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Columbia Records, EMI Music: Keith Grant/The Seekers: 2:11 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: 1988: Bruce Woodley: Ralph Murphy – One World Love: 1993: Judith Durham: John Young –-The Silver Jubilee Album: EMI Music: Ern Rose: 3:08 Open Up Them Pearly Gates: 1964 – – – The Seekers Ox Driving Song: 1964 – – – The Seekers: Hide ...
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", which became their highest charting American hit when it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Cashbox Top 100 in February 1967.
The song was also popular in the United States, reaching peaks of No. 4 pop and No. 2 easy listening on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. [4] The track was written and produced by Tom Springfield, [2] who was also responsible for most of the Seekers' subsequent hits. It received a 1967 US revival as a country music No. 1 by Sonny James. [5]
"Georgy Girl" is a song by the Australian pop/folk music group the Seekers. It was used as the title song for the 1966 British romantic comedy film Georgy Girl. Tom Springfield, who had written "I'll Never Find Another You" for the Seekers, composed the music and Jim Dale supplied the lyrics.
"The Carnival Is Over" is a song written by Tom Springfield, for the Australian folk pop group the Seekers. It is based on a Russian folk song from about 1883, adapted with original English-language lyrics. The song became the Seekers' signature recording, and the band customarily closed their concerts with it ever since its success in late 1965.
"Emerald City" is a 1967 song by The Seekers about a visit to the fictional Emerald City from L. Frank Baum's Oz books. Set to the tune of "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, "Emerald City" reached #50 on the UK Charts in 1967. [1] The song was recorded in 1967 and released as a single [2] around Christmas in 1967.
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In 1994 the Seekers single was re-released in the UK. The four-track CD contained the original recording, a new recording of the song, and two B-sides - When the Stars begin to fall (originally the B-side of Morningtown Ride and the newly-recorded Keep a dream in your pocket. [3]