Fact File

• Australia’s first international pop princess as lead singer with The Seekers
• ‘The Judith Durham Look’ was announced in 2011 by Rockabilly Modelling Agency in California: Click Here.
• Judith received emails from men all over the world in love with her all their lives, even as a “sex symbol” in their eyes!
• ‘Australian Of The Year 1967’ – jointly with fellow Seekers Athol Guy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley. 
• Judith composed both words and music, whereas many songwriters compose or write either the music or the lyrics but not both, for example Elton John, Burt Bacharach and Andrew Lloyd Webber compose music not lyrics.
• Judith recorded with Silverchair – “English Garden” was a bonus download with their ARIA award winning album ‘Straight Lines’ 2006
• Prior to superstardom:
  • studied classical piano for 11 years (A.Mus.A.) under Professor Ronald Farren-Price
  • avid ragtime pianist.
  • performed and recorded with traditional jazz bands singing Dixieland, blues and gospel.
  • with a soprano voice Judith aspired to musical comedy or studying opera.
• Judith has written a contemporary lyric for ‘Advance Australia Fair’ which does not exclude or alienate Aboriginal Australians.
• In 2011 ‘Colours Of My Life – A 50th Anniversary Retrospective’ was released to celebrate Judith’s 50 years in the music industry
• Judith advocates an alcohol-free, caffeine-free, egg-free, cruelty-free, environmentally-friendly vegetarian lifestyle.
• In 2015 Judith was named "Victorian of the Year"
• In 2016 Judith completed her final solo tour of New Zealand
• Judith passed away in Melbourne's Alfred Hospital on 5th August 2022, aged 79. Her death was a result of complications from a long standing chronic lung disease.

THE SEEKERS:

• “I’ll Never Find Another You” (Number One hit):
  • first group ever to reach No 1 on the UK charts with their first three singles
  • first Australian group ever to reach No 1 in UK with a debut record
  • currently 6 million+ hits on youtube
• “The Carnival Is Over” (Number One hit):
  • outsold The Beatles and The Rolling Stones 1965
  • statistically No. 30 in ‘UK Top 100 Best Selling Singles Of All Time’ Judith was the only female
  • singer with a 60s hit song to feature in the chart.
• “Georgy Girl” (Number One hit):
  • first Australian group to reach No 1 on UK charts
  • first Australian group to reach No. 1 on USA charts.
  • nominated for an Academy Award ‘Best Song In A Movie’
• Biggest concert crowd in southern hemisphere – more than 200,000 people!
• Highest Australian television 67 rating ‘The Seekers Down Under’ (1967)
• ARIA Hall Of Fame (1995) and ‘Key To The City’ of Melbourne (2006)
• The Seekers celebrated their Golden Jubilee with a sold out tour around the UK, Australia and New Zealand in 2013/2014
• 2014 The Seekers were recipients of the Officer Of The Order Of Australia (AO)
• In 2016 The Seekers attended the opening nights of "Georgy Girl The Seekers Musical" in Melbourne and Sydney
• In May 2018 The Seekers celebrated their "Legendary Television Specials" DVD going to #1 in the ARIA chart!
• In 2022 The Seekers celebrated their Diamond Anniversary - 60 years.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Graham Simpson’s best-selling biography ‘The Judith Durham Story : Colours Of My Life’ (including personal tributes for Judith from many of her contemporaries such as Sir Elton John, Sir Cliff Richard, Barry Humphries AO CBE, Lynn Redgrave OBE, and Sarah Duchess Of York).