These pages provide details of some of the books, press articles and theatre programmes that have featured Lyn Paul during her long career.

Books Advertising Annuals Biographies Music Nostalgia	Press Articles 1970 - 1979 1980 - 1989 1990 - 1999 2000s
Concert and Theatre Programmes New Seekers' programmes featuring Lyn Paul Concert programmes Pantomime programmes Summer Season programmes Theatre programmes

Lyn Paul has been mentioned in all of the music books, directories and encyclopedias listed below.

• Bob Harris' Rock Dates
• British Hit Singles & Albums
• Classic Tracks Back to Back: Singles and Albums
• Complete UK Hit Albums
• Complete UK Hit Singles
• Encyclopedia Of Rock
• The Encyclopedia Of Rock, Volume 3
• The Eurovision Song Contest: 50 Years, The Official History
• Every Chart-Topper Tells A Story: The Seventies
• The Faber Companion To 20th Century Popular Music
• 50 Years Of Hits
• The Great Scots Musicography
• The Guinness Book Of The Hits Of The '70s
• The Guinness Book Of Number One Hits
• The Guinness Who's Who Of Seventies Music
• Knocking On Heaven's Door
• NME Top 100 Singles
• Number One in Heaven
• The Omnibus Book Of British and American Hit Singles 1960-1990
• 1000 UK Number One Hits
• Rock And Pop Day By Day
• Singles
• Tapestry Of Delights
• The Ultimate Book Of Pop Trivia
• The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music
• The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Seventies Music
• The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Stage & Film Musicals
• The Virgin Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Pop and Rock

The following books do not mention Lyn but may be of interest nonetheless:

• The Book Of Golden Discs: the records that sold a million
• The Complete Eurovision Song Contest Companion
• Dreams, Fantasies and Nightmares from Far Away Lands
• The Encyclopedia Of Australian Rock and Pop
• The Encyclopedia Of Classic Saturday Night Telly
• Goldmine Price Guide To 45 rpm Records
• Inspirations: original lyrics and the stories behind the greatest songs ever written
• Lives Of The Great Songs
• Music (The Little Black Book)
• The Rough Guide To Cult Pop
• Thirty Years Of Number 1s
• Top Pop Singles, 1955-1999
• Trivia Quiz Book
• We Could Have Been The Wombles
• The Who And The Making Of Tommy
• Who's Who Of Australian Rock!
  
  

The Faber Companion To 20th Century Popular Music
Phil Hardy

Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd.
ISBN: 0 571 19608 X (paperback)
Publication Date: 2001

Phil Hardy's Faber Companion combines the careers of the Seekers and the New Seekers into one entry. Lyn Paul's birthplace is mistakenly listed as Melbourne.

The New Seekers are also referred to in the entries for Ray Conniff, Roger Greenaway, Tony Macaulay and Melanie.

50 Years Of Hits: an international A-Z of hitmakers 1952-2002
Mike Kelly

Publisher: Southgate Publishers Ltd.
ISBN: 1 85741 140 4 (paperback)
Publication Date: 2002

This book lists the UK's top 5,000 singles from the first chart of November 1952 through to 2002. The hits are ranked not by sales, but by a points system that awards its marks on a sliding scale: 40 points for a number 1 hit, 39 points for a number 2 and just one point for a number 40. Points are also awarded to reflect the number of weeks a single spent in the chart. According to this system the New Seekers' biggest hits would be ranked as follows (page 120):

1. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
2. Never Ending Song Of Love
3. You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
4. Beg, Steal Or Borrow
5. Circles
6. I Get A Little Sentimental Over You

The Great Scots Musicography: the complete guide to Scotland's music makers
M. C. Strong

Publisher: Mercat
ISBN: 1 84183 041 0 (paperback)
Publication Date: 31st October 2002

An encyclopedia of Scottish musicians and singers which contains an entry for Eve Graham and includes references to Eve's association with Lyn Paul in the Nocturnes and the New Seekers.

The Guinness Book Of The Hits Of The '70s
Paul Gambaccini, Mike Read, Jo Rice and Tim Rice

Publisher: Grrr Books, Ltd. and Guinness Superlatives Ltd.
ISBN: 0 85112 217 5 (hardback) /
0 85112 205 1 (paperback)
Publication date: 1980

This book lists the New Seekers' UK hit singles in chronological order (pages 121 -122) as well as Lyn's UK hit, It Oughta Sell A Million (page 130).
There is a photo of the New Seekers (left to right: Paul Layton, Peter Doyle, Lyn Paul, Marty Kristian and Eve Graham) on page 122 and a photo of Lyn on page 131.

The Guinness Book Of Number One Hits,
3rd edition
Paul Gambaccini, Jonathan Rice and Tim Rice

Publisher: GRR Publications Ltd.
ISBN: 0 85112 893 9 (2nd edition, paperback) /
0 85112 769 X (3rd edition, paperback)
Publication date: 1982 (1st edition) /
31st December 1988 (2nd edition) /
1994 (3rd edition)

This book includes a few paragraphs of information about the New Seekers' two chart topping singles - I'd Like To Teach The World to Sing (page 182) and You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (page 198). There is a passing reference to Lyn's solo career and to her Top 40 hit, It Oughta Sell A Million.

The Guinness Who's Who Of Seventies Music
Edited by Colin Larkin

Publisher: Guinness Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 0 85112 727 4 (paperback)
Publication date: 1st May 1993

This book provides a brief synopsis of the New Seekers' career (page 286), including a list of some of their albums (page 288). It includes a photo of the New Seekers from the 1973 Keep Britain Tidy campaign (left to right: Peter Oliver, Lyn Paul, Marty Kristian, Eve Graham and Paul Layton). The text highlights the fact that Lyn did not re-join the group in 1976.

There is also a passing reference to the "singalong New Seekers" in the profile of singer-songwriter Melanie (page 264).

Knocking On Heaven's Door
Nick Talevski

Publisher: Omnibus
ISBN: 1 84609 091 1 / ISBN 13: 978 1 84609 091 2 (paperback)
Publication date: 8th June 2006

Nick Talevski's book of rock obituaries, previously published as Tombstone Blues (2000), included an obituary for Peter Doyle (page 142), mentioning that "Doyle shared lead vocals with Lyn Paul on Beg, Steal Or Borrow, the UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry in 1972."

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