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The Seekers

Folk
Folk

The Seekers is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Malvina Reynolds, Australian Crawl, Dusty Springfield, Kim Fowley and Tom Paxton. Those roots explain a lot about how The Seekers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Herman's Hermits, Sandie Shaw, Cliff Richard, The New Seekers and Manfred Mann, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Simon, José Feliciano, The New Seekers and The Cyrkle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around The Seekers, reaching back through Malvina Reynolds and forward to Paul Simon. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The SeekersMalvina ReynoldsAustralian CrawlDusty SpringfieldKim FowleyTom PaxtonThe BeatlesThe Rolling StonesThe AnimalsPaul SimonJosé FelicianoThe New SeekersThe CyrkleHerman's HermitsSandie ShawCliff RichardThe New SeekersManfred MannThe TremeloesThe Kingston TrioJudy Collins

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The Seekers connections

The Seekers grew out of Malvina Reynolds, Australian Crawl, Dusty Springfield and Kim Fowley, shares an orbit with Herman's Hermits, Sandie Shaw, Cliff Richard and The New Seekers, went on to shape Paul Simon, José Feliciano, The New Seekers and The Cyrkle. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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