ʻO ka Seekers kekahi o nā hui mele kaulana loa o Australia o ka hapa ʻelua o ke kenekulia 1962. Ma hope o ka puka ʻana i ka makahiki XNUMX, ua paʻi ka hui i nā papa mele nui o ʻEulopa a me nā palapala mele US. I kēlā manawa, ʻaneʻane hiki ʻole i kahi hui nāna i hoʻopaʻa i nā mele a hoʻokani ma kahi ʻāina mamao.
Moolelo o ka poe imi
I ka wā mua, ʻehā poʻe ka hui. Ua lilo ʻo Keith Podger i mea hoʻokani leo nui, nāna i hoʻokani i nā ʻāpana kīkā. Ua lilo ʻo Bruce Woodley i mea hoʻokani pila a me ka leo leo. Ua hoʻokani pila ʻo Ken Ray a ua hoʻokani ʻo Athol Guy i ka bass. No ka makahiki mua, hana nā mea komo a pau ma ke ʻano he leo leo, ma kahi o nā mele a pau i loaʻa i kēlā me kēia mea i kāna mau leo ponoʻī. Eia naʻe, ma kēia haku mele ʻana, ʻaneʻane ʻaʻole kūleʻa ka hui.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, hui nā kāne iā Judith Durham. Ua kono ʻo Etol Guy iā ia i ka hui a ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi o ka mea hoʻokani leo nui o ka hui. ʻO kēia haku o ka hui i manaʻo ʻia he stellar. Ua hauʻoli ka hui i ka kaulana honua.
He makahiki kūleʻa ʻo 1964 no ka hui. ʻO ia ka huakaʻi mua i Lākana. Maʻaneʻi ua konoʻia nā kāne e hoʻokani i ka hōʻike TV kaulanaʻo "Sunday Evening". Ma hope o ka hoʻokani ʻana i kekahi mau mele, ua kaulana ka hui ma UK. Ma ʻaneʻi ua hāʻawi ʻia ka hui e kau inoa i kahi ʻaelike me kahi hui hoʻopaʻa leo nui ʻo Grade Agency.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hui ʻo Tom Springfield, nona ka hui ʻo Springfields i haʻihaʻi i kēia manawa, me The Seekers a hāʻawi ʻo ia e hui pū ma ke ʻano he haku mele a mea hana (Ua ʻoi aku ka ʻike o Springfield ma mua o ka hui pua, no laila ua hoʻomaka lākou e hui pū).
He hoʻokūkū kūpono no nā pūʻali kaao
ʻO ka makahiki aʻe kekahi o nā mea paʻakikī loa no nā mea hoʻokani pila o ia manawa. I kēia makahiki, kaulana nā Beatles a me The Rolling Stones ma ke kahua mele honua. Ua lilo kēia mau pūʻulu ʻelua i mea hoʻokūkū ikaika no The Seekers, ua hoʻokumu pū lākou i ka ʻono o ka lehulehu e ulu ana. Ua hoʻomaka ka mākeke mele e loli pololei i ka makahiki 1965, e hoʻoponopono ana i ke ʻano o nā hui nui ʻelua o ko lākou manawa.
ʻO ia ke kumu o ka emi ʻana o ka ʻoihana o nā mea hīmeni a me nā mea pena o ia mau makahiki. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i pau ka The Seekers a ua hoʻoholo e hakakā no ka kaulana o ka poʻe hoʻolohe ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika. Me nā mele a Tom Springfield, ua lawe ka hui i kahi kūlana alakaʻi ma nā palapala Pelekane a me ʻAmelika. Ua hui pū ka hui me nā mea kākau ʻē aʻe i ka manawa like. No laila, ua lilo ka mele Someday One Day, i kākau ʻia e Paul Simon.
ʻElua mau hits i ka manawa hoʻokahi (ʻAʻole wau e ʻike i kekahi ʻē aʻe iā ʻoe a me The CarnivalIs Over) i ka makahiki 1965 i alakaʻi i ke kūlana alakaʻi ma ka UK Top 30. He nui nā mea hoʻohewa a me nā mea nānā hou i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole i emi iki ka kaulana o The Seekers ma mua o kāna mau mea hoʻokūkū nui, The Beatles a Na Pohaku Owili.
A laila hele mai ka haku mele ʻO wau ʻo Australian, nāna i hōʻike iā Russell Hitchcock a me Mandaviu Yunupingu. Ua kaulana kēia mele ma waho o ka ʻāina, a ua kapa ʻia ka mele he mele ʻole o Australia.
Wehewehe o ka poe imi
A hiki i ka makahiki 1967, ua hoʻomaka ka hana o ka hui, nā ʻaha mele maʻamau a me nā huakaʻi nui. Ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i nā mele hou a me nā moʻolelo. I ka makahiki 1967, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke mele ʻo Georgy Girl, i kākau ʻia e Springfield. Ua lilo ka haku mele i mea hoʻokani honua, ua paʻi i ka rotation o nā papa kuhikuhi alakaʻi a puni ka honua. Eia nō naʻe, kaulana nō hoʻi ke mele no ka paʻa hope loa o ka hui.
I nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui i nā mea liʻiliʻi akā hoʻomau i ka pāʻani ʻana i nā hōʻike. Ua hoʻolaha kūkala ka poʻe ʻimi i ko lākou haʻalele ʻana i ka makahiki 1969. A laila, ho'omaka ka mea leo 'o Durham e 'imi i ka 'oihana solo a loa'a i ka lanakila ma keia. Ua loaʻa iā Keith Podger ka manaʻo no kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo New Seekers. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i lanakila ʻo ia.
ʻO kahi hoʻāʻo hou…
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka helu hope i ka makahiki 1975. A laila hui hou ka laina mua (4 kāne leo leo) o ka hui e hana i kahi album hou. Eia naʻe, uaʻike ka hui me kaʻole o ka wahine leo leo, eʻikeʻoleʻia konaʻano a me konaʻano pūlima. Ma kahi o Durham, ua lawe lākou iā Louise Wisseling, he mele ʻōpio Dutch.
He nui ka poʻe i wānana i kēia hoʻokuʻu ʻana he "hane", akā makemake nā "fans" kahiko o ka hui i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana. ʻAʻole makemake kēia album i ka kaulana o ka honua. Akā ʻo ka mele ʻo The Sparrow Song i paʻi i nā palapala ma Australia. Ua hoʻokō hou ka hui e haʻi leo nui iā ia iho - i kēia manawa wale nō ma ka ʻāina o ko lākou ʻāina hānau.
ʻAʻole kēia ka hoʻi hope o ka hui. Ua hana ʻia ka hui hou ʻana ma kahi o 20 mau makahiki ma hope - i ka makahiki 1994 ua hoʻokani ka hui i nā ʻaha mele. ʻO kēia manawa i ka laina mua me Judith Durham. I ka makahiki 1997, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā mele maikaʻi loa o ka hui.
