The Seekers ndeimwe yeakakurumbira mapoka emimhanzi eAustralia ehafu yechipiri yezana ramakore rechi1962. Sezvo yaonekwa muna XNUMX, bhendi yakarova machati makuru emumhanzi weEurope uye machati eUS. Panguva iyoyo, zvaiita sezvisingabviri kune rimwe bhendi rairekodha nziyo nokuridza kune imwe nyika iri kure.
Nhoroondo yeVatsvaki
Pakutanga, boka racho raiva nevanhu vana. Keith Podger akava muimbi mukuru, uyo akaitawo gitare zvikamu. Bruce Woodley akazovewo gitare uye muimbi webhendi. Ken Ray airidza gitare uye Athol Guy airidza bass. Kwegore rekutanga, vatori vechikamu vese vakaita sevaimbi, mune dzinenge nziyo dzese vatori vechikamu vaive nezvikamu zvake zvenzwi. Zvisinei, mukunyorwa uku, boka racho rakapotsa risina kubudirira.
Kwapera gore, vakomana vakasangana naJudith Durham. Etol Guy akamukoka kuboka uye akatora nzvimbo yemuimbi mukuru weboka. Ndiko kuumbwa kweboka kunoonekwa senyeredzi. Boka racho rakafarikanya mukurumbira wenyika dzakawanda.
1964 raive gore rakabudirira kuboka. Ipapo ndipo pakaitika rwendo rwekutanga kuLondon. Pano vakomana vakakokwa kuti vaite mumutambo wakakurumbira weTV "Sunday Evening". Mushure mekuita nziyo dzakati wandei, boka iri rakazozivikanwa zvakanyanya muUK. Apa chikwata chakanzi chisaine kondirakiti nekambani huru yekurekodha yeGrade Agency.
Mugore rimwe chetero, Tom Springfield, ane bhendi reSpringfields rakanga richangobva kuputsika, akasangana neThe Seekers ndokuzvipira kushanda semunyori wenziyo uye mugadziri (Springfield aive neruzivo rwakawanda kupfuura bhendi rinobukira, saka vakatanga kushandira pamwe).
Makwikwi akakodzera emabhendi ane mukurumbira
Gore rakatevera rakanga riri rimwe remaomero evaimbi vose venguva iyoyo. Gore rino, The Beatles uye The Rolling Stones dzaive dzakakurumbira pamhanzi wepasi rose. Aya mapoka maviri akava vakwikwidzi vakasimba veThe Seekers, ivo vakaisawo kuravira kwevateereri vari kukura. Musika wemimhanzi wakatanga kushanduka chaizvo muna 1965, uchigadzirisa maitiro emapoka maviri makuru epanguva yavo.
Ichi ndicho chaiva chikonzero chekuderera kwebasa revaimbi nevaimbi vakawanda vemakore iwayo. Zvisinei, The Seekers havana kumira ipapo uye vakasarudza kurwira mukurumbira wevateereri veEurope neAmerica. Pamwe chete nenziyo dzaTom Springfield, bhendi rakatora chinzvimbo chinotungamira mumachati eBritish neAmerica. Boka racho rakabatanawo nevamwe vanyori panguva imwe chete. Saka, rwiyo rweRimwe Zuva Rimwe Zuva, rakanyorwa naPaul Simon, rwakave runyoro.
Kurova kaviri panguva imwe chete (Ini Handimbofi Ndakawana Mumwe Iwe uye The CarnivalIs Over) muna 1965 vakatora nzvimbo inotungamira muUK Top 30. Vatsoropodzi vazhinji nevacherechedzi vemazuva ano vaiti The Seekers havana kuwana mukurumbira wakaderera pane vakwikwidzi vayo vakuru, The Beatles uye. The Rolling Stones.
Ipapo kwakauya rwiyo I Am Australian, rwaiva naRussell Hitchcock naMandaviu Yunupingu. Rwiyo rwacho rwakave rwakakurumbira kunze kwekondinendi, uye vazhinji vakatoidana kuti unofficial anthem yeAustralia.
Kuparadzana kweVanotsvaga
Kusvikira 1967, basa reboka rakatanga kukura, makonzati enguva dzose uye nzendo huru dzakaitika. Boka racho rakaburitsa nziyo itsva uye zvinyorwa. Muna 1967, rwiyo Georgy Girl, rakanyorwa naSpringfield, rakabudiswa. Kuumbwa kwacho kwakavewo mukurumbira pasi rose, kwakarova kutenderera kwemachati anotungamira pasi rese. Zvakadaro, rwiyo urwu rwunozivikanwa zvakare nekuve kwekupedzisira kurova chaiko kwebhendi.
Mumakore maviri akatevera, bhendi rakarekodha zvinhu zvishoma asi rakaramba richiridza mashoo. The Seekers vakazivisa zviri pamutemo kurambana kwavo muna 1969. Ipapo muimbi Durham akatanga kuita basa rega uye akawana budiriro mune izvi. Keith Podger aive nepfungwa yebhendi rainzi New Seekers. Zvisinei, haana kumbobudirira.
Imwe kuyedza…
Pfungwa yekupedzisira yakagadzwa muna 1975. Ipapo yekutanga mutsara-up (4 varume vocalists) veboka vakabatana zvakare kugadzira rimwe dambarefu. Nekudaro, timu yakaziva kuti pasina muimbi wechikadzi, maitiro ake nemasiginecha aisazozivikanwa. Panzvimbo paDurham, vakatora Louise Wisseling, muimbi wechidiki wechiDutch.
Vakawanda vakafanotaura kusunungurwa uku "kukundikana" kwakakwana, asi "vateveri" vekare vebhendi vakafarira kusunungurwa. Dambarefu iri harina kufarirwa nepasi rose. Asi imwe chete The Sparrow Song yakarova machati muAustralia. Boka racho zvakare rakakwanisa kuzvizivisa nenzwi guru - panguva ino chete munharaunda yekondinendi yavo.
Uku kwanga kusiri kudzoka kwekupedzisira kwechikwata. Kubatanidzwazve kwakaitika anenge makore makumi maviri gare gare - muna 20 boka racho rakaridza nhevedzano yemakonzati. Ino nguva mune yekutanga mutsara-up naJudith Durham. Muna 1994, muunganidzwa wezvose zvakanakisa nziyo dzebhendi yakabudiswa.
