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"Emerald City"
"Emerald City"
Single by The Seekers
from the album The Best of The Seekers
A-side	"Emerald City"
B-side	"Music Of The World A Turnin'"
Released	1967
Recorded	1967
Genre	Pop
Label	EMI Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Keith Potger, as "John Martin"; Kim Fowley
The Seekers singles chronology

"Emerald City" is a 1967 song by The Seekers about a visit to the fictional Emerald City from L. Frank Baum's Oz books. Set to the tune of "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, "Emerald City" reached #50 on the UK Charts in 1967.^[1]

The song was recorded in 1967 and released as a single^[2] around Christmas in 1967. The original writing credit was given to Kim Fowley and John Martin, but during a 1993 reunion tour, The Seekers revealed that "John Martin" was actually the pen name of band member Keith Potger.

References

^ "Official Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. 13 December 1967. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
^ Midgley, Dominic (26 April 2014). "The Seekers are found again: The folk band are back doing what they do best". Daily Express. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

External links

Lyrics at the Wayback Machine (archived December 14, 2000)

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[1] "Official Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. 13 December 1967. Retrieved 27 October 2018.

[2] Midgley, Dominic (26 April 2014). "The Seekers are found again: The folk band are back doing what they do best". Daily Express. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

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