Eve Graham (born Evelyn May Beatson on 19 April 1943) is a
Scottish singer who found fame in the early 1970s with the pop group, The New
Seekers.
Graham began her career during the 1960s as a band singer
with the Cyclones in Scotland and later with the Cyril Stapleton Band, based in
London England. She joined The Track in the mid-sixties and was a founder
member of The Nocturnes, originally alongside Sandra Stevens (later of
Brotherhood of Man) and then Lyn Paul (her future colleague in The New
Seekers).
In 1969 she joined songwriter Roger Cooke for a single
release, again on Columbia, called 'Smiling Through My Tears' shortly before
becoming a founder member of The New Seekers in 1969 and was lead singer on the
majority of their early hits, including the world wide Number One hit -
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing". Other songs that featured
Graham as lead vocalist included the US and Canadian smash "Look What
They've Done To My Song, Ma", the British Top 5 hit "Circles",
the Japanese No.1 "The Greatest Song I've Ever Heard" and the
ecologically conscious Roger Cook-Roger Greenaway composition "We've Got
To Do It Now". In later years, fellow band member Lyn Paul would share
lead vocal duties.
In 1978 she left once more and again performed as a solo singer, as well as marrying another ex-New Seeker Kevin (Danny) Finn on 1 June 1979. They toured as a duo for many years and released one single Ocean and Blue Sky.
Graham retired in 2000 after a last charity performance, and originally said that she could not envisage being tempted out of retirement. But in 2005 former New Seekers record producer David Mackay did it, and produced a new album with her - The Mountains Welcome Me Home. It was released as a CD and DVD, and contains Scottish traditionals and new recordings of old New Seekers songs. A Christmas themed album, "Til The Season Comes Round Again", followed in 2006.
In 2008, Graham told The Independent newspaper that after
the band broke up she found work fitting bras, in a branch of Debenhams
department store in Essex. She lives in Crieff, Perthshire with her husband
Kevin, also a former New Seeker, who works for a kitchen and bathroom design
company. Graham told The Independent that owing to contractual problems she has
not received any royalties since 1973. (Info Wikipedia)
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Here’s The New Seekers – Songbook CD1
(A big thank you To SanJose72 blog for original link
http://www5.zippyshare.com/v/GjpjRGXs/file.html
01. I“d Like To Teach The World To Sing
02. It“s A Beautiful Day
03. Look What They“ve Done To My Song, Ma
04. Alright My Love
05. When There“s No Love Left
06. Nickel Song
07. One
08. Never Ending Song Of Love
09. Beautiful People
10. Look What You“ve Done
11. Child Of Mine
12. There“s A Light
13. Blackberry Way
14. Ain“t Love Easy
15. I“ll Be Home
16. Doggone My Soul
17. Evergreen
18. Something In The Way He Moves
19. No Man“s Land
20. Move Me Lord
21. Dance, Dance, Dance
22. Georgie Girl+Ticket To Ride
23. Beg Steal Or Borrow
24. Changes IV
25. One By One
26. I Can Say You“re Beautiful
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