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25 Year Reunion Celebration
''25 Year Reunion Celebration'' is a live album credited to Judith Durham and The Seekers. It celebrates the 25th anniversary of the band's final performance in 1968. The concert was recorded at the Melbourne Concert Hall and released on 29 November 1993 and peaked at number 9 on the ARIA Charts in January 1994. The success lead to a sell-out UK tour across 1994 and 1995 at London's 'Royal Albert Hall' and 'Wembley Arena'. The album was released in Europe in 1995 and in the US in 1999. The album was re-released in Australia with Decca Records on CD, DVD and Digitally in March 2016. Track listing # "When the Stars Begin to Fall" (Athol Guy, Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley) - 3:50 # "With the Swag All on My Shoulder" - 2:28 # "Plaisir d'amour" ( Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian) - 3:22 # "Morningtown Ride" (Malvina Reynolds) - 3:58 # "You're My Spirit" (Athol Guy, Keith Potger) - 2:43 # "Kumbaya" (Athol Guy, Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley) - 3:31 # "Gospel Medley": ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Durham
Judith Mavis Durham (née Cock; 3 July 1943 – 5 August 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962. The group became the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States and have sold over 50 million records worldwide. Durham left the group in mid-1968 to pursue her solo career. In 1993, she began to make sporadic recordings and performances with the Seekers, though she remained primarily a solo performer. On 1 July 2015, during the annual Victoria Day celebrations, she was named Victorian of the Year for her services to music and a range of charities. Early life Durham was born Judith Mavis Cock on 3 July 1943 in Essendon, Victoria, to William Alexander Cock, a navigator and World War II pathfinder, and his wife, Hazel (''née'' Durham). From her birth until 1949, she lived on Mount Alexander Road, Essendon. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaisir D'amour
"" (, "Pleasure of love") is a classical French love song written in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816); it took its text from a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794), which appears in his novel ''Célestine''. The song was greatly successful in Martini's version. For example, a young woman, Madame Julie Charles, sang it to the poet Alphonse de Lamartine during his cure at Aix-les-Bains in 1816, and the poet was to recall it 30 years later. Hector Berlioz arranged it for orchestra (H134) in 1859. Louis van Waefelghem arranged the tune for viola d'amore or viola and piano in the 1880s. It has been arranged and performed in various pop music settings. Recordings *Rina Ketty in 1939 (with extended lyrics) *Paul Robeson in 1940 *Joan Baez in 1961 *The Seekers and Judith Durham in 1964 or 1993 concert *Marianne Faithfull on her debut-album ''Marianne Faithfull'' in 1965 * Mary Hopkin in Welsh as "Pleserau Serch", 1971 *Mireille Mathieu on her album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am Australian
"I Am Australian" (or "We Are Australian") is a popular Australian song written in 1987 by Bruce Woodley of the Seekers and Dobe Newton of the Bushwackers. Its lyrics are filled with many historic and cultural references, such as to the " digger", Albert Namatjira and Ned Kelly, among others. Its popularity has made it one of a number of Australian patriotic songs considered as alternatives to the current national anthem, "Advance Australia Fair". It is commonly taught in primary schools. In the years since the song's release, there have been calls for it to become Australia's national anthem, notably in 2011 by former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett. First release The song was first released as the final track on Bruce Woodley's 1987 double album ''Roaring Days/I Am Australian'', with vocals by Woodley and his daughter Claire. Festivities "I Am Australian" is popular at celebrations such as Australia Day and New Year's Day. It is often sung by Australian fans at sportin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel. He and Garfunkel, whom he met in elementary school in 1953, came to prominence in the 1960s as Simon & Garfunkel. Their blend of folk and rock, including hits such as "The Sound of Silence" (1965), "Mrs. Robinson" (1968), "America (Simon & Garfunkel song), America" (1968), and "The Boxer" (1969), served as a soundtrack to the Counterculture of the 1960s, 1960s counterculture. Their final album, ''Bridge over Troubled Water'' (1970), is among List of best-selling albums, the best-selling of all time. As a solo artist, Simon has explored genres including gospel music, gospel, reggae, and soul music, soul. His albums ''Paul Simon (album), Paul Simon'' (1972), ''There Goes Rhymin' Simon'' (1973), and ''Still Crazy After All These Years'' (1975) kept him in the public eye and drew acclaim, producing the hits "Mother and Child Reunion" (1972 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Rubber Ball
"Red Rubber Ball" is a pop music, pop song written by Bruce Woodley of The Seekers and Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel, sound recording and reproduction, recorded by The Cyrkle, whose version reached 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and in South Africa and New Zealand. In Canada, the song reached No. 1. Synopsis "Red Rubber Ball" is sung from the perspective of a person whose relationship has just been ended by their partner. As they work through their resentment they come to realize that it is perhaps for the best as "there are other starfish in the sea". Recordings According to Cyrkle guitarist Tom Dawes, Simon offered "Red Rubber Ball" to the band when they were opening for Simon and Garfunkel on tour. The song's tracks were recorded in stereophonic sound, stereo, with the bass, lead guitar, and percussion on the right track, acoustic guitar and electric organ on left, and the vocals on both. The Columbia picture sleeve issued with the "Red Rubber Ball" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boudleaux Bryant
Felice Bryant (born Matilda Genevieve Scaduto; August 7, 1925 – April 22, 2003) and Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant (; February 13, 1920 – June 25, 1987) were an American husband-and-wife country music and pop songwriting team. They were best known for songs such as " Rocky Top," " We Could" (credited solely to Felice), " Love Hurts" (credited solely to Boudleaux), and numerous hits by the Everly Brothers, including " All I Have to Do Is Dream" and " Bird Dog (song)" (credited solely to Boudleaux), " Bye Bye Love", and " Wake Up Little Susie". Beginnings Boudleaux Bryant was born in Shellman, Georgia, in 1920 and attended local schools as a child. He trained as a classical violinist. Although he performed with the Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra during its 1937–38 season, he had more interest in country fiddling. Bryant joined Hank Penny and his Radio Cowboys, an Atlanta-based western music band. Felice was born Matilda Genevieve Scaduto in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1925 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devoted To You (song)
"Devoted to You" is a song written by Boudleaux Bryant. The best-known recording was by The Everly Brothers, released by Cadence Records as catalog number 1350. This version was issued as the flip side of " Bird Dog," but reached the charts on its own, at No. 10 on the United States pop charts, No. 25 in Australia, and No. 1 in Canada. In addition, the song reached No. 7 on the United States country music chart and No. 2 on the rhythm and blues chart. Charts Carly Simon and James Taylor version The song was also recorded by American singer-songwriters Carly Simon and James Taylor, appearing on Simon's 1978 album, '' Boys in the Trees''. Following the smash success of the album's first single " You Belong to Me", Devoted to You was released as the second single, and it also became a Top 40 hit. Charting on both the ''Billboard'' Pop singles chart and ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart, as well as the Hot Country Songs chart. The song also charted in Canada, peaking a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Young
Kenny Young (born Shalom Giskan, April 14, 1941 – April 14, 2020) was an American songwriter, musician, producer and environmental campaigner who wrote and in some cases produced hit songs for The Drifters, Ronnie Dove, Herman's Hermits, Mark Lindsay, Reparata and the Delrons, Clodagh Rodgers, Quincy Jones, and Fox (band), Fox, among others. His most successful and famous songs as a writer include the Grammy Hall of Fame song "Under the Boardwalk" (co-written with Artie Resnick), and the Grammy Award winning song, "Ai No Corrida (song), Ai No Corrida" (co-written with Chaz Jankel). From the late 1960s, he lived in the UK. Early life Young was born in Jerusalem in April 1941. After moving to the US with his parents as a child, he grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and attended Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, Seward Park High School and the City University of New York (CUNY), where he majored in sociology and psychology. Career Aged 22, and after changing his name to Kenny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come The Day
''Come the Day'' is the fifth studio album by Australian group the Seekers. The album was released in 1966. In North America, the album was titled ''Georgy Girl''. The album peaked at number 10 in the ''Billboard'' albums chart and number 3 in the United Kingdom and number 7 in Australia. Reception Bruce Eder from AllMusic said: "It was on this album that all of The Seekers' varied attributes... kicked in at their peak at the same time. The album opens with the title track, a Woodley original that's one of the best folk-style recordings to come out of the British Invasion and also one of the Seekers' greatest performances." Track listing ;Side 1 # "Come the Day" (Bruce Woodley) # " Island of Dreams" ( Tom Springfield) # " The Last Thing on My Mind" (Tom Paxton) # " All Over The World (Dans Le Monde En Entier)" (Françoise Hardy, Julian More) # "Red Rubber Ball" (Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley) # "Well, Well, Well" (Bob Gibson, Bob Camp) ;Side 2 # " Georgy Girl" ( Jim Dale, Tom Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Little Light Of Mine
"This Little Light of Mine" is a Gospel music, gospel song that originated in the 1920s, when it was first sung in Christian churches and penitentiaries. The hymn is often attributed to evangelist Harry Dixon Loes who is said to have written it for children, using the biblical passage about the lamp under a bushel as inspiration. However, researchers at the Moody Bible Institute said they found no evidence that he wrote it, though they noted that Loes did create the popular arrangement of hymn in the 1940s. The gospel song became popular among African-American Christians, and it was later adapted by Zilphia Horton, amongst many other Activism, activists, in connection with the civil rights movement. "This Little Light of Mine" is printed in the hymnals of various Christian denominations. History The origin of the song is unclear, but the phrase "This little light of mine" appears published in poetry by 1925 by Edward G. Ivins, a writer in Montana. In 1931, the song is mentioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumbaya
"Kum ba yah" ("Come by here") is an African-American spiritual of disputed origin, known to have been sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved Central Africans. Originally an appeal to God to come to the aid of those in need, the song is thought to have spread from the islands to other Southern states and the North, as well as to other places outside the United States. The first known recording was made by the folklorist Robert Winslow Gordon in 1926. It features an unaccompanied tenor voice identified only as "H. Wylie" singing in the Gullah language. The piece became a standard campfire song in Scouting and summer camps and enjoyed broader popularity during the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. In American politics, the song title gave rise to the phrase " sing Kumbaya", a thought-terminating cliché depicting peaceful goals as compromises that leave other concerns ignored. Origins According to the Library of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvina Reynolds
Malvina Reynolds (née Milder; August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs " Little Boxes", " What Have They Done to the Rain" and " Morningtown Ride". Early life and education Malvina Milder was born on August 23, 1900 on Folsom Street in San Francisco, California, United States. Her parents were David and Abagail Milder, Jewish immigrants. Her mother was born in Russia and her father was born in Hungary. They became socialists when Reynolds "was a little girl", to which she attributes her lifetime proximity to the socialist movement in the United States. They opposed involvement in World War I. As a child, she took violin lessons and "fooled around" with pianos, writing music occasionally. Reynolds earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English from the University of California, Berkeley, where she remarked that she got "all the degrees possible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
