Título: The Seekers
Seção: Discovery in the United Kingdom
Background: The Seekers are 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 popular during the 1960s with their best-known configuration as: 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" (written by Paul Simon),

Conteúdo: The Seekers were offered a twelve-month position as on-board entertainment on the Sitmar Line passenger cruise ship Fairsky in March 1964. In May, they travelled to the U.K. and had intended to return to Australia after staying ten weeks, but upon arrival they were offered work by a London booking agency, the Grade Organisation. They signed there with World Record Club and issued a single, "Myra", co-written by the group. The group regularly appeared on a British TV show series, "Call in on Carroll", hosted by Ronnie Carroll. After filling in on a bill headlined by folk singer Dusty Springfield, they met her brother, songwriter and producer Tom Springfield, who had experience with writing folk-pop material and lyrics/tunes with the siblings' earlier group The Springfields. He penned "I'll Never Find Another You", which they recorded in November 1964. It was released by EMI Records, on their Columbia Graphophone Company (Columbia) label, in December and was championed by the offshore radio station "Radio Caroline" which frequently played and promoted their music. Despite the fact that the group had not signed a contract with EMI, the single reached the U.K. "Top 50" and began selling well. In February 1965, it reached No.1 in the U.K. and Australia, and No.4 in the United States where it was released on EMI's Capitol Records label. "I'll Never Find Another You" was the seventh biggest-selling single in Britain for 1965 though their own "The Carnival Is Over", released later in

user: When were the Seekers discovered?

assistant: The Seekers were offered a twelve-month position as on-board entertainment on the Sitmar Line passenger cruise ship Fairsky in March 1964.

user: Where was the band from?

assistant: intended to return to Australia after staying ten weeks,

user: What was their first album?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Does the article mention anything about that first album?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: So why did you say not to follow up :( Is there anything additional about the album?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Who discovered the band?

assistant: the Grade Organisation.

user: Is there any other important data about the bands discovery?

assistant: The group regularly appeared on a British TV show series, "Call in on Carroll", hosted by Ronnie Carroll.

user: What was the single?

assistant: "I'll Never Find Another You",

user: What else can you tell me about thier discovery?

assistant: They signed there with World Record Club and issued a single, "Myra", co-written by the group.

user: Did any single on that album make the charts?

assistant: and went on to sell 1.75 million copies worldwide.