The Seekers lead singer Judith Durham will be honoured at a state funeral, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews confirms. Durham died on Friday, aged 79.
Her voice and stage presence helped propel the band to superstardom and they moved to the UK in 1964.
With their first three releases going to the top of the British charts, the previously unknown group from Melbourne knocked The Beatles off the number one spot. They also had three top-20 singles and two top-20 albums in the US — a market notoriously difficult to crack for Australian artists. On their return to Australia in 1967, The Seekers set an Australian record when a crowd of more than 200,000 watched their performance at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl.Durham made her shock decision to leave The Seekers on a tour to New Zealand in 1968.Durham died in palliative care after a short stay at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital after complications from chronic lung disease.
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