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The Seekers Complete
''The Seekers Complete'' is a 5-disc box set by Australian band The Seekers. It was released in December 1995 following the group's induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995. Reception Bruce Eder from AllMusic wrote, "The set is broken up into five volumes, the first (1963–1964) covering the group's early history: their original 12-song demo, coupled with parts of their debut Australian album, ''Introducing the Seekers''. The music is a mix of traditional Australian, English, and American folk songs spiced with American gospel. They do themselves credit, whether they're touching on familiar folk standards or Australian repertory, all displaying a beguiling purity and infectious joy in the singing. The second (1964–1965) and third (1966–1967) discs cover their album tracks from the group's classic era, from early 1964 up to the end of their last full year of success in 1967. The sources for those 40 songs are impeccable, although this is also the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seekers
The Seekers were an Australian folk-influenced pop quartet, originally formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States. They were especially popular during the 1960s with their best-known configuration of Judith Durham on vocals, piano and tambourine; Athol Guy on double bass and vocals; Keith Potger on twelve-string guitar, banjo and vocals; and Bruce Woodley on guitar, mandolin, banjo and vocals. The group had Top 10 hits in the 1960s with "I'll Never Find Another You", "A World of Our Own", "Morningtown Ride", "Someday, One Day", "Georgy Girl (song), Georgy Girl" and "The Carnival Is Over". Australian music historian Ian McFarlane described their style as "concentrated on a bright, uptempo sound, although they were too pop to be considered strictly folk and too folk to be rock". In 1967, they were named as joint "Australian of the Year, Australians of the Year" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A World Of Our Own
"A World of Our Own" is a 1965 single written by Tom Springfield and was an international hit for the Seekers. The single peaked at number 19 on the Hot 100 and number 2 on the Easy Listening charts. It reached number 3 in the U.K. and number 2 in Australia. Three years later, "A World of Our Own" was recorded by Sonny James. It was his sixth number one in a row, and 26th hit on the U.S. country music chart. The single spent three weeks at number one and a total of 15 weeks on the chart. In 1994 the single was re-released in the UK. The four track CD contained the original recording, a new recording of the song, and two B-sides - ''When the Stars begin to fall'' (originally the B-side of ''Morningtown Ride "Morningtown Ride" is a lullaby, written and performed by Malvina Reynolds. It was covered by The Seekers and their recording reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song tells the comforting story of the journey through nighttime made by al ...'' and the newly-recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Boy
"Danny Boy" is a ballad, written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly in 1913, and set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air". History In 1910, in Bath, Somerset, the English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly initially wrote the words to "Danny Boy" to a tune other than "Londonderry Air". An alternative story is that Margaret Weatherly sent him a copy of "Londonderry Air" in 1913, Weatherly modified the lyrics of "Danny Boy" to fit its rhyme and meter. Another alternative version of the story has Jess singing the air to Weatherly in 1912 with different lyrics. Another alternative story is that Frederic did not set the poem to any tune, but that his sister-in-law Margaret Enright Weatherly, who together with her husband Edward were living near Ouray, Colorado at the Neosho mine, set the poem in 1913 to the tune of the "Londonderry Air" which she had heard as a child in California played by her father and other Irish railroad workers. Weatherly gave the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wreck Of The Old 97
Wreck or The Wreck may refer to: Common uses * Wreck, a collision of an automobile, aircraft or other vehicle * Shipwreck, the remains of a ship after a crisis at sea Places * The Wreck (surf spot), a surf spot at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Wreck'' (1913 film), an Australian film * ''The Wreck'' (1927 film), an American film Music * The Wrecks, an American alternative rock band * Wreck (band), an American indie rock band * ''Wreck'' (album), a 2012 album by Unsane * "Wreck", a song by Gentle Giant from their album ''Acquiring the Taste'' Television * ''Wreck'' (TV series), British six-part comedy horror television series Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Wrecks'', one-man play by Neil LaBute *''The Wreck'', story by Guy de Maupassant Other uses * Wreck, a ceremony of initiation into the 40 et 8 club See also * Emergency wreck buoy, a navigation mark warning of a new wreck. * Rambling Wreck, a car tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonesome Traveller
Lonesome Traveller is a 1950 skiffle song written by Lee Hays and recorded by Pete Seeger and The Weavers in that year. The lyrics begin "I'm just a lonely and a lonesome traveller.." Versions * Lonnie Donegan - "Lonesome Traveller" / "Times Are Getting Hard Boys" - Metronome (1958) * The Tarriers - "Lonesome Traveller" / "East Virginia" - London (1958) * Charles Blackwell - "Lover And His Lass" / "Lonesome Traveller" - Triumph (1960) * The Limeliters 1960 debut album, ''The Limeliters'', on Elektra Records. They also did live versions on their albums ''The London Concert'' (1963), ''Reunion'' (1973), ''The Chicago Tapes'' (1976, released in 2001), ''Alive! In Concert'' (1985), ''Harmony'' (1987) and ''The Limeliters (Live) - An Evening With The Chad Mitchell Trio: Live At The Birchmere'' (1995). * Trini Lopez - "Kansas City" / "Lonesome Traveller" Reprise (1963) * The Au Go Go Singers (1964) * The Seekers (1965) * Marianne Faithfull (1965) * Esther & Abi Ofarim recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Had A Hammer
"If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a protest song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the Progressive movement, and was first recorded by the Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman. It was a #10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962 and then went to #3 a year later when recorded by Trini Lopez in 1963. The Weavers released the song under the title "The Hammer Song" as a 78 rpm single in March 1950 on Hootenanny Records, 101-A, backed with "Banks of Marble". Early versions The song was first performed publicly by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays on June 3, 1949, at St. Nicholas Arena in New York City at a testimonial dinner for the leaders of the Communist Party of the United States, who were then on trial in federal court, charged with violating the Smith Act by advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government. It was not particularly successful in commercial terms when it was first release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumbaya
"''Kum ba yah''" ("''Come by here''") is an African American spiritual song of disputed origin, but known to be sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved West Africans. The song is thought to have spread from the islands to other Southern states and the North, as well as other places in the world. The first known recording, of someone known only as H. Wylie, who sang in the Gullah dialect, was recorded by folklorist Robert Winslow Gordon in 1926. It later became a standard campfire song in Scouting and summer camps and enjoyed broader popularity during the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. The song was originally an appeal to God to come and help those in need. Origins According to Library of Congress editor Stephen Winick, the song almost certainly originated among African Americans in the Southeastern United States, and had a Gullah version early in its history even if it did not originate in that dialect. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let Your Light Shine On Me
"Let Your Light Shine on Me" is a traditional gospel blues song, having been recorded by The Wiseman Quartet in 1923, by Ernest Phipps in 1928, and by Blind Willie Johnson in 1929. The song itself is also known as "Shine On Me", "Let It Shine on Me", "Light from the Lighthouse" and "Light from Your Lighthouse". Description Ernest Phipps' version, like almost all early renditions, starts in a slow tempo and is then reprised at a much faster tempo. Johnson's version was released on Columbia 14490-D together with "God Don't Never Change". He starts singing in his tenor voice, then drops into his 'growl' or false bass voice for the middle section. The chorus runs: The words appear to allude to the Gospel of Matthew at 5:16: "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven". "Lighthouse" was a popular metaphor for heavenly light. Performances The following recordings, which vary widely in character, are by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All My Trials
"All My Trials" is a folk song which became popular during the social protest movements of the late 1950s and 1960s. Alternative titles it has been recorded under include "Bahamian Lullaby" and "All My Sorrows." The origins of the song are unclear, as it appears to not have been documented in any musicological or historical records (such as the Roud Folk Song Index, Archive of American Folk Song, or an ethnomusicologist's field recordings or notes) until after the first commercial recording was released (as "Bahamian Lullaby") on Bob Gibson's 1956 debut album ''Offbeat Folksongs''. History In the first commercial release on the 1956 album ''Offbeat Folksongs'', Gibson did not mention the history of the song. The next two artists to release it, Cynthia Gooding (as "All My Trials" in 1957) and Billy Faier (as "Bahaman Lullaby" in 1959), both wrote in their albums' liner notes that they each learned the song from Erik Darling. Gooding explained it was "supposed to be a white spiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Train
"This Train", also known as "This Train Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922. Although its origins are unknown, the song was relatively popular during the 1920s as a religious tune, and it became a gospel hit in the late 1930s for singer-guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe. After switching from acoustic to electric guitar, Tharpe released a more secular version of the song in the early 1950s. The song's popularity was also due in part to the influence of folklorists John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax, who discovered the song while making field recordings in the American South in the early 1930s and included it in folk song anthologies that were published in 1934 and 1960. These anthologies brought the song to the attention of an even broader audience during the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Another song, called "The Crawdad Song", uses the same melody. Early history The earliest known example of "This Train" is a recording by Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again
Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again is an American Negro spiritual that tells the story of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. In this spiritual, a caller tells the story in rhymed couplets; each line of the couplet is followed by the final line of an abbreviated chorus sung in answer by the audience or congregation. Between each couplet, a complete chorus is sung. In the example below, the sung chorus is given in italics; the other words are the caller's lyrics: De Lawd, He thought He’d make a man ''Dese bones gwine rise again'' Made ‘im outa mud an’ a han’ful o’ san ''Dese bones gwine to rise again'' (Chorus) ''I knowed it Indeed I knowed it, brother'' ''I knowed it Dese bones gwine to rise again'' There are several variants of the lyrics; the dramatic and creative talents of the caller generate considerable variation. The song was covered by the gospel group The Jubalaires, and the Australian folk band The Seekers The Seekers were an Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Rover
"The Wild Rover" (Roud 1173) is a very popular and well-travelled folk song. Many territories have laid claim to have the original version. History In 2015 the English Folk Song and Dance periodical "Folk Music Journal" vol 10 No 5 had an article by Brian Peters. He claims that the origin of the song was a seventeenth century English Broadside written by Thomas Lanfiere. This evolved into several distinct versions. They have been found in England, Scotland, Ireland and North America. Shortly afterwards it became popular in Australia. The song tells the story of a young man who has been away from his hometown for many years. When he returns to his former alehouse, the landlady refuses him credit, until he presents the gold which he has gained while he has been away. He sings of how his days of roving are over and he intends to return to his home and settle down. Other overview or significant versions According to Professor T. M. Devine in his book ''The Scottish Nation 1700 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
