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The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 prompted The Scottish Sun to turn back time 50 years, interviewing Eve Graham about the 1972 contest in Edinburgh, when she and the New Seekers represented the United Kingdom with Beg, Steal Or Borrow. The search for a city to host the 2023 competition occasioned more press coverage, with Eve Graham backing Glasgow and Lyn Paul voicing her support for Manchester.
The death of Judith Durham from The Seekers on 5th August was widely reported in the press. The New Seekers were mentioned in several of her obituaries. Lyn Paul was also mentioned in an obituary for Pebble Mill At One presenter Bob Hall.
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| The Scottish Sun, Saturday, 7th May 2022. |
EUR JOKING How Scotland saved Eurovision Song Contest from skint Prince
by Matt Bendoris
A week before the Eurovision Song Contest The Scottish Sun published an interview with ex-New Seeker Eve Graham. Looking back 50 years when "the contest was staged in Scotland for the first and only time" Eve recalled arriving in Edinburgh: "As soon as we arrived the crowds started to gather outside the Caledonian Hotel on Princes Street, and they got bigger and bigger every day... Eventually the riot squad came out on horseback and we got told off. They even threatened to charge us costs if we provoked the crowd."
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| The Courier & Advertiser, Saturday, 14th May 2022. |
Sam seeking success at Eurovision 50 years on from Perth's own Eve
by Graeme Strachan
An interview with Eve Graham - "the singing waitress who took The New Seekers to second place for the UK at Eurovision 50 years ago."
Recalling the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, Eve said: "After the show we were mobbed by fans on our way back to the Caledonian Hotel. Our car had to drive right up the pavement to the revolving doors and, as we piled inside, the doors were forced off by the pressure of the crowd!”
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| Liverpool Echo, Thursday, 2nd June 2022, page 10. |
70 Questions: put your feet up for the long weekend and pit your wits against Spencer Leigh's Jubilee Quiz
1983 "What role did Barbara Dickson create that has since been played by Petula Clark, Carole King, Lyn Paul, Kiki Dee and various Nolan sisters?"
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| Daily Telegraph, Friday, 3rd June 2022, page 29. |
Obituaries: Bob Hall
Lyn Paul was mentioned in the obituary for Bob Hall, who presented the BBC's lunchtime show Pebble Mill At One.
"Skilled at improvisation, he specialised in outside broadcasts and among other things presented the first live transmission from aboard a nuclear submarine, the Faslane-based Dreadnought, off the Isle of Arran.
Hall coped manfully with the unpredictable conditions on board, fending off seasickness in the midst of a ferocious February storm as New Seekers star Lyn Paul sang Rod Stewart's Sailing while the entire crew joined in the chorus and all but one of the microphones failed."
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| The Scotsman, Saturday, 18th June 2022, page 3. |
Why city should not be too proud to beg to stage musical extravaganza
by Fiona Shepherd
An article backing Glasgow as host city for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, which noted similarities with the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest.
"If Glasgow does get the nod, this will be the second time the Eurovision Song Contest has been held in Scotland - and in similar circumstances to the 1972 competition in Edinburgh.
Monaco had won the contest in 1971 but, like Ukraine, was unable to provide a suitable venue for the show the following year.
"Their loss was Edinburgh's gain... Vicky Leandros took the trophy for Luxembourg while the UK entry - Beg, Steal Or Borrow by the New Seekers - finished in a respectable second place."
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| The Sun, Saturday, 18th June 2022. |
When I called Eu last night from Glasgow
by Gordon Tait and Matt Bendoris
Among those backing calls for Glasgow to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest was Eve Graham: "The Hydro would be an ideal venue. Scots would get behind it."
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| Sunday Mail, Sunday, 19th June 2022, page 16. |
McEurovision
by Heather Greenaway
An article listing the Scots with links to the Eurovision Song Contest, including former contestants Lulu (who won the contest in 1969 in a four-way tie for first with France, Spain and The Netherlands), Scott Fitzgerald (beaten by one point in 1988 by Céline Dion, representing Switzerland), Kenneth McKellar (9th in 1966) and Eve Graham (2nd in 1972 with the New Seekers).
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| Daily Mail, Monday, 4th July 2022, page 52. |
QUESTION Have any British artists had a No. 1 in Japan?
The answer: only six British acts have topped the Oricon Singles chart, one of those being the New Seekers who were number 1 for a week in 1972 with I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing.
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| The Scotsman, Wednesday, 27th July 2022. |
Eurovision returns to the UK: Take a look at when Edinburgh hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972
by Gary Flockhart
Gary Flockhart contended that Edinburgh was "the obvious choice" as the venue for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. He recalled 1972, when "the eyes of the world were on Edinburgh as the Usher Hall hosted the much-loved song competition."
"Representing the UK in 1972 were The New Seekers with the song Beg, Steal Or Borrow. Up against 17 other countries, they were respectable runners-up to Luxembourg's Vicky Leandros, whose song Après Toi garnered 128 points to the UK's 114 "
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| The Herald, Saturday, 6th August 2022, Magazine, pages 42-43. |
When the music plays, nobody does it like Glasgow
by Daniel Twist
The New Seekers were pictured performing at the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest as part of an article by TV producer Daniel Twist, advocating Glasgow as host city the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest - "It's got to be Glasgow next year."
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| The Times, Monday, 8th August 2022, page 45. |
Obituaries: Judith Durham
An obituary for Judith Durham which also mentioned the other members of The Seekers: "Her fellow Seekers experimented with other female singers without recreating the original chemistry. They were also following divergent professional paths: Potger was instrumental in forming the New Seekers and then moved into record production and public relations; Woodley, who wrote Red Rubber Ball with Paul Simon, became a jingle writer; and the bespectacled Guy spent eight years as a Liberal representative in the Victoria parliament before running a business consultancy. All three survive her."
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| The Dominion Post, Saturday, 13th August 2022, page 24. |
Obituaries: 60s star shunned swinging lifestyle
An obituary for Judith Durham which replicated the obituary from The Times, five days earlier, including the reference to Keith Potger forming the New Seekers. The Times' obituary was also replicated in the Nelson Mail, The Press (Christchurch) the Southland Times, the Timaru Herald and the Waikato Times (Hamilton).
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| Daily Record, Saturday, 13th August 2022. |
IT'S MAKIN' EUR MIND UP TIME.. - Scotland Is Red Hot Favourite To Host Eurovision Song Contest
by Rick Fulton
Eve Graham voiced her support for Glasgow to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest: "The Hydro would certainly be an ideal venue too and I believe every Scot would get right behind it."
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| Sunday Mail, Sunday, 14th August 2022. |
When Eurovision came to Scotland
With Glasgow in the running to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, the Sunday Mail recalled the time, five decades ago, when "Edinburgh was the lucky city chosen to put on the competition."
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"10 facts about the glittering event from 50 years ago" were these:
"Four of the 18 countries were awarded perfect 10 scores - Luxembourg, the UK, Portugal and Austria."
"The British entry for that year was Beg, Steal Or Borrow by the New Seekers, and they ended up in second place with 114 points."
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| The Scotsman, Monday, 15th August 2022, page 37. |
Obituaries: Judith Durham
by Brian Pendreigh
An obituary for Judith Durham which also recounted what the other members of The Seekers had done after the group had split up.
"After the split, Potger went on to form the New Seekers, who had a Number One with I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing and represented the UK at Eurovision. "
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| The Times, Saturday, 17th September 2022, Saturday Review, pages 4-5. |
I am a rock critic - but my secret passion is silly Seventies pop
by Will Hodgkinson
Will Hodgkinson explained why he'd written the book In Perfect Harmony: Singalong Pop In '70s Britain.
“The more people I spoke to, the clearer it became that there was a whole world of mass-appeal pop with a story that had never been told. Take I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing. "It was Richard Nixon's favourite song," Marty Kristian of the softpop harmony quintet the New Seekers told me. "Apparently he liked to listen to it when he was bombing Cambodia." It was also used in an advertising campaign by Coca-Cola, thereby becoming the corporate world's attempt at capturing the ethics of the hippy counterculture in a way that was acceptable to mainstream society.”
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| The Times, Saturday, 24th September 2022, Saturday Review, page 17. |
When pop went chirpy chirpy cheep cheep
by Nick Duerden
A review of Will Hodgkinson's book In Perfect Harmony Singalong Pop In '70s Britain.
"Will Hodgkinson... has written a 550-page doorstop celebrating otherwise overlooked heroes such as Brotherhood of Man, the Sweet, Showaddywaddy, Darts, Chicory Tip and the New Seekers. All sang songs whose lack of guile brightened our collective lives when we needed it most...
Anyone even vaguely interested in the era will find the 1970s wafting from these pages like a just-opened bottle of Mateus Rosé poured by a hirsute chap wearing too much Brut. And by packing in so much detail, so much minutiae, Hodgkinson makes his book what all books of this kind strive to be: definitive."
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| Sunday Express, Sunday, 25th September 2022, pages 4-5. |
1972: a pint was 14p, bellbottoms bloomed and diamonds were forever
The Sunday Express took its readers back in time to 1972. "Number one singles in the UK included I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony), by The New Seekers; Puppy Love, by Donny Osmond, and Starman, by David Bowie."
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| The Times, Thursday, 29th September 2022, page.3. |
Hotel prices triple for Eurovision
by Mike Wade
Following the news that the shortlist of cities to host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 had been narrowed to two - Liverpool and Glasgow - The Times reported that the price of hotel rooms in Glasgow had more than tripled, in anticipation of the city being chosen.
The article noted: "It is 50 years since Eurovision was last hosted in Scotland, when Usher Hall in Edinburgh staged the final in March 1972. Vicky Leandros of Luxembourg won the competition, with Après Toi, ahead of the New Seekers, the UK entry, with Beg, Steal Or Borrow."
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| The Times, Saturday, 1st October 2022, page 3. |
Another pop music plagiarism trial? Let's get it on
by Keiran Southern
Prompted by the news that Ed Sheeran was to face a jury trial over claims that he copied parts of his song Thinking Out Loud from Marvin Gaye's 1973 soul classic Let's Get It On, Keiran Southern took a look at some of the other "songs the lawyers loved".
"In 1994 Oasis were said to have copied the New Seekers' I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony). They changed the lyrics to Shakermaker and paid about £300,000 in compensation."
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