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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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Inspirations
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Inspirations: original lyrics and the stories behind the greatest songs ever written
Included among the stories behind the songs is the tale of a tune that started its life as True Love and Apple Pie and ended up as I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (page 63). |
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Lights, Camera,
Soundtracks
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Lights, Camera, Soundtracks: The Ultimate Guide to Popular Music in the Movies
There's no mention of John Barry's soundtrack to The Dove, so Lyn Paul fans will be disappointed with this one. However, if you persevere as far as page 364, you'll find a reference to Wishful Thinking, a four-piece band featuring Danny Finn of the New Seekers. Think twice before you persevere, though. The review of the soundtrack to That'll Be The Day featuring Wishful Thinking has this to say: "But for the tracks such as fillers... It'll Be Me by Wishful Thinking (spelt with two L's on the sleeve!) ... the album would have been near faultless." Ouch! |
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Lives Of The
Great Songs
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Lives Of The Great Songs
If your local librarian hasn't already withdrawn this book from stock, you may still find it lingering on the library shelves. Jasper Rees (clearly not a fan of the New Seekers) fires a few wayward shots at the group in his article about Bob Dylan's Blowin' In The Wind (pages 101-102). "No one," he claims, "plumbed the depths quite like the New Seekers ... Their version, elaborating on the more restrained example of the Seekers, is a happy-clappy sing-along with a ghastly guitar break." |
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Music: Over a Century of the Greatest Artists, Albums, Songs, Performances and Events That Rocked the Music World
An encyclopaedia covering 100 years of popular music, decade by decade. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing by the New Seekers is featured as a 'Key Song' of the decade 1970-79 (page 405), while the writers of the song, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, are featured as 'Key People' (page 427). |
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Rough Guide To
Cult Pop
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The Rough Guide To Cult Pop
A pocket-sized pop trivia book that gives a brief nod in the direction of the New Seekers (page 329). The last section, The Final Countdown, makes an interesting link between the group's 1971 single I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing and the Kinks' 1970 hit Lola. Although the New Seekers' hit was easily identifiable as the tune from a Coca-Cola commercial, it was the lyrics of the latter which mentioned the drink by name, necessitating a change to "cherry cola" to prevent the song from being banned by the BBC! |
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Runs In The Blood
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Runs In The Blood
This is the biography of Australian singer Marcie Jones. It includes her memories of the Sunshine days in the '60s when she appeared on the Go Show and toured Australia with Peter Doyle and the other artists on the Sunshine label. Among her many memories Marcie recalls the Sounds Of '64 concert at the Palais Theatre, St. Kilda (page 99) and the sixties revival concert in 1997, which featured Peter Doyle, Rob Lovell and Danny Robinson re-united as the Virgil Brothers and Peter Doyle performing solo - "everyone could still cut it and we all had a ball." |
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Thirty Years Of
Number 1s
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Thirty Years Of Number 1s:
A year by year guide to the chart-toppers on both sides of the Atlantic covering the years 1960-89. The commentary on the year 1972 includes a paragraph about the New Seekers (page 64). The original Seekers are featured in the commentary on 1965 (page 32). |
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Top Pop Singles
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Top Pop Singles, 1955-1999
An encyclopaedic guide to the US singles chart from 1955-99. It gives details of all the New Seekers' hits on the Billboard Top 100. |
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We Could Have Been
The Wombles
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We Could Have Been The Wombles
'We Could Have Been The Wombles' takes a humourous look at the chart phenomenon known as the 'one hit wonder' (it was originally published in 2004 with the title 'The One and Only'). Books like this often turn out to be tedious - 'anoraks only' lists of little-known and best-forgotten facts - but this one isn't. It's the sort of book that you can dip into as the fancy takes you, but when you do put it down you'll probably find it's not long before you pick it up again. It's almost addictive - or maybe the anorak is getting too comfy? |
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The Who
And The Making Of
Tommy
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The Who And The Making Of Tommy
Volume 5 of the Vinyl Frontier series takes an in-depth look at the Who's album Tommy, tracing its origins and evolution as a recording, live performance, movie and musical. The New Seekers are mentioned on page 159. |
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Who's Who Of
Australian Rock!
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Who's Who Of Australian Rock!
An encyclopedia giving basic information about the recordings of Australian bands and solo artists. It includes entries for three of the New Seekers - Peter Doyle, who is listed both as a solo artist and as a member of the Virgil Brothers, Marty Kristian and Mick Flinn (listed as a member of the Mixtures and the Wild Colonials). NEXT PAGE [Nostalgia] >> |
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