Desperately Seekering Judith

One of the most distinctive female singing voices of the Sixties, right up there with Mary Travers and Linda Ronstadt, belonged to Judith Durham, who is best remembered in America for this song…

Georgy Girl was the biggest hit for the Seekers, the folk quartet from Australia. Before that, their breakthrough song was I’ll Never Find Another You, written by Dusty Springfield’s brother Tom.

http://youtu.be/lVL-u09z-io

So why is the name of shimmering soprano Judith Durham not better known in the United States? The short answer is, she broke up the act.

Judith went solo, returned to Australia, and got married. She was not in the New Seekers, who sang I’d Like To Buy the World a Coke

http://youtu.be/1azQR2LQtKQ

… but Judith sang Things Go Better With Coke.

http://youtu.be/_wp7EFVYyAg