Judith Durham on The Max Bygraves Hour, January 1970

[@paulevans7090]

Absolutely beautiful song and two adorable singers 😍😍

[@Юрхотеп]

She was a very beautiful woman, perhaps unknowingly, her wonderful bronze-tinted voice, and now it sounds in my head... I love you, Judith!

[@barryh.4220]

She lit that studio up , what a stunning voice ...... and she deserves a medal too for putting up with Max Bygraves , let alone singing with him!!

[@stewartfenton7660]

I think so too, I think he thought he was one of the Rat Pack.

[@osvaldoschilling9129]

Judith was the most beautiful woman singer ever to step on a stage.

[@SuperGrook]

This lady never ceases to amaze me, Judith Durham, a bygone era that will live forever. Take care out there

[@amandadavies..]

Aww she was so lovely. R.I.P Judith

[@Eidann63]

Such a beautiful song at the last. She seems so genuine and it's so refreshing to watch her sing; she has such a naturally lovely voice. 😊🌸🐦

[@stevemarx415]

The duet with Judith and Max is so beautiful. Sure to bring a tear to your eye , if you have a musical bone in your body. Shear magic 👍🏻🥲

[@Ozmulki]

Four years ago I saw this and still, I enjoy it. Judith is always superb.

[@stephaniebarr507]

She was and still is strikingly beautiful. Her voice has always been the best of the best and as she has matured as a woman her inner self has come to the fore, and what a truly wonderful personality she has

[@stewartfenton7660]

I absolutely agree Stephanie, but I just wish she could have stayed away from shows like this.

[@jamesmaher8630]

good job on the duet though,

[@blakjack3053]

Judith was a fresh and pretty looking young lady at face value, but it's her singing voice imo that makes her absolutely drop-dead gorgeous! The total package!

[@Rita-q4z8g]

She was a real Sweetie Person ! ! ! Now, she is a Real Sweetie Angel Person ! ! ! 🎵🎵🎶🎶🎤🎤🎤🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🎸🎤🎤🎤🎤🎹🎹🎼🎼🎵🎵🎶✝✝✝🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐💟💟💟✝✝✝✝🌀🌀🌀🌀✝✝✝💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟩🟪🟪🟩🟪🟩🟪🟪🟪🟩🟪🟪🟩🟩🟩🟪🟪🟩🟩🟪🟩🟩🟪🟪🟪🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵⬛

[@davidarkinian2393]

We Miss you Judith. I am sad that I only just discovered you months ago now you're gone..

[@romystumpy1197]

I agree,a beautiful voice to go hand in hand with a beautiful lady

[@boassinfield3]

Lets give Max a big thanks too, for this wonderful duet.

[@willewinky]

Yeah a big hand for old pervy Max. A guy who tries to gatecrash into Lena Zavaroni's dressing room in 1977 when she was 14.

[@markbreeds7443]

Just fabulous can’t believe she’s passed 😢

[@dennisesplin3285]

We forget that Judith is multi talented. A wonderful unique voice. A good pianist. I don't blame her for going her own way. She did some good work solo. Of course Max was a big star then. His shows were brilliant entertainment. Best wishes and Love to Judith and the boys X

[@wntjst]

That is a great duet that Judith did with Max Bygraves ! Love it! RIP Judith!

[@dulkara1964]

Thank you, what a magnificent performance by the incomparable Judith! What a find... I have a front row seat to see Judith tonight at the Brisbane Convention Centre.

[@cliffordnewton4611]

Judith Durham, a beautiful voice coupled with a natural elegance at its peak. So much different from todays motely five minute wonder female performers eh?

[@rmstitanic8163]

Love this woman. She was absolutely gorgeous. Voice and looks. Bless you Judith. Heaven has another angel! ❤️ And good old Max. Another great entertainer from the days of real entertainment.

[@JenniferMcMullenMusic]

Great! Thanks for including all of the comedy bits and such. They give us all further insight into JD's showmanship abilities!

[@adianders7496]

2:42 ... Goosebumps feeling. The kiss from Ron for his Judith at 5:36 - oh how lovely.

[@patrickmarmorat1126]

I hadn't seen this before even though I've seen the video dozens of times 😘

[@gerhardanton8759]

Judith, FOREVER ... my special greetings from Germany and Romania... Bernd G. Fenske.... ...

[@arnecarstensen5927]

Beautiful duet🥰🇩🇰

[@ineundgerd]

oh wie schön !!!! ein bezauberndes Duett. Und die Zeit vergeht ...unglaubliche 54 Jahre !! Und ich kann nur sagen, dass diese Musik unvergäglich ist !!!

[@alnblckmn]

Thank you , brought back so many wonderful memories

[@anneroberts9841]

Brilliant shows that we will never see the likes again when we had great talent today’s television is rubbish

[@Ozmulki]

love Judith ...anytime, any song

[@stephaniebarr507]

Judith is the standout guest on this show. By a mile.

[@FA7273]

What a lovely voice....always liked her singing...still do......

[@marilynwoolford-chandler1161]

Fascinating in so many ways...

[@colinjohn2708]

All my life I have adored her voice and the wholesomeness of our Seekers. What I didnt know was that she was very skilled on the piano. There are several videos on pbly utube. Have a search.

[@christinagordon4204]

So lovely!

[@almeggs3247]

Next to her beautiful voice I think her long straight hair style that never changed after her good looks was her next great attraction!

[@therealKINDLE]

Perhaps that's what makes the modern age so much more painful? Looking back at this just seems so much more romantic. Music now is so superficial & vulgar.

[@danesteviz]

more eye contact on the duet would have been nice.Judith is absolutely beautiful

[@SG-ji5ij]

Wouldn't have been appropriate given the song and being that she was just married and her husband was right behind her. That's respect.

[@entemen]

She tried but the guy kept looking straight ahead. I would just stare at her.

[@barryh.4220]

She has always admitted that she was shy .... and to be honest i doubt that i'd want to look at Max Bygraves sickly grin either!

[@ItamarDorneles1970]

Not with her husband there!

[@ItamarDorneles1970]

@@entemen I noticed that too. Maybe respecting her husband.

[@hillmutberger7883]

Judith, my angel.

[@peggyland1078]

Special lady!

[@Magnusboi]

I love you forever Aunt Margaret ❤️

[@fredharris2783]

Excellent.

[@coreyferguson401]

I started working in Canadian television in the late 70's as a broadcast engineer....What I want to know is what happened to all these classy expensive presentations. Everything today frankly is "junk". By the early 1990's it was all gone. Was it the onslaught of digital media, the 500 channel universe watering the money down or just the old pro's dying off? Anyone out there with some answers?

[@rewcorkett5754]

No proper answer except for - greed got in the way.

[@ziggystardust52]

Hate to say it but, the song ‘Video killed the radio star’ hits the nail on the head. Many of the ‘less beautiful’ people who still made it already had a large following. I doubt Judith would have appealed to most of the teens and pre-teens. You’d never class her as ‘pretty’. She had/has a more down-to-earth appeal.

[@osvaldoschilling9129]

@@ziggystardust52 You are correct. She had this "down to earth" personality and kept true to it for her entire personal life and career, includind her choice of repertoire, which took her away from the commercial side of the entertainment business for many years.

[@G6JPG]

I think it was a combination of money and loss of old pros - plus, developments in technology made it possible to make something _moderately_ acceptable for a lot less money. Nothing ever came up to the _technical_ production standards of the '70s and early '80s, though - and they _weren't_ cheap (the lighting bill alone must have been enormous [remember all with incandescent lighting]!). Then, when someone _did_ want to make a real old-fashioned quality programme, even if they were willing to put the money in, the old experienced technicians had mostly retired. (And, as you say, such funding was/is rare, now there aren't only two main channels - the jam is spread very thin.)

[@patrickmarmorat1126]

What a lady !

[@curly1966]

R I P Judith

[@peterkershaw748]

She still is a stunner

[@adrianlarkins7259]

When I hear this 44 years later I think what a waste. If only Judith had stuck with the Seekers, we would have had 25 years more heavenly harmony.

[@Mulberry2000]

yep she got married and that ended it. She bombed in the 70s after she left. Shame no kids though, like most actors and entertainers they wait till its too late or do not care to have any. Its OK making that decision when your young and on top of the world career wise. Its when you pass your sell by date, ie late 30 to mid 40s you look around and think oh god i have no one. Its around 93 she went back to doing some shows with the seekers, then her husband wsa very ill and he died a year later. So its no accident her being on her own and no kids or family she seeks comfort with the very people who always wanted her and she felt most at home> it is strange why she was hostile to a seekers reunion in the 80s.

[@stewartfenton7660]

@@Mulberry2000 I believe she left the Seekers before she met Ron. She left for professional reasons as she was perfectly entitled to, she could have stayed with the Seekers and eventually felt trapped after a life of knowing nothing else. It's not for us to say what she should or shouldn't have done.

[@frankie6954]

I think Judith did regret leaving the Seekers, for some reason she never quiet made it, even though she had the most wonderful and unique voice, I can't understand why. I don't know how she put up with Max's jokes. I did love his " Say what you will". I remember it from a TV show of Jack Hargreves, all those years ago.

[@osvaldoschilling9129]

It seems to me that in Judith's view the seekers had nothing more to offer her in 1968 and she quit to follow her many other interests in music , on her own. She met her husband at that time and they had many common in nterests which included music, in special jazz which they played together for the following twenty years. By the early 1990s two things apparently happened simultaneously. One was their decision not to play together as often as they used to. That is, follow separate careers. But then Ron developed neurone desease and it seems to me Judith needed to support his medical treatment. She then accepted to rejoin the Seekers, something that during all those years after 1968 she was frequently reminded about by invitations and by the very insistence of audiences that requested her to sing Seekers music on stage, even against her will.

[@osvaldoschilling9129]

In another comment a fan makes a proper observation. He notices how max belgraves mentions Judith's husband at the piano in this show but doesn't even mention Ron's name. One even notices Max seems upset with his ( paid?)presence.

[@whatwouldiknow1759]

Bygraves probably couldn't care less about Judith's husband Ron as he didn't introduce him by his name. It was that bloke on the piano over there.

[@wordsmith52]

liked US style format for this show - luv Juduth D!

[@wordsmith52]

Ha ha! U r following me Mr OHara - great!!

[@sandravanopbergen]

wordsmith52 I love this ...you know he maked people happy and am glad i have many records from him from years ago.....and he had such a Humor

[@wordsmith52]

Sandra van Opbergen Hello ! Yes - I liked his films in the 1950s and he was a good "sing song" performer. All teh best Sandra!

[@sandravanopbergen]

Thank you Sir and you also having a good Sunday

[@arlysveen7774]

I love her ability to harmonize with perfect pitch.

[@frankmc2195]

I like max.and Jude.

[@Dashriprock4]

Holy Shit what a lineup!

[@lorenzfreimann]

Dziś 16.10.2022 na BBC4 EXTRA półgodzinny program w 100 rocznicę JEGO urodzin - był mi nieznany od dzisiaj WIELKI

[@martm216]

Yes, I guess, as someone below said, that there could have been a little more eye contact. I think Max was looking for it, but perhaps Judith felt a little uneasy about it with her newly married husband behind her on the piano? Lovely duet though. I thought Max might be awful for Judith, if he were in 'Singalonga Max Mode', but actually he sang very nicely.

[@marilynwoolford-chandler1161]

At the end of "my happiness" the two singers looked about age 16 sweet and innocent. Gorgeous! @ Martin Mitchell

[@marilynwoolford-chandler1161]

Listening to this again I found myself really enjoying the piano playing. It was crystal clear and delightful. Then I had a wicked thought..."There were three people in this marriage"....@Mattin Mitchell.... I agree that Judith was cautious even avoiding eye contact in this very intimate song.

[@wolstenholme100]

Seekers 50th Anniversary Concert, London, 2 June 2014

[@G6JPG]

I was at the Tyneside (the Sage in Gateshead) one. Unforgettable. The love at the end (they finished with "Carnival", I think at all the venues) would have crushed them to a grain of rice.

[@rasmussenmr1]

Wunderful

[@Mulberry2000]

god she is so young there and lovely red dress. I wonder if she still has it? Does not look like that now!

[@lmac6388]

No. In 1997 ("5 years ago") she was 75. People do get older!

[@neilewart4347]

Before and after the duet they avoided all the hugging and kissing that performers do nowadays. All VERY insincere! A great performance by both.

[@garrywood5345]

Innocence with a CAPITAL l

[@whatwouldiknow1759]

Actually this show was performed in early December 1969.

[@lmac6388]

Yes. And someone posting in these comments made the dumb observation that at 75 she didn't look like she did when she was about 30. Duh!

[@ronald37090]

how nice

[@tony13a]

Get well soon Judith.

[@loushadwick3576]

She was always better with the boys. They were just meant to be together.

[@martm216]

Does anyone know if there was any ill feeling on the part of the other Seekers when Judith went solo?

[@kafrose1]

Bruce had a hard time with it. Judith apologized years later and all is well. She left the Seekers and got married a year later. She didn't even know Ron Edgeworth until she was looking for an accompanist

[@martm216]

@@kafrose1 thanks for that. I did wonder about it. Judith, it's fair to say I guess, was the most important member of The Seekers. They could hardly continue without her golden voice. Well, I suppose they could have in theory, but it would have been a bit anticlimactic. Different if they had just started up as an all-male group. I wonder if Judith really needed to go solo? She was doing very well with the group and was clearly the star. It was almost as if the boys were her backing group?

[@lmac6388]

The seekets sold millions of records (about 50 mill). Divide that by 4. With a comfortable base like that, and she was only in her 20s, why not do what you enjoy. She didn't need to "make it again as a solo performer". And in jazz circles, she was known as one of the greats.

[@G6JPG]

@@martm216 I think they _did_ get somebody else - and were good, but nothing like as great. She didn't _need_ to go solo, but I don't begrudge her _wanting_ to try it (even though I don't like that style of jazz, even with her singing it); I think she was very well respected by the jazz world (and was also briefly happy performing with Ron), it was/is just a much smaller world. Although Judith was a huge part of the Seekers sound, she wasn't all of it - the boys complemented her - and also played their instruments, and also had a significant hand in the arrangements, and some of the compositions. (And a few - though very few - of their numbers did _not_ feature Judith.)

[@maxnui8263]

Thee Max - 23h (Teaser)

[@craig7350]

Thurston Howell

[@marilynwoolford-chandler1161]

The road is hard to find...the storm has left my mind... Your love has made me see. the dark is lighter now. You just got married ? Evening shadows leave me blue....my happiness... I Interesting to hear Judith singing mainly the "Alto" part....in "My happiness"

[@ferraridinoman]

Both look really unconfortable singing this duet!

[@lmac6388]

Agree. And why not? Her husband was right next to her and having to sing that song with Max B must have been soooo embarrasing.

[@kellyfoster7054]

sounds like a dean martin knockoff

[@JRobbySh]

How many Crosby knockoffs were there?

[@kellyfoster7054]

@@JRobbySh this is it so far

[@Rustymouse]

The man in the orchestra behind max who comes into view between judith and max again, seems miserable as hell, no response on his face. Oh well maybe his wife burnt his dinner.

[@haroldfowler6886]

Absolutely fansatic xxxx

[@joefoley1480]

Is it supposed to be funny?? not Judith but the other talent Max

[@nicolasmartin25]

No offense to lovely Judith but this show makes me cringe. The host belongs in a Lindsay Anderson film.

[@haroldfowler6886]

There was nothing wrong with Max Bygraves of is day he was a good entertainer god rest is soul xxx

[@haroldfowler6886]

Nicolas Martin you should not speak ill of the dead god rest is soul xxx