NEW SEEKERS (UK)

When the Australian group The Seekers broke up one of their number, Keith Potger, moved to the UK where he formed The New Seekers. They landed a TV show on the UK’s ITV channel, but the series was not well received. A line up change made a difference as ‘Look What They’ve Done To My Song Ma’ (a cover of a Melanie song), made it to 14 in the US and 44 in the UK. Their big UK breakthrough came with their cover of Delaney & Bonnie’s ‘Never Ending Song Of Love’ which went to number 2 and soon after that they hit the top spot with ‘I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing’ (a reworking of the Coca Cola jingle entitled ‘I’d Like To Buy The World A Coke’), In 1972 they were chosen to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest and came second with their hit, ‘Beg Steal Or Borrow’ which would go on to reach number 2 in the UK. In total they would see 16 UK chart hits and would see a second number 1 with ‘You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me’.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
10-Sep-1971	Never Ending Song Of Love	2	21
25-Feb-1972	I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	10	9
28-Apr-1972	Beg, Steal Or Borrow	10	8
		Total hits	3
		Total weeks	38

Biggest climber awards	3
Star rater climbs	3
Biggest fallers	3
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	21
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	3
Top 30 points ranking	186
Top 20 points ranking	=191
Top 30 points	753
Top 20 points	373

The Seekers’ hits featuring Keith Potger:

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
04-Jun-1965	I’ll Never Find Another You	16	1
18-Jun-1965	World Of Our Own	1 (1)	16
10-Dec-1965	The Carnival Is Over	2	13
14-Oct-1966	Walk With Me	5	10
16-Dec-1966	Morningtown Ride	9	11
17-Mar-1967	Georgy Girl	10	9
10-Nov-1967	When Will The Good Apples Fall	12	6
		Total hits	7
		Total weeks	66

Total chart involvement by the band and its members:

Number of hits	10
Weeks	104
Number 1’s	1
Weeks at 1	1