Eve Graham
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| Eve Graham | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Evelyn May Beatson |
| Born | 19 April 1943 Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 1969–2000, 2005 |
| Associated acts | The New Seekers |
Eve Graham (born Evelyn May Beatson, 19 April 1943, Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland) is a Scottish singer, who found fame in the early 1970s with the pop group, The New Seekers.
[edit] Biography
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).[1]
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 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". Later fellow band member Lyn Paul would share lead vocal duties. In 1974 Graham left the group to move into solo cabaret work, but rejoined in 1976 and sang lead on their hits "It's So Nice To Have You Home" and "I Wanna Go Back".
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.
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 Perthshire with her husband, 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.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ , recording for UK Columbia Records between 1967-69.Eve Graham and colleagues in The Track/The Nocturnes
- ^ Themusic.com.au - Christie's Music News
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