Obituary: Durham’s distinctive voice took the quartet to international fame in the 1960s, before she forged a successful solo career
Judith Durham in 1970. The Seekers still hold the record for the largest concert audience in Australia after more than 200,000 attended their 1967 concert at Melbourne’s Myer Music Bowl.Judith Durham in 1970. The Seekers still hold the record for the largest concert audience in Australia after more than 200,000 attended their 1967 concert at Melbourne’s Myer Music Bowl.Last modified on Mon 8 Aug 2022 07.
“I never thought for a million years that they would have thought that I turned my back on them … I thought everybody was feeling fine,” she told the ABC’s Australian Story program in 2019. In 1964, the band was invited to work their passage to London on board the SS Fair Sky, but as they cast off, the foursome had little idea of the impact they would have or what they would find in the then music and fashion capital of the world.“My trendsetting idol was the Queen, so I’d have my matching handbag and gloves,” Durham said in a 2019 interview. “I was, you know, not at all tuned into Carnaby Street.
In 1990, Durham sustained a fractured wrist and leg in a car accident that killed the driver of another car. The support she received from fans while recovering helped her decide to reconnect with her former band mates.
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