sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bubblecar said:

I wasn’t aware of the clouded relationship (or any relationship) between Bruce Woodley of the Seekers and Paul Simon, until I wandered into this entry:

>During 1965, while in London, Woodley met Paul Simon, following the poor performance of Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. and just prior to the success of Simon and Garfunkel. Simon and Woodley co-wrote the million-selling “Red Rubber Ball“—later a Top Five hit for US group The Cyrkle. The Simon and Woodley collaboration also provided “I Wish You Could Be Here” and “Cloudy”. The Seekers later recorded these three songs, and “Cloudy” became an album track on Simon and Garfunkel’s hit 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme—the only Simon and Woodley song to appear on both groups’ album. However, Woodley’s relationship with Simon had deteriorated and Woodley later struggled to get his share of the royalties—his songwriting credit on “Cloudy” was omitted from the release of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. However, Simon does receive a credit for the song on The Seekers’ album, Seekers Seen in Green.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Woodley

Anyway here’s Cloudy on the Simon & Garfunkel album, 1966.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k7-HWVo0XU

….and the same song on the Seekers Seen in Green, 1967.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-yss1gkApk

Didn’t know Woodly had collaborated with Simon.

I always underrated the Seekers (because my parents were fans, hence they must be an old folks group).

Simon did a fair bit of not crediting people he took music from, or so I hear.

I’ve always liked the seekers and especially Judith’s voice.

One of the very few singers where you have no problems understanding the words. Perfect diction. Another is Julie Andrews.