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

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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
• Eurovision Song Contest Entrants of 1972
• 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 British Pop
• 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
• The London Palladium: The Story of the Theatre and Its Stars
• NME Top 100 Singles
• Number One In Heaven
• The Omnibus Book Of British and American Hit Singles 1960-1990
• 1000 UK Number One Hits
• Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain
• Rock And Pop Day By Day
• Singles
• Tapestry Of Delights
• Television's Strangest Moments
• 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 A-Z Of Record Labels
• 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
• 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
• Runs In The Blood
• Thirty Years Of Number 1s
• Top Pop Singles, 1955-1999
• We Could Have Been The Wombles
• The Who And The Making Of Tommy
• Who's Who Of Australian Rock!
  
  

Publisher: Jeremy Mills Publishing
ISBN: 1906600392 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978 1906600396
Publication date: 3rd April 2009

A history of the London Palladium in which Lyn Paul gets two name checks: one for her appearances at the Palladium in 1977 with Freddie Starr (page 258); the other for her appearance at the 1985 show to celebrate the Festival of British Jewry (page 270).

Publisher: Chrysalis Impact
ISBN: 1 84411 006 0 (paperback)
Publication date: 22nd November 2002

Thirty-one years after it hit the number 1 spot, I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing is still amongst the UK's Top 100 best-selling singles.

This book, which is well worth the publisher's asking price of just £9.99, features a photo of the New Seekers (page 253), pictured with their fingers crossed as they boarded the train to Edinburgh for the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest. The text which accompanies it (page 252) includes a review of I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing from the New Musical Express.

The author, Martin Roach, makes the connection between the Seekers and the New Seekers but confuses the two in his last sentence. "In the '90s" he writes "the original line-up re-formed for a millennium tour." Sadly for New Seekers' fans, it was in fact the original Seekers who re-formed for a millennium tour.

Number One In Heaven: The heroes who died for Rock 'n' Roll
Jeremy Simmonds

Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0 141 02287 6 / ISBN 13: 978 0 141 02287 1 (paperback)
Publication date: 5th October 2006

Jeremy Simmonds' book of rock obituaries arranges the entries chronologically, spanning the forty years from 1965-2005. Peter Doyle's obituary appears on page 456, alongside another for Kim Gardner (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke).

Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 1 7119 2180 6 (paperback)
Publication date: 22nd October 1990

The Omnibus Book Of British and American Hit Singles 1960-1990 lists the New Seekers' Top 10 hits in the UK and the USA (page 127). It includes a small photograph of the New Seekers (the line-up featuring Kathy Ann Rae and Danny Finn) and makes passing reference to Lyn Paul's solo career, remarking that "Lyn later recorded on Polydor, Pye and Crash."

1000 UK Number One Hits
Compiled and written by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh

Publisher: Omnibus
ISBN: 1 84449 283 4 (paperback)
Publication date: January 2005

Among the 1000 chart-toppers featured in this book are the New Seekers' two UK number ones - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (page 174) and You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (page 193). Lyn Paul is quoted in both articles.

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
"It would have been a boring song if it had been recorded by a solo singer, but all the counter-melodies make it."

You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
"I just didn't want to be oohing and aahing all the time ... Fortunately, they could see my point of view and they gave me 'You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me' and 'I Get A Little Sentimental Over You' to get me to stay."

Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland
Pete Frame

Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 0711969736 (paperback)
ISBN-13: 978 0711969735
Publication date: 15th May 1999

Lyn Paul is listed among the stars born in Wythenshawe, Manchester: "Birthplace of Lyn Paul, 16.2.49 (New Seekers), who made her singing début at Wythenshawe Labour Club." (page 133)

Rock And Pop Day By Day: Birthdays, Deaths, Hits and Facts
Frank Laufenberg
Translated by Astrid Mick
Edited by Hugh Gregory

Publisher: Blandford
ISBN: 0 7137 2319 X (hardback)
Publication date: 1992

Lyn Paul is listed among the stars with birthdays on 16th February (page 44). The entry for Lyn mentions the New Seekers' biggest hit I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing and Lyn's solo hit It Oughta Sell A Million.

Singles: six decades of hot hits & classic cuts
Johnny Black and Mark Brend

Publisher: Backbeat
ISBN: 1 87154 773 3 / ISBN 13: 978 1 871547 73 3 (hardback)
Publication date: 15th September 2006

Six decades of hits are chronicled in this giant-sized encyclopedia. Lyn Paul is quoted in the entry for the New Seekers' hit I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing: "I remember thinking I wasn't very keen on it. How wrong can you be?" (page 129). This book was updated and re-issued in 2008 as Classic Tracks Back to Back: Singles and Albums.

Tapestry Of Delights: comprehensive guide to British music of the Beat, R&B, Psychedelic and Progressive eras, 1963-76
Vernon Joynson

Publisher: Borderline Productions
ISBN: 1 899855 04 1 (paperback)
Publication date: 1st January 1995

ISBN: 1 899855 08 4 (paperback) /
1 899855 09 2 (paperback update)
Publication date: 1998

Tapestry Of Delights is an encyclopaedic guide to British music of the Beat, R&B, Psychedelic and Progressive eras, 1963-76, described by Q magazine as an "impressive 600 page job, that includes more across-the-board info than most rock encyclopaedias". It includes information on Brian Engel's group Mandrake Paddlesteamer.

Tapestry Of Delights: Revisited
Vernon Joynson

Publisher: Borderline Productions
ISBN: 1 899855 15 7 (paperback)
Publication date: 30th June 2006

A revised and updated edition of Tapestry Of Delights, featuring information on the Nocturnes (page 615), Mandrake Paddlesteamer (page 532) and Wishful Thinking (page 938). Many of the entries have been rewritten, more have been added, and all have been updated to include relevant releases since 1995.

Television's Strangest Moments: Extraordinary But True Tales from the History of TV
Quentin Falk and Ben Falk

Publisher: Robson Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1861058748 (paperback)
ISBN-13: 978 1861058744 (paperback)
Publication date: 25th August 2005

A compendium of strange but true tales from television's history. The entry for the Eurovision Song Contest (pages 29-30) recalls, among other Eurovision mishaps, the UK's Song For Europe contest of 1977. The show was scuppered by a strike, forcing it to be broadcast only on the radio, and was hampered by "some confusion between the entries by Lynsey de Paul (and Mike Moran) and one-time New Seeker, Lyn Paul" (page 30). This was not the first time their names had been confused!

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