A year by year guide to the songs that sold a million. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing is listed on page 299 (2nd edition), together with a brief history of the New Seekers up to 1974 and a photograph of the group featuring Lyn Paul and Eve Graham wearing hot pants and knee-high boots.
The Complete
Eurovision
Song Contest
Companion
The Complete Eurovision Song Contest Companion
Paul Gambaccini, Tim Rice, Jonathan Rice and Tony Brown
A year by year guide to the Eurovision Song Contest, including information about the 1972 Contest (when the New Seekers came second with Beg, Steal Or Borrow) and the 1980 Contest (when ex-New Seeker Danny Finn came third with Prima Donna'sLove Enough For Two).
Dreams, Fantasies
and Nightmares
Dreams, Fantasies and Nightmares from Far Away Lands: Canadian, Australasian and Latin American Rock and Pop, 1963-75
Vernon Joynson
An extensive guide to pop and rock music (1963-76) by recording artists from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Latin America. It includes information on Peter Doyle and on Mick Flinn's group the Mixtures.
Encyclopedia Of
Australian
Rock And Pop
The Encyclopedia Of Australian Rock And Pop
Ian McFarlane
This is arguably the definitive guide to pop and rock music by Australian recording artists from the 1950s to the 1990s. It includes information on Peter Doyle and on Mick Flinn's group the Mixtures. The New Seekers even get brief mentions in the entries for James Taylor Move (page 326), Procession (page 498) and the Seekers (page 564).
Whilst the link with the Seekers is obvious enough (ex-Seeker Keith Potger founded the New Seekers), the links with the other two bands are more obscure. In the case of James Taylor Move, the link is with band members Alan Tarney and Trevor Spencer, who worked as session players for the New Seekers and wrote and produced their 1977 single Give Me Love Your Way.
The link with Procession is the song Anthem (One Day In Every Week). Written by Procession band members Brian Peacock and Mick Rogers, the song was released as the group's début single in January 1968 with the title Anthem. The group re-recorded the song and re-issued it as a single in February the following year, this time with the title One Day In Every Week. Neither version made it into the charts. It wasn't until 1978 when the New Seekers recorded the song (rolling both titles into one) that Anthem (One Day In Every Week) finally became a hit.
The Encyclopedia
Of Classic
Saturday Night
Telly
The Encyclopedia Of Classic Saturday Night Telly
Jack Kibble-White and Steve Williams
Encyclopedia? Not really. Nonetheless it's an entertaining guide to Saturday night TV in the UK. Lyn Paul appeared on a number of the shows listed here: 3-2-1, Celebrity Squares, The Morecambe & Wise Show, The Two Ronnies and The Wheeltappers & Shunters Social Club. The New Seekers are mentioned in the articles about The Basil Brush Show (page 44) and It's Cliff Richard (page 169).
"A major part of It's Cliff Richard took the form of a search for the UK entry for The Eurovision Song Contest. Given Cliff's notorious failure to win the competition in 1968, it seemed like malice on the Beeb's part to foist this upon him; and not just once but three times, shepherding Mary Hopkin, Clodagh Rodgers and the New Seekers on their way to the ever-popular pan-Europe croon in..."
Goldmine
Price Guide
to 45rpm Records,
1st edition
Goldmine
Price Guide
to 45rpm Records,
4th edition
The Book Of Golden Discs: the records that sold a million
