Friday on my Mind 220: Georgy Girl RIP Judith Durham
Posted in 1960s, Events dear boy. Events, Friday On My Mind, Music at 12:00 on 12 August 2022
Lead singer of The Seekers, Judith Durham, also died this week. (It’s getting to feel like 2016 all over again.)
The Seekers were one of the first Australian acts to come to the UK in the 1960s and find success. They were certainly not ‘rock’y but neither could they be described as pure folk singers. Durham’s voice always gave them a distinctive sound.
On an occasion like this lots of folk would choose their song The Carnival is Over, their second UK no 1, to bid her farewell.
Instead, this is the title song to a film of the same name, composed by Dusty Springfield’s brother Tom (a UK guiding light to The Seekers) with lyrics written by actor and man of many aspects, Jim Dale.
The Seekers: Georgy Girl
Tags: Dusty Springfield, Friday On My Mind, Jim Dale, Judith Durham, The Seekers, Tom Springfield