Judith Durham, OAM (born Judith Mavis Cock on July 3, 1943, in Melbourne, Australia) is a jazz singer who became the lead singer for the Australian popular folk music group The Seekers in 1963. She left the group in mid 1968 to pursue her solo career. In 1993, Durham began to make sporadic recordings and performances with The Seekers, continuing into the 2000s. Insignia of a Companion of the Order of Australia. ... is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... This article is about the Australian music group. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Early life

Judith Durham was born July 3, 1943, at Essendon, Victoria, Australia to William Alexander Cock DFC, a Navigator and World War II Pathfinder, and his wife. Durham lived in Hobart, Tasmania where she attended The Fahan School before moving back to Melbourne in 1956. In Melbourne she was educated at Ruyton Girls' School, a following matriculation, enroled at RMIT.^[1] is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Essendon is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... “VIC” redirects here. ... The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdoms Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy... A navigator is the person onboard a ship responsible for the navigation of the vessel. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... One version of the patch worn on the uniforms of American pathfinders who served during World War II. During World War II, the pathfinders were a group of volunteers selected within the Airborne units who were specially trained to operate navigation aids to guide the main airborne body to the... For other places and things named Hobart, see Hobart (disambiguation). ... Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $16,114... The Fahan School was established in 1935 as a a small, independent school for girls in Hobart, Tasmania. ... Ruyton Girls School (commonly referred to simply as Ruyton), is a non-denominational, independent, day school for girls, located in the inner Eastern Melbourne suburb of Kew, Victoria, Australia. ... The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (now officially known only as RMIT University), is a university in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Durham at first planned to be a pianist and she gained the qualification of Associate In Music, Australia (AMusA) in classical piano at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium. She had some professional engagements playing piano. However she also had classical vocal training and performed blues, gospels and jazz pieces. Her singing career began at the age of 18 when she asked Nicholas Ribush, leader of the Melbourne University Jazz Band, one night at the Memphis Jazz Club in Malvern, if she could sing with the band. In 1963 she began performing at the same club with Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers, using her mother's maiden name of Durham. In that year she also recorded her first EP, "Judy Durham with Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers" for W&G Records^[2]. AMusA (Associate diploma in Music, Australia) The AMusA is a diploma awarded to outstanding musical candidates by the Australian Music Examinations Board. ... The University of Melbourne, is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. ... A music school or conservatory is an institution dedicated to teaching the art of music, including playing of musical instruments, musical composition, musicianship, music history and music theory. ... Malvern is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Durham was working as a secretary at the J Walter Thompson advertising agency where she met an account executive called Athol Guy. Guy was in a folk group called the Seekers which sang on Monday nights a coffee lounge called the 'Treble Clef' on Toorak Road in Melbourne. JWT is the current name of the United States largest and worlds fourth largest advertising agency originally founded by William James Carlton in 1864 and renamed by James Walter Thompson in 1877 to The James Walter Thompson Company. ... Athol Guy (born January 5, 1940, in Colac, Victoria, Australia), is one of the members of the Australian pop music-folk music group The Seekers. ... Coffeehouse in Damascus // A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or cafe (also spelled as café from the French, Spanish, and Portuguese or caffè from the Italian) shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ...

The Seekers

The Seekers consisted of Durham, Athol Guy, Bruce Woodley and Keith Potger, an ABC radio producer. It was through Keith Potger's position that the group was able to make a demo tape in their spare time. This was given to W&G Records who wanted another sample of Durhams's voice before agreeing to record a Jazz Preachers album. Instead W&G signed The Seekers for an album, Introducing the Seekers. (Keith Potger does not appear on the album cover because he was not allowed to have a second job.) However Durham recorded two other songs with the Jazz Preachers, "Muddy Water" (which appeared on their album Jazz From the Pulpit) and "Trombone Frankie" (an adapted version of Bessie Smith's "Trombie Cholly"). Bruce Woodley (born July 25, 1942 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian songwriter, singer and guitarist, best known as a member of the successful pop-folk group The Seekers, and as composer of the song I Am Australian. // Main article: The Seekers Before joining the Seekers, Bruce Woodley had... Keith Potger (born March 21, 1941) at Colombo in Sri Lanka, is one of the founder members of the Australian pop-folk group The Seekers, in which he played twelve string guitar (a Maton FG-150/12), banjo, and sang. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

In early 1964, the Seekers sailed to the United Kingdom on the S.S. Fairsky on which the group provided the musical entertainment. Originally they had planned to return after ten weeks, but they received a steady stream of bookings through the Grade Agency because they had sent the agency a copy of their first album. In November 1964 The Seekers released a "I'll Never Find Another You", composed by Tom Springfield. In February 1965, the record reached number one in England and Australia. Born Dion OBrien on 2nd July 1934 in Hampstead, London, England, Tom Springfield was the brother of Dusty Springfield and an important figure in the 1960s folk and pop music scene. ... This is a list of the number one singles on the UK Singles Chart, during the 1960s. ...

A succession of hits followed over the next three years, including "A World of Our Own", "Georgy Girl", "Morningtown Ride", "Emerald City" and "The Carnival is Over". She co-wrote the songs "Can't make up my mind" and "Colours of my life" for the Seekers final studio album, "Seen in Green". However her desire to settle down and have a solo career led Judith to giving the group six months' notice of her intention to leave in July 1968. Their final performance was for BBC Television on July 10. BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1993 Durham performed and recorded with The Seekers several times, including their silver jubilee concert tour and fund-raising events for charity. Since 2000, The Seekers have made further tours. A Silver Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary. ...

Solo career

Durham returned to Australia in August 1968 and her first solo television special screened on the Nine Network in the September. During her solo career she has released albums titled: "For Christmas With Love", "Gift Of Song" and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain". In the 1970s she returned to traditional jazz and recorded Volumes 1 & 2 of "The Hottest Band In Town" and "The Hot Jazz Duo". After this she retired to Queensland though wrote songs occasionally. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. ... Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd...

Later solo career

In 1994 Durham began recording albums again. including Mona Lisas in 1996 under the direction of producer Gus Dudgeon. This was re-released as Always There in 1998 with the addition of Durham's solo recording of fellow Seeker Bruce Woodley's "I am Australian" (with Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply and Mandaway Yunupingu of Yothu Yindi) and the Smith Family theme song of the title. Her recording of Always There was first released on the 1997 double CD Anthems, which also featured Bruce Woodley's "Common Ground" and the Seekers' version of "Advance Australia Fair." Gus Dudgeon (1942 - 2002) was a British record producer, and the inventor of audio sampling as a musical device. ... Air Supply The cover of Air Supplys Lost in Love album, 1980 Air Supply are a duo of pop musicians, Englishman Graham Russell and Australian Russell Hitchcock, who had a succession of soft-rock ballad hits throughout the English-speaking world through the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Air Supply is a duo of soft rock musicians who had a succession of hits worldwide through the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Yothu Yindi (Yolngu for child and mother. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s...

In 2000 Durham's album Let Me Find Love was re-released as Hold on To Your Dream, with the addition of her song for Australia, "Australia Land of Today". 2001 saw another Australian tour, and in 2003 she toured the UK to celebrate her 60th birthday. Her birthday concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London was filmed and released on DVD in late 2004. The Royal Festival Hall reopening celebrations The Royal Festival Hall is a concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...

Personal life

On November 21, 1969, she married her musical director, British pianist Ron Edgeworth, in Melbourne. They lived in the UK and Switzerland before settling in Australia until the mid 1980s, when they bought a property in Nambour, Queensland. is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Nambour is a town situated in south east Queensland, Australia, 101 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. ... Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd...

In 1990 Durham, Edgeworth, and their tour manager Peter Summers were involved in a fatal car accident on the Calder Freeway, The driver of the other car died at the scene and Durham was seriously injured. The response from her fans made Durham consider getting back together with the other Seekers for the silver jubilee show. However this reunion was brief when Edgeworth was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. He died on December 10, 1994 with Durham by his side. Calder Freeway M79 is freeway linking Melbourne to Bendigo. ... The motor neurone diseases (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing. ... is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...

In 1994, her authorised biography "The Judith Durham Story - Colours Of My Life" by Graham Simpson was first published by Random House. It was updated and reprinted in 1998 and 2000, and in 2003, it was again and updated and published by Virgin Books. // Random House is a publishing house based in New York City. ... Virgin Books is the book publishing arm of Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company. ...

Solo releases

• 1963 Judy Durham & Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers [EP]
• 1964 Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers & Judy Durham - Trombone Frankie [45]
• 1967 The Olive Tree/The Non-Performing Lion Quickstep [45]
• 1967 Again and Again/Memories [45]
• 1969 For Christmas With Love [Gramophone record|LP]
• 1970 Gift of Song [Gramophone record|LP]
• 1971 Climb Every Mountain [Gramophone record|LP]
• 1973 JD & The Hottest Band in Town Vol. 1 [Gramophone record|LP]
• 1974 JD & The Hottest Band in Town Vol. 2 [Gramophone record|LP]
• 1980 The Hot Jazz Duo [Gramophone record|LP]
• 1992 Australia Land of Today [CD Single]
• 1994 Let Me Find Love [CD]
• 1996 Mona Lisas [CD]
• 1998 Always There [CD]
• 2002 JD and the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir [CD]
• 2000 Hold on To Your Dream [CD]
• 2003 Diamond Night [DVD]

• With the exception of the Jazz EP, the 1960s singles, Gift of Song and Climb Every Mountain, all of Durham's solo records have been re-released on CD.

She has also contributed to various compilations, including the CD single "Yil Lull", Slowly Gently for the Motor Neurone Disease fundraiser, "One Man's Journey", and most recently an ethnic version of "The Carnival is Over" with Melbourne group Inca Marca for the Melbourne Immigration Museum's compilation CD, "This is the Place For a Song." In 2007 Durham also made a cameo appearance on "English Garden", a bonus track featured only on the digital download version of the new Silverchair album "Young Modern."

References

• 'The Judith Durham Story - Colours Of My Life' by Graham Simpson (Random House, 1994, 1998, 2000), (Virgin Books, 2004). ISBN 1852270381
• The Judith Story

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External links

• Official Site
• Judith Durham's career on A&M Records with gallery, international discography
• Judith Durham Discography
• Judith Durham at the Internet Movie Database
• The Seekers - Groups & solo artists at the MILESAGO website
• UK Fan Club Site