IN late 1962, during her first day as secretary at a Melbourne advertising agency, Judith Durham was invited by account executive Athol Guy to join him and several other musicians at a local folk club that evening. She took him up on the offer, teaming up with Guy’s bandmates Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley in what became the definitive iteration of The Seekers.
Despite being a classically trained pianist, Durham quickly found her calling as the wholesome quartet’s lead singer and focal point. Her luminous soprano
