Sunshine Pop of the Sixties

Here is a video clip of the Australian folk-pop group The Seekers, performing their hit “Georgy Girl” which reached number one on the US pop charts in February 1967. Originating in Melbourne, The Seekers were the first popular music group from Down Under to make it big in the United Kingdom and the United States.

“Georgy Girl” is the title song on the soundtrack of the 1966 movie Georgy Girl, starring Lynn Redgrave. The song was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song. Interestingly, the co-writers of the song were not Aussies but Brits — Tom Springfield, the brother of Dusty Springfield and actor Jim Dale, who narrates the Harry Potter series of audiobooks.

The song appeared both at the beginning and at the end of the movie – each time a slightly different version than the pop single release.

It is unclear exactly where and when this clip was filmed, but it appears to be from 1967, after the song had become a monster hit.