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[Jim Denham]

In message <001b01c222ac$62680a20$6a259c40@GWilliamOakley>, G. William=20
Oakley <gwilliamoakley@earthlink.net> writes
>=A0
>Since we're discussing vocalists, I want to report a recent discovery of
>>mine:=A0 a CD titled "Judith Durham and the Hottest Band in Town,"=A0
>recorded
>>in 1973.=A0 I'd never heard of her before and stumbled into this item whi=
le
>>searching for something else.
>=A0
>Turk was a big fan of hers and she sang at Earthquake's while visiting in
>the states around 1980, as I recall.=A0 She sang a song of Turk's called
>"After."=A0=A0 It had another earlier title but I don't recall it.=A0 It w=
as a tune used
>in the musical "Storyville" and we named it "After" for the show.=A0 She w=
as
>indeed a terific singer.
>G. William Oakley
>>
>>She was the lead singer in a pop/folk group called The Seekers, who had
>a
>>number of hits back in the 'sixties ("World of Our Own," "Georgie Girl," =
et
>>al.)=A0 When she cut this album in '73 she was obviously breaking loose
>from
>>the pop stuff and doing something she loved.
>>The tunes are straight ahead 'twenties stuff:=A0 'Gimme a Pigfoot,' 'Sist=
er
>>Kate,' Cake Walkin' Babies,' etc.

-I heard that group (or, at least, a group by that name), accompanying Judi=
th
Durham at about that time. It included Sammy Rimmington on reeds. -
Jim Denham