THE NEW SEEKERS
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New Seekers were 'manufactured' on the break-up of The Seekers in
1970 by Keith Potger and consisted of Eve Graham, Lyn Paul, Peter
Doyle, Marty Kristian and Paul Layton.
The girls had previously been in an unsuccessful group called
The Nocturnes. The men (an Australian, a German and a Briton) took
very much a back seat to the beautiful girls on whose charms the
group sold records by the bucketful.
They had their first hit with Never Ending Song Of Love
which reached the UK Number 1 in July 1971.
In January 1972 they made the UK's first million-seller for
three years with I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing,
which also became the most successful advertising jingle ever at
the hands of the Coca Cola corporation, re-titled I'd Like To
Buy The World A Coke.
The band represented Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest
with Beg, Steal or Borrow in 1972 . They were expected to
win but came second, losing out by one point.
They were a hit machine but couldn't stay together. Lead singer
Eve Graham wanted to leave and Lyn Paul wanted her share of the
limelight. Eve "disappeared" and the New Seekers bowed
out in 1974 after another massive hit, You Won't Find Another
Fool Like Me.
Peter Doyle died in Australia of throat cancer on 13 October
2001. Paul Layton still performs as The New Seekers (with four
non-original members) on the cabaret circuit.
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