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Introducing the Seekers Big Hits is the second compilation album by the Australian group The Seekers. The album was released in 1967 as a double LP. The album peaked at number 5 in Australia in 1967.
- 1967
Introducing the Seekers is the debut studio album by the Australian group the Seekers. It was released in 1963 and was the 10th biggest selling album in Australia in 1968.
- Keith Grant, The Seekers
- W&G
- 1963
- Early Years
- Discovery in The United Kingdom
- String of Hits
- Return to Australia and Breakup
- Reunions in The 1970s and 1980s
- 1990s, 2000s and 2010s
- 2020s
- Death of Judith Durham
- Members
- Million Sellers
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. Guy, Potger and Woodley had all attended Melbourne Boys High School in Victoria. In the late 1950s, Potger led the Trinamics, a rock 'n' roll group, Guy led the Ramblers and, with Woodley, they decided to form ...
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 Grade Organisation. They signed there wit...
The Seekers achieved their first success in the United States in 1965 with their hit "I'll Never Find Another You" reaching peaks of No. 4 for pop and No. 2 for easy listening on Billboard magazine charts. They followed "I'll Never Find Another You" with "What Have They Done to the Rain?" in February 1965 which did not chart in the Top 40. The grou...
In March 1967, the Seekers returned to Australia for a homecoming tour, which included a performance for Music for the People at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, attended by an estimated audience of 200,000. The Guinness Book of World Records (1968) listed it as the greatest attendance at a concert in the Southern Hemisphere. Melburnians we...
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. Guy hosted his own TV show in Australia, A Guy Called Athol, before entering (Liberal ...
The Seekers reunited late in 1992, with the classic line-up of Durham, Guy, Potger and Woodley. In March 1992, all four met together for the first time in 20 years at a restaurant in 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...
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. Hidden Treasures – Volume 1 was released on 22 May 2020 and peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Charts. Volume 2was released Octobe...
On 5 August 2022, Judith Durham died from bronchiectasis, a chronic lung disease, at The Alfred Hospitalin Melbourne, aged 79. The Seekers' final recording together, "Carry Me", was unveiled by Athol Guy at Durham's state memorial service. Written by Bruce Woodley, Guy, and Potger, the song was completed by Woodley adding their vocals and instrumen...
Current members
1. Athol Guy– double bass, backing vocals (1962–1968, 1975–1978, 1988–present) 2. Keith Potger– lead guitar, banjo, backing and lead vocals (1962–1968, 1975–1985, 1988–present) 3. Bruce Woodley– rhythm guitar, banjo, backing and lead vocals (1962–1968, 1975–1977, 1988–present)
Former members
1. Judith Durham– lead and backing vocals, piano (1962–1968, 1992–2019, died 2022) 2. Julie Anthony– lead and backing vocals (1988–1990) 3. Buddy England– guitars, backing vocals (1977–1980) 4. Karen Knowles– lead and backing vocals (1991) 5. Ken Ray – vocals, guitar (1962) 6. Peter Robinson– bass, backing vocals (1978–1986) 7. Rick Turk – guitars, piano, backing and lead vocals (1981–1986) 8. Ellen Wade – vocals (June–August 1965) 9. Cheryl Webb – lead and backing vocals (1977–1986) 10. Loui...
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"; all were written or co-written by Tom Springfield and were each awarded a gold disc.The Seekers have sold over 50 million records worldwide.
- 1962–1968, 1975–1988, 1992–2022
Introducing the Seekers Big Hits, a Compilation of songs by The Seekers. Released in 1967 on W & G (catalog no. WG-2-25/5152; Vinyl 12"). Genres: Folk Pop.
Introducing the Seekers was the debut studio album by The Seekers, released in 1963. It was the 10th biggest selling album in Australia in 1968. “Introducing the Seekers” Q&A. When did The...
