And if you don't remember that song...oh, are you in for a treat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsIbfYEizLk
(2:36 minutes)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/judith-durham-australias-folk-music-icon-dies-at-79/2022/08/06/9ba4f710-1577-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html

Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon, dies at 79

By Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — Judith Durham, Australia’s folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died.. She was 79.

Durham died in Alfred Hospital in Melbourne on Friday night after suffering complications from a long-standing lung disease, Universal Music Australia and Musicoast said in a statement on Saturday.

She made her first recording at 19 and rose to fame after joining The Seekers in 1963. The group of four became the first Australian band to achieve major chart and sales success in the U.K. and the United States, eventually selling 50 million records.

International hits included “The Carnival is Over,” “I’ll Never Find Another You,” “A World of Our Own” and “Georgy Girl.”

Durham embarked on a solo career in 1968 but recorded with The Seekers again in the 1990s.

“This is a sad day for Judith’s family, her fellow Seekers, the staff of Musicoast, the music industry and fans worldwide, and all of us who have been part of Judith’s life for so long,” said The Seekers’ management team member Graham Simpson.

Her bandmates in The Seekers — Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley and Athol Guy — said their lives had been changed forever by losing “our treasured lifelong friend and shining star”.

“Her struggle was intense and heroic, never complaining of her destiny and fully accepting its conclusion. Her magnificent musical legacy Keith, Bruce and I are so blessed to share,” they said.

Tributes flowed for the beloved singer, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describing Durham as “a national treasure and an Australian icon.”

“Judith Durham gave voice to a new strand of our identity and helped blaze a trail for a new generation of Aussie artists,” Albanese wrote on Twitter. “Her kindness will be missed by many, the anthems she gave to our nation will never be forgotten.”

In her home state Victoria, Premier Dan Andrews said Durham had conquered the music world both in Australia and overseas.

“With her unique voice and stage presence leading The Seekers, the band became one of Australia’s biggest chart toppers,” he said.

This one's longer and maybe better:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/08/judith-durham-voice-of-the-seekers-and-australias-first-global-pop-queen

On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 04:21:06 -0700 (PDT), Lenona <lenona321@yahoo.com>
wrote:

And if you don't remember that song...oh, are you in for a treat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsIbfYEizLk
(2:36 minutes)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/judith-durham-australias-folk-music-icon-dies-at-79/2022/08/06/9ba4f710-1577-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html

Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon, dies at 79

By Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — Judith Durham, Australia’s folk music icon who
achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died. She
was 79.

Durham died in Alfred Hospital in Melbourne on Friday night after
suffering complications from a long-standing lung disease, Universal
Music Australia and Musicoast said in a statement on Saturday.

She made her first recording at 19 and rose to fame after joining The
Seekers in 1963. The group of four became the first Australian band to
achieve major chart and sales success in the U.K. and the United
States, eventually selling 50 million records.

International hits included “The Carnival is Over,” “I’ll Never Find
Another You,” “A World of Our Own” and “Georgy Girl.”

Durham embarked on a solo career in 1968 but recorded with The Seekers
again in the 1990s.

“This is a sad day for Judith’s family, her fellow Seekers, the staff
of Musicoast, the music industry and fans worldwide, and all of us who
have been part of Judith’s life for so long,” said The Seekers’
management team member Graham Simpson.

Her bandmates in The Seekers — Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley and Athol
Guy — said their lives had been changed forever by losing “our
treasured lifelong friend and shining star”.

“Her struggle was intense and heroic, never complaining of her destiny
and fully accepting its conclusion. Her magnificent musical legacy
Keith, Bruce and I are so blessed to share,” they said.

Tributes flowed for the beloved singer, with Prime Minister Anthony
Albanese describing Durham as “a national treasure and an Australian
icon.”

“Judith Durham gave voice to a new strand of our identity and helped
blaze a trail for a new generation of Aussie artists,” Albanese wrote
on Twitter. “Her kindness will be missed by many, the anthems she gave
to our nation will never be forgotten.”

In her home state Victoria, Premier Dan Andrews said Durham had
conquered the music world both in Australia and overseas.

“With her unique voice and stage presence leading The Seekers, the
band became one of Australia’s biggest chart toppers,” he said.

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I remember a version of this song used as a jingle for Barbie dolls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNHWaFOcUGw

On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 4:51:53 PM UTC-4, Travoltron wrote:
> I remember a version of this song used as a jingle for Barbie dolls.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNHWaFOcUGw

And then there's this version, a radio commercial for cream soda.
(This sixties version is too early for me, but I remember a rearranged, harder-rocking version being used by the same company in the eighties.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USg5czZNvk

In <affca834-4a33-481f-aaa0-849046d95debn@googlegroups.com> Diner <bwaystars@gmail.com> writes:

>On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 4:51:53 PM UTC-4, Travoltron wrote:
>> I remember a version of this song used as a jingle for Barbie dolls.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNHWaFOcUGw

>And then there's this version, a radio commercial for cream soda.
>(This sixties version is too early for me, but I remember a rearranged, harder-rocking version being used by the same company in the eighties.)

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USg5czZNvk

I can't play YouTubes on this account.

Is that thecommercial jingle for "Hey, there, White Rock Girl"?

Yeah, I'm old enough...

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_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dannyb@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 5:23:33 PM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:
> In <affca834-4a33-481f...@googlegroups.com> Diner <bway...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 4:51:53 PM UTC-4, Travoltron wrote:
> >> I remember a version of this song used as a jingle for Barbie dolls.
> >>
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNHWaFOcUGw
>
> >And then there's this version, a radio commercial for cream soda.
> >(This sixties version is too early for me, but I remember a rearranged, harder-rocking version being used by the same company in the eighties.)
>
> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USg5czZNvk
> I can't play YouTubes on this account.
>
> Is that thecommercial jingle for "Hey, there, White Rock Girl"?
>
> Yeah, I'm old enough...

Yes, it's White Rock Girl.

On Monday, August 8, 2022 at 7:21:08 AM UTC-4, Lenona wrote:
> And if you don't remember that song...oh, are you in for a treat.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsIbfYEizLk
> (2:36 minutes)

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/arts/judith-durham-dead.html

By Alex Williams
Aug. 9, 2022

Judith Durham, the lead vocalist of the 1960s Australian folk-pop band the Seekers, whose shimmering soprano voice and wholesome image propelled singles like “Georgy Girl” and “I’ll Never Find Another You” to the top of the pop charts, died on Friday in Melbourne. She was 79.

Her death, in a hospital, was caused by bronchiectasis, a lung disease that she had battled since childhood, according to a post from Universal Music Australia and the Musicoast record label on the Seekers’ Facebook page.

A sunny folk-influenced quartet whose fresh-faced image and effervescent pop songs stood in marked contrast to the libidinal frenzy of 1960s rock, the Seekers sold an estimated 50 million singles and albums worldwide. They became the first Australian pop group to achieve global success, paving the way for other acts based in Australia, like the Bee Gees and Olivia Newton-John.

“Judith Durham gave voice to a new strand of our identity and helped blaze a trail for a new generation of Aussie artists,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote on Twitter.

Ms. Durham was a classically trained vocalist whose work was admired by other singers. Elton John, whose song “Skyline Pigeon” Ms. Durham recorded in 1971, once said that she possessed “the purest voice in popular music.”

Judith Mavis Cock was born on July 3, 1943, in Essendon, Australia, to William Cock, an aviator in World War II, and Hazel (Durham) Cock. “My mother apparently said I could sing nursery rhymes in perfect tune when I was 2,” Ms. Durham once said in a television interview.

She was working as a secretary at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in Melbourne when an account executive, Athol Guy, invited her to sit in with his folk group, which also included Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley, and which had just lost its singer...

(snip)

Diner <bwaystars@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 5:23:33 PM UTC-4, danny burstein wrote:
>> In <affca834-4a33-481f...@googlegroups.com> Diner <bway...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> >On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 4:51:53 PM UTC-4, Travoltron wrote:
>> >> I remember a version of this song used as a jingle for Barbie dolls.
>> >>
>> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNHWaFOcUGw
>>
>> >And then there's this version, a radio commercial for cream soda.
>> >(This sixties version is too early for me, but I remember a rearranged, harder-rocking version being used by the same company in the eighties.)
>>
>> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USg5czZNvk
>> I can't play YouTubes on this account.
>>
>> Is that thecommercial jingle for "Hey, there, White Rock Girl"?
>>
>> Yeah, I'm old enough...
>
>
> Yes, it's White Rock Girl.

Jim Dale wrote the song for the film "Georgy Girl",with lyrics more topical
to the film's plot as performed for the soundtrack,the Seekers ensured its
longevity in a more generic/consistent version and I gather other riffs have
emerged as well...I assume he's satisfied as long as he gets royalties!

-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.

On Monday, 8 August 2022 at 21:03:17 UTC+9:30, Lenona wrote:
> This one's longer and maybe better:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/08/judith-durham-voice-of-the-seekers-and-australias-first-global-pop-queen

The "Carnival is Over" was played at my father's funeral last year.