WOW!| FIRST TIME HEARING The Seekers - I'll Never Find Another You REACTION 

Not so with the friends I have overseas! They adore her!

The seekers were loved in the old motherland 🇬🇧

Judith retained her magnificent voice well into her later years too.

They made it in the UK before they took off in Australia

I first heard her when I was 2 years old when this song came out, and I was smitten by her voice. I've loved The Seekers ever since

And Tom Springfield (the song's writer) passed a few days before Judy, on July 27

I didn’t know that, thank you for letting me know.

@@ckennepohl Brother of the late Dusty Springfield

Her passing was such a sad day for both myself and the World of Music as a whole because she was always Pitch and Tone Perfect and had such a marvellously pure singing voice that hardly has comparables! There are still, to this day, very few who have such purity of voice and who can hold such beautiful harmonies, even with male singers as she proved in The Seekers, yet she was still so very easy to listen to, even in her later 70's when normally the voice deteriorates the older the person gets! She was still pure of voice almost to the very end as she proved during the Golden Reunion Tour that The Seekers put on where they played to their original fans alongside their children and even their grandchildren, thus they often played to 3 generations of families and fans, both old and new, some of whom were like myself, the middle generation, having been brought up on their music. I was never able to get to see them live but gladly purchased the albums released as a spin off of these concerts! Sadly Judith was showing her age at that point as she was struggling with medical issues often faced by people of her age, but for her it was a severe lung condition that she contracted when just 4 years of age after contracting measles, yet this lung condition would plague her throughout her whole life and it would be that which would ultimately cause her death, however she always battled it as her determination to succeed in the music industry was so strong. She had always told her parents and sister that she would be a famous singer one day and would sing on the biggest stages all around the world and she had been saying that from a very early age, so when at 19 years of age she told her parents about an opportunity for her to sing with 'the lads' in Britain for a month, they agreed that she could go. Thus they travelled on a Cruise liner to Britain and played as the onboard resident group to pay for their travel. They arrived in England and went straight into Abbey Road Studios, where The Beatles were recording downstairs, this is where they recorded a song written by Tom Springfield called 'I'll Never Find Another You'! Before they left Australia they were only known in Australia as a Folk band and couldn't afford to go to Britain by Aeroplane, but after this first hit and the follow-up hits they released shortly after, they were able to return to Australia by Aeroplane as they had become such big stars worldwide in such a short space of time. They returned to Australia with crowds of fans at the Airport waiting for a glimpse of their All Aussie world conquering heroes! Xxx

Yes....how Sad ... RIP lovely Judith

The vid is actually a fake. Created as a promo back in the 1960s, the audio is from the finished record, which MAY have had editing on it. It would be common to lay down instrument and vocal tracks separately (otherwise the vocal mike could pick up instruments in the room), EMI were a bit slow mostly working with two track but might have moved to four track recording by the time of this release. Of course in live performance The Seekers nailed it every time.

@@highpath4776 You're spot on. The whole speaking part before the song was a popular ploy at the time with groups to bring the listener into the recording studio. The Beatles and The Monkees are two that immediately come to mind.

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Love, love, love the Seekers. Such a rich, bright, cheerful sound. Amber and Jay, your kids might like “Morningtown Ride,” which was written for children.

Judith Durham is reportedly pitch perfect, one of Australia’s best!

Agree and Georgie Girl is my favorite.

@@iainsmith2434 And the maddening thing is, she makes it look oh so easy! The sign of a top class singer!

Judith was a trained classical singer, and never imagined herself singing with a pop/folk group. But without her, they would have been just another group trying to make it (IMO).

Love Georgy Girl; One of my all time favourite Seekers songs.

Aye!

Equal 3rd in my list of favourite singers

Songs like this makes me sad for how sweet life was back then.

I agree absolutely.

@@finallythere100 It still is sweet but the recent songwriting is lacking.

To quote Mr. Spock, FASCINATING!

Before my time, but this song is beautiful. I never knew Dusty's brother wrote it. I wondered who inspired it?

Just saw your comment Dionysius O'Brien died unremarked nine days before Judith Durham. Without him they probably wouldn't have been the phenomenon they became

In an interview, Judith said the Beatles were recording downstairs at night, and the Seekers were recording upstairs during the day (or maybe vice versa). Can you imagine being the studio scheduler, penciling in these two iconic groups for sessions on the same day? Goosebumps!

ANY RELATION TO PETER?

@@davethompson8283 You're thinking of Peter Noone. This guy's name is Noonan.

Yes they are my favs also

My sister and i played the carnival is over at our mum's funeral she loved the Seekers beautiful song

The Carnival is Over makes me cry, did as a child and I’m 61 now and it still makes me cry as the story behind the song is heartbreaking.

I remember "Morningtown Ride" from my own childhood.

Sad to say Judith Durham passed away a couple of days ago

Here in Australia they’re biggest is probably I am Australian. Not sure if that one made it overseas but it’s our unofficial anthem. Check it out!

The Seekers had four hits that sold well over a million records each, which was quite something in those days .... Georgy Girl, i'll never find another you, The Carnival is over, and A world of our own all sold well over a million each.

Georgy Girl 🥰

But the U.S: charts do not represent the world, do they?

Definitely "Georgy Girl" which was the title song from a popular British film of that year. Great film, great song - both capture the essence of London in the Swinging Sixties.

The sad part is too much angry and negative music lately, musicality lost somewhat.

​@Denise Berman Totally agree! A lot is about Drugs, gang culture, violence, prostitution and treating women as possessions or objects. It's not music anymore. Even when it sounds half decent it's been enhanced somewhat

We did the Filipino pole dance in HS to "Georgie Girl in gym class back in the 80's. I also saw the movie back in the 90's.

IM 68 YEARS OLD....DYING OF COPD...I WILL SEE YOU SOOM

I find that classically trained vocalists appear to sing in a dinstinct way which removes their unique sound, this is not the case with Durham, she sounds so natural and unconstrained.

Their subsequent reunion concerts are awesome.

And she is still going!

Judith's voice is as beautiful as ever.

@@erbewayne6868 Sadly, she died last Friday.

I have a special reason to love that one. My Dad bought it for my Mum because her name was Georgie.

true that...they also did a nice cover of "Turn Turn Turn".

I don't know much about the Seekers, but I know that song. Love it!

Their biggest hit in the United States

Our high school band played Georgie girl in the early 70's, loved it! Peace from Michigan!

"Georgy Girl" was certainly their most internationally famous recording. But my favorite, and a fitting end to their career together, is "The Carnival Is Over".

sadly Judith passed away on Friday august 5 ,,best singer in the world ,this is my opinion rip Judith

Simon and Garfunkel amazing voices and songs, Paul Simons albums on his own amazing, funky, soulful just wonderful! David Berney, same.

I Agree,the Seekers were the most successful group during the 1960's!

@@charlesaguilar1708 That's not what I said and that's not true. They were the most successful Australian group of the 1960s. The Beatles was the most successful group during the 1960s.

@@hayloft3834 In the UK The Carnival Is Over knocked The Stones' Get Off of My Cloud off the # 1 position on the UK singles chart after three weeks on November 25th 1965 but the Beatles' Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out knocked the Seekers' The Carnival Is Over off the poll position in the UK after three weeks on December 16th 1965 and spent five weeks at # 1. KNOW YOUR FACTS BEFORE PREACHING ME BECAUSE I'M AN EXPERT AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@@hayloft3834 THE BEATLES HAVE SIX UK MILLION SELLING SINGLES AND THE SEEKERS HAVE ONLY ONE. BOY, ARE YOU A MORON. STFU!

Sorry but Judith has passed away. R.I.P. She sounded great even in her last year's.

@@jillfromatlanta427 She's not dead.

Nope, Judith passed this past Friday Aug 5, 2022, so sad.

It's like stumbling accross a huge diamond, what are the odds, a billion to 1.

Lovely sentiments..

Was this from before, or just after Skippy?

Wow I didn't know they were Aussies! Thanks for the info. I love Georgie Girl.

What about "I am Australian!", Also I remember The Carnival is Over when it came out and still brings tears to my eyes due to what happened at that time in my own life.

They did "Turn Turn Turn" as well ? I had no idea but connect the song to The Byrds.

They Regrouped in the 90's with a Huge hit called "I Am Australian" many Aussies say it should be Our National Anthem. You don't need to live in Australia, we're quite happy to adopt people as Honorary Aussies. We don't Label People unlike America with "African American" etc, we're all Just Aussies no matter where you're from.

@@larissahorne9991 You already have Men At Work's "Down Under". ;)

@@larissahorne9991 lovely way to think. One of my mates from HS in Los Angeles makes his home there. The only one I know of. I went to Texas. So I can say y’all got a good one!

@@onsesejoo2605 "Turn Turn Turn" is a Pete Seeger song and was covered by a lot of bands and singers. Of course the The Byrds version was the most popular. The Seekers perform it very differently.