Judith Durham - Sister Kate ( I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My)

[@davidwinet5607]

Ya done it like It should be done.

[@klavsrommedahl1810]

Wau what a perfect grat performance from Judith, and sure the band is good too :).

[@johnroberts5515]

Met Judy at Frank Traynor's club in Melbourne AU, when she was just starting out in jazz with Frank; much later got to play with her and pianist husband Ron Edgeworth in Hobart, Tasmania. Really, a great singer, talented pianist - and a very nice person.

[@stewartfenton7660]

I'm jealous.

[@Hollcall]

R.I.P. Judith. WHAT A VOICE.........! Electri-ific...hahahahaha. R;ock it Sister. Wow !

[@robertkelly-jh9zu]

Boy does Judith make this song her own she belts it out

[@janicemitchell5337]

All said for me, BUT Oh! what joy in that voice. Such a shining example of that style. Memories .

[@adamoneale4396]

This is by far the best version I have heard to date

[@MrRezillo]

I agree. I've heard a bunch. Hell, I've played it a bunch of times, it's such a fun song to do.

[@jamesmcmanamy4704]

She rides into the chorus perfectly in tune with the departing horn. What pitch, what delivery: A phenomenon.

[@denismay6011]

A Great Australian Singer who could sing the pants of anyone, anywhere and anytime.

[@stephaniebarr507]

Judith your the best of the best and your loved by your followers. I’m just one of millions around the world.jazz, pop, love songs.

[@robertn556]

This is one of my favourite tracks from Judith, what a fantastic rendition of 'Sister Kate'. I just love it, love it, love it. Fantastic vocal as usual from Australia's First Lady of Song. Nobody jazzes it Like Judith! Go Girl!!!!!!

[@ronjobe2623]

just so special

[@richardbarr8766]

She shows a clean pair of heels to all of her contemporaries. No better jazz singer around at this time. Anywhere.

[@adrianlarkins7259]

A fab picture of Judith. Her face and hair are different and as for those eyes WOW

[@johnschuh8616]

Not your little sister here :)

[@JDibden]

wow she was always great at this type of song but have never heard her do this.

[@johnking6550]

Judith Durham can be quite the little belting powerhouse. She has a dynamic stylistic uniqueness with an uncanny instinct for the genre that sets her apart amongst the very greatest.

[@robertn556]

Wow,wow, wow, wow! What an absolutely fantastic version of Sister Kate, none better than this fabulous version and singer!!!😃 joyous!!

[@frederickgreen3665]

Quite simply, Judith is THE most talented vocalist of all time.

[@hughneek12]

You could have it right! What a voice!!

[@bobhaspel8939]

I want to buy this album. What is the album called. Or CD!

[@unpodimusica1]

Wow!! This woman is a phenomenon. Is there no end to her talents???

[@johnroberts5515]

Plays great jazz piano as well!

[@richardbarr8766]

Is there nothing this great singing talent and big heart cannot do?

[@frederickgreen3665]

Not that I know of.

[@stewartfenton7660]

Not sure if she can drive a tractor. But she could if she wanted to!

[@michaelroebuck2011]

she & ottile Patterson brought these sets to life . great people made the clubs come to life

[@neilewart4347]

Spot on!

[@stewartfenton7660]

I bet they did, and I'd love to have been there, but it was clubs, not the Palladium or the Myer Music Bowl.

[@garymazzeo3490]

The girl sure knows how to belt out a tune.

[@EarthaKit2]

What a voice! The voice I was looking for!

[@christopherconway6330]

She does it for me what a bluesy singer . Superb.

[@bobhaspel8939]

Great song great singer

[@MargYork]

Reminds me a lot of Cass Eliot!:)

[@EarthaKit2]

What a voice! I love this song, the best voice and rhythm for this!

[@althejazz]

Nice to hear someone sing the verse for a change.

[@MrRezillo]

I sing it with my band, LOL.

[@MrRezillo]

No, but it's a fun song you can get away with not singing well.

[@monteleone1010]

absolutely fantastic!!

[@christopherconway6330]

Superb singer.

[@michaelfrazer1807]

Thank You so much

[@richardbarr8766]

And all this from a 5'2 bundle of joy.

[@stephaniebarr507]

Magical Judith.

[@mugshot749]

This little lady could certainly belt them out..

[@richardbarr8766]

Magnificens Judith!!!

[@boatracer39]

I got one word..... WOW!!!!

[@richardbarr8766]

Hey all. Tell your friends to lock into this. It's too good only to have 41k views. They will never hear this classic sung better.

[@colinbundred2412]

Ottilie Patterson I’m afraid puts this to shame.

[@stephaniebarr507]

No way mate Not in a lifetime

[@stewartfenton7660]

@@colinbundred2412 Ottilie is great, and Judith is great. Let's not have a contest.

[@homolgus1]

brilliant version of the old classic

[@lutzeikelmann6533]

I love it.

[@AzSteveyB]

relax ,,,, feel tension leave your body ...and you are you

[@medmond6]

Yikes I wish I could have seen her do this live . And how! Go judy!

[@medmond6]

If your feet stay still then have someone check your pulse. Judy knocks this out.

[@Squarerig]

Terrific!

[@MsSoundguy]

Wow. I think I'm in love.

[@kurtanderson5349]

Her voice was a wonder. She was Bessie Smith to her sister's Billie Holiday.

[@MrRezillo]

She had some big hits with the Seekers: but this is who she really is, musically, no doubt about it: the best female classic jazz singer in recent history - and possibly the best one since Bessie Smith. I kid you not.

[@mugshot749]

She is great, but also listen to the late Ottilie Patterson who was also a knockout blues singer.

[@johnking6550]

+bixntram...I'm a fan of trad jazz & blues and quickly drew to exactly the same conclusion after hearing a few of Judith's selections. Yes, she is something else and I'm surprised more of her fans don't celebrate this aspect of her brilliance.

[@martinrudland4425]

@@johnking6550 Yes this is OK+, but, uhm, many of her Jazz stuff all sounds belted out. It's without the sort of arrangement quality that was added by Keith Potger, & Athol & Bruce ie her singing gained much by being part of the Seekers.

[@johnking6550]

@Martin Rudland...Yes, I would agree with you that Judith is a belter, but to a large degree that is the nature of trad jazz. It is a free-form style where the singer may use phrazing and attack similar to the instruments. Before the Seekers she was singing with Frank Traynor and His Jazz Preachers and I think that's where she picked up much of her technical skill and control. I would absolutely agree with you about the special magic that comes from the four of them together...and there's nothing like it on the face of the earth. But I would also suggest that the jazz within Judith's musical DNA is evident in much of the work she's done with the Seekers. jtk

[@stewartfenton7660]

@@martinrudland4425 I was thinking that, belted out. I think maybe she loved doing that, but I like it best when she doesn't.

[@billdornan4379]

❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🇨🇦

[@stevemarx415]

I just noticed Turk Murphy . The photo Might be shot in California?

[@MaristerPrado]

Wonderfullllllll. I love Judith

[@hpooch]

This is a great version by Judith. The Jazz Band backing her sounds very much like Turk Murphy from San Francisco. I saw Judith live at Turk's Earthquake McGoon's in 1972. Does anyone know the name of the band on this recording & were they from Australia??

[@martincook318]

Is there anywhere I could get a C-D of this 1920's Song as Judith durham can turn her hand to anything where Singing is Conserned

[@dick12235]

Brain needed this again: Thanks.

[@frepler]

What a great jazz singer (and she plays pretty good whore house piano too). She reminds me a bit of Chris Norris of the Golden Eagle Jazz Band.

[@anderspersson2824]

Judith, this I like

[@homolgus1]

super dooper singing feom judith

[@DezzyMckenna]

Yes they are Australians, I thought she was singing this with Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers...but... I was rong once b4

[@neilewart4347]

Judith can do no wrong with me

[@stewartfenton7660]

She can do as much wrong as she wants with me.

[@G6JPG]

Who is the picture of (sister Kate?)?

[@stevecharters8965]

A young Judith Durham (the singer)

[@G6JPG]

@@stevecharters8965 Thanks. I obviously didn't recognise her! I can see it now, if I block off the right side of the picture and imagine long hair. Good find!

[@colinbryan8903]

Anybody know the backing band?

[@robertn556]

colin bryan The band are The Hottest Band in Town, set up by Judith and her husband Ron, this is the San Francisco lineup from the first album. The second album was recorded with a British line up, but still The Hottest Band in Town.

[@colinbryan8903]

Robertb556. Many thanks. Not to be confused with Emmy Lou Harris and the Hot Band, who I can appreciate also. Ain't it great to get all this on iPad

[@robertn556]

colin bryan it's unbelievable that 40 years ago or more that we couldn't access music and video/DVD the way we can now and keep treasures like this for posterity, absolutely brilliant!

[@colinbryan5376]

Robert 556. Ain’t it great that we can keep coming back for the oldies. Nothing personal in this of course. No mention of how long ago I got the state pension!!

[@kelwright8418]

Don't know if you ever got a reply Henry but this was recorded with 'The Hottest Band In Town'. I think they were mainly American musicians

[@mugshot749]

Written in 1919