The Seekers Fact File

The Seekers staggering achievements are …

• Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley are joint ‘Australians Of The Year 1967’
• The Seekers celebrated their 50th birthday on 4 December, 2012 (1962-2012)
• The first group ever to reach No. 1 on the UK charts with their first three singles
  … not even Michael Jackson or Madonna achieved that
• The first Australian group to reach No. 1 in USA (Georgy Girl)
  … not even Little River Band or AC/DC can claim that!
• The first Australian group to reach No. 1 in UK (I’ll Never Find Another You)
  … not even The Easybeats or INXS can claim that!
• The first Australian group ever to reach No. 1 in UK with a debut record (I’ll Never Find Another You)
  … not even The Rolling Stones or The Beatles achieved that!
• “The Carnival Is Over” (No. 1 hit):
  - outsold everyone including The Beatles and The Rolling Stones
  - No. 7 in Top Ten UK Hits Of The 60s
  - No. 30 in ‘UK Top 100 Best Selling Singles Of All Time’
  - No. 34 in UK million selling singles of all time
• “I’ll Never Find Another You” (No. 1 hit):
  - currently 6 million+ hits on youtube
• “Georgy Girl” (No. 1 hit):
  - nominated for an Academy Award ‘Best Original Song’
• Quadruple platinum for their ’25 Year Reunion Celebration’ live in concert video 1994
  … it knocked Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ 10th Anniversary video off the Number One spot
• The only concert artists to ever draw a crowd of more than 200,000 people to a concert in the southern hemisphere!
  … it’s in the history books!
• Record holders for Australian television ratings
  … a 67 rating for their 1967 TV spectacular ‘The Seekers Down Under’
• ARIA Hall Of Fame inductees 1995
• ‘Key To The City’ of Melbourne presented to The Seekers 2006

• The Seekers honoured with their own postage stamp
  … They’re part of Australia Post’s 2012 ‘Legends’ series

• The Seekers were each awarded with 'The Officer Of The Order Of Australia (AO) in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2014.

• Judith Durham passed away on August 5th 2022 from complications from a long standing lung condition.

• The Seekers celebrated their 60th anniversary in 2022 and commemorated the year with a triple CD called "Carry Me". 60 tracks across 3 CDs.