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The New Seekers

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Listen to I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) by The New Seekers, see lyrics, music video & more!
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)The New Seekers
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I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) [Rerecorded]The New Seekers
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Listen to Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me / I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) [Rerecorded Version] - Single by The New Seekers
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Listen to Farewell Album (Bonus Track Version) by The New Seekers
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Watch Those Were The Days (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 30, 1971) music video by Jack Jones, Stiller and Meara, Loretta Lynn, The New Seekers & Your Father’s Moustache
Those Were The Days (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 30, 1971)
Jack Jones, Stiller and Meara, Loretta Lynn, The New Seekers & Your Father’s Moustache
Watch Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, October 25, 1970) music video by The New Seekers
Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, October 25, 1970)
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Watch Beautiful People (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 13, 1970) music video by The New Seekers
Beautiful People (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 13, 1970)
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Watch Your Song (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 30, 1971) music video by The New Seekers
Your Song (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 30, 1971)
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About The New Seekers

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Hometown
London, England
Formed
1969
Genre
Pop
Known chiefly for making a Coca-Cola jingle into a massive worldwide hit, the New Seekers ostensibly grew out of the ashes of the Australian folk-rock outfit the Seekers ("Georgy Girl"). Although their clear harmonies, pop leanings, and squeaky-clean image were similar to the original band, their actual connection was tenuous at best. After the Seekers disbanded, guitarist/vocalist Keith Potger put together an otherwise completely new band in late 1969: female vocalists Eve Graham and Sally Graham (no relation), guitarists/vocalists Laurie Heath and Marty Kristian, and bassist/vocalist Chris Barrington. Potger christened them the New Seekers and produced their self-titled 1970 debut album, and while he did sing with them at first, he soon retired from both performance and production to become their manager, leaving them with no members of the original Seekers. His last appearance was on the ironically titled follow-up Keith Potger and the New Seekers, which was issued before the end of the year and featured numerous personnel changes; only Eve Graham and Marty Kristian remained, joined by singer Lyn Paul and guitarists/vocalists Paul Layton and Peter Doyle. Thus constituted, the New Seekers scored their first American hit with a cover of Melanie's "Look What They Done to My Song, Ma" in late 1970. They toured the U.S. in early 1971 and appeared on several variety shows, and the title track of Beautiful People was a significant follow-up success; they also broke through in the U.K. later that year with a version of Delaney Bramlett's "Never Ending Song of Love." Their biggest success, however, came from an unlikely source: an ad jingle they recorded for Coca-Cola, which became part of a hugely popular campaign that summer -- so popular, in fact, that radio listeners actually called in to request the commercial. It was decided to release the song as a single called "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)," with the lyrics rewritten to remove product references. Since the New Seekers were unavailable at the time, a country-tinged version by the Hillside Singers was actually released first. The New Seekers recorded their own version while touring America toward the end of the year, and since it naturally sounded more like the commercial, it proved the bigger hit, reaching the U.S. Top Ten despite stiff competition from the alternate recording. Helped by the ad campaign, "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" was a smash hit all over the world, topping the charts in several countries (including the U.K.) and giving the New Seekers their biggest hit ever. In 1972, the New Seekers placed second in the annual Eurovision Song Contest with "Beg, Steal or Borrow," which was their highly successful U.K. follow-up to "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"; the title track of Circles was another hit that summer. The New Seekers kicked off 1973 by playing Richard Nixon's inaugural ball, but subsequently tried to hip up their image and gain a little more critical respect by recording more rock-oriented numbers (including material from the Who's Tommy) on Now; it didn't work, and their sales began to slip as a result. Peter Doyle left the group that summer and was replaced by Peter Oliver. The singles "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me" and "I Get a Little Sentimental Over You" (featured on the 1974 album Together) returned them to the U.K. Top Ten, but both female singers (Eve Graham and Lyn Paul) decided to leave the group in early 1974. They embarked on a farewell tour of the U.K. that spring, and entered the studio one last time to record The Farewell Album, which was issued that summer after they had officially disbanded. That wasn't the end of the New Seekers, although it was the end of their commercial prime. The group re-formed in 1976 with original members Eve Graham, Marty Kristian, and Paul Layton, plus newcomers Kathy Ann Rae and Danny Finn. They recorded the album Together Again and began playing the U.K. cabaret circuit with other non-rock pop acts. While they would land a few minor hits over the next two years, none were on the scale of their previous successes, and after one final album, 1978's Anthem, Graham and Finn left the group to marry and perform as a duo. With their departure, the New Seekers effectively ceased to be an active recording concern. Kristian and Layton continued to lead various New Seekers lineups into the '80s and sporadically during the '90s, but despite continued world tours, they were strictly a nostalgia act. Peter Doyle died of throat cancer on October 13, 2001. ~ Steve Huey

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Members of The New Seekers include, or have included, Lynn Paul, Paul Layton, Peter Doyle, Eve Graham, and Laurie Heath.