The New Seekers
 The 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.
Marty and Paul still perform as The New Seekers on the cabaret
circuit.
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