,%20and%20bruce%20woodley/67/|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20210323001310/https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/the%20seekers:-athol%20guy,%20judith%20durham,%20keith%20potger,%20and%20bruce%20woodley/67/|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 March 2021|title=The Seekers: Athol Guy, Judith Durham, Keith Potger, and Bruce Woodley – Australian of the Year|website=Australianoftheyear.org.au|access-date=9 February 2022}} Note: Photo of the group with then-Prime Minister supplied.</ref>

<ref name="Lewis">{{cite book | author1-link= Wendy Lewis | last1 = Lewis | first1 = Wendy | title = Australians of the Year: 1960–2010 : Celebrating 50 Years of Remarkable Achievement | publisher = [[Murdoch Books|Pier 9 Press]] | location = [[Millers Point]] | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-1-74196-809-5 }}</ref>

<ref name="ABCTVDoco">{{Cite book | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date = 22 November 2002 | url = http://www.abc.net.au/longway/ | title = ABC Online - Long Way to the Top | chapter = Episode 2: Ten Pound Rocker 1963–1968 | chapter-url = http://www.abc.net.au/longway/episode_2/ | access-date = 26 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100407224355/http://www.abc.net.au/longway/discography/episode2.htm | archive-date = 7 April 2010 | url-status = dead}} Note: The episode quotes Bruce Woodley and Judith Durham.</ref>

<ref name="Cockington">{{Cite book | title = Long Way to the Top: Stories of Australian Rock & Roll | last1 = Cockington | first1 = James | year = 2001 | chapter = The Mod Squad | isbn = 978-0-7333-0750-8 | location = [[Sydney]] | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]| pages = 120–121 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dale">{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/30/1080544476965.html | title = Australia's most-watched TV shows this century | last1 = Dale | first1 = David | work = [[Sydney Morning Herald]] | publisher = [[Fairfax Media]] | date = 3 February 2005 | access-date = 26 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="Kent">{{Cite book | title = Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 | last1 = Kent | first1 = David | publisher = Australian Chart Book Ltd | location = [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]] | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-646-11917-6 }} Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref>

<ref name="WorldXpo">{{cite web | url = http://www.queenslandfirsts.org/01_cms/details.asp?ID=51 | title = 1988 – Queensland Expo-sed | work = Queensland Firsts | publisher =[[Queensland State Archives]]| access-date = 27 September 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120218092842/http://www.queenslandfirsts.org/01_cms/details.asp?ID=51 | archive-date = 18 February 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="AusCharts">{{cite web | url = http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Seekers | title = Discography The Seekers | publisher = Hung Medien | work = Australian Charts Portal | access-date = 27 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="LWttTE2">{{Cite book | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date = 22 November 2002 | url = http://www.abc.net.au/longway/ | title = ABC Online - Long Way to the Top | chapter = Discography: Episode 2 | chapter-url = http://www.abc.net.au/longway/discography/episode2.htm | access-date = 26 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100407224355/http://www.abc.net.au/longway/discography/episode2.htm | archive-date = 7 April 2010 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

<ref name="ARIA1995">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1995 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1995: 9th Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519015323/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1995 |archive-date=19 May 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="TallP1995">{{cite web | url = http://alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1995-aria.htm | title = Australia 1995 ARIA Awards | publisher = ALLdownunder.com | access-date = 27 September 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004125707/http://alldownunder.com/oz-p/aria/1995-aria.htm | archive-date = 4 October 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="AusPost1">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081215070843/http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1080,CH2837%257EMO19,00.html | url = http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1080,CH2837%257EMO19,00.html | title = How to Fit Four Giants on to a Postage Stamp Sheet… | last = Highland | first = Gary | work = [[Australia Post]] | archive-date = 15 December 2008 | access-date = 27 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="AusPost2">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081215070911/http://www.auspost.com.au/philatelic/stamps/index.asp?link_id=1.645 | url =http://www.auspost.com.au/philatelic/stamps/index.asp?link_id=1.645 | title = The Seekers | work = Australia Post| date = 8 October 2002 | archive-date = 15 December 2008 | access-date = 27 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="SBS">{{cite web | url = http://www.sbs.com.au/shop/product/category/DVDs/2142/RockWiz-Salutes-the-Bowl | title = ''RocKwiz Salutes the Bowl'' | work = [[RocKwiz]] | publisher = [[Special Broadcasting Service]] | date = 21 August 2009 | access-date = 27 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="ODonnell">{{cite book | title = [[100 Best Australian Albums]] | last1 = O'Donnell | first1 = John | author1-link = John O'Donnell (music journalist) | last2 = Creswell | first2=Toby | author-link2 = Toby Creswell | last3 = Mathieson | first3 = Craig | author-link3 = Craig Mathieson | publisher = Hardie Grant Books | date = October 2010 | location = [[Prahran]] | isbn = 978-1-74066-955-9 | pages = 148–149 }}</ref>

<ref name="MSNToday">{{cite web | url = http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1073573 | title = The Seekers – Celebration of Music Tour 2010 | work = [[Today (1982 TV program)|Today]] | publisher = [[Nine Network]] ([[Nine Entertainment]]) | date = October 2010 | access-date = 27 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100628201850/http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1073573 | archive-date = 28 June 2010 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

<ref name="Plant">{{cite news | url = http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/how-andre-rieu-sought-out-the-seekers-for-his-latest-tour/story-e6frf9hf-1226053565004 | title = How Andre Rieu sought out the Seekers for his latest tour | last1 = Plant | first1 = Simon | work = [[Herald Sun]] |publisher=[[News Corp Australia|News Corporation]] | date = 11 May 2011 | access-date = 27 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="NFSA">{{cite web | title = 2011 Additions – I'll Never Find Another You | work = [[Sounds of Australia]] | publisher = [[National Film & Sound Archive]] | url = http://nfsa.gov.au/collection/sound/sounds-australia/ | access-date = 27 September 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="Murrells">{{Cite book | first1 = Joseph | last1 = Murrells | year = 1978 | title = The Book of Golden Discs | edition = 2nd | publisher = Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location = London | pages = [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/196 196, 212] | isbn = 0-214-20512-6 | url = https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/196 }}</ref>

<ref name="Clancy">{{cite book | title = Culture and Customs of Australia | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=REN8gTardCUC&q=The+Seekers+Myer+Music+Bowl&pg=PA144 | last1 = Clancy | first1 = Laurie | page = 143 | publisher = [[Greenwood Publishing Group]] | location = [[Westport, Connecticut]] | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-0-313-32169-6 }}</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://www.theseekers.com.au/ Official website]
* {{discogs artist|The Seekers}}
* {{IMDb name|1920437}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSeekersChannel/ Official YouTube channel]

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