The earliest surviving television appearance of The Seekers, Australia’s most successful music export of the 1960s, has been rediscovered, digitized and shared online.
The eight-minute video captures Judith Durham, Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley and Athol Guy lip-syncing to two of their own songs, “A Closer Walk with Thee” and “Myra,” for an appearance on the Graham Kennedy-hosted live variety show In Melbourne Tonight.
In the clip, Kennedy, the late Australian TV legend remarks: “There’s no gimmicks there, and it’s a great, strong voice, isn’t it?”
That performance beamed out…
