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Composer Peter Doyle Produced & Arranged by David Mackay Singles US & Canada only: B-Side to Come Softly to Me MGM MV-10698 1st Released 1972 B side to For You We Sing Australia & Europe: Philips 6000 071 B side to Sing Hallelujah Polydor 2058 484 (1974)

CDs Perfect Harmony EP For You We Sing LPs & Tapes Best of the New Seekers (Readers' Digest) Circles (Polydor/Philips) Come Softly to Me   1st Released July 1972

Although deep and meaningful lyrics were not generally associated with the New Seekers image, many of the groups' own compositions showed a different side.  Peter's Unwithered Rose, underlined this very well and was repeatedly used as a B side on the groups' singles.

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Another Osmonds song, this time with Peter singing lead vocals.

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An incredible contrast to it's A side, Wake Up With Me  was very much a track of the punk era - Peter may have started his recording career in the 1950's but this song proved he was still very much in tune with the contemporary sound of the 1980's.

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Watcha Gonna Do About It? was a hit for Doris Troy, who penned this and other hits under her real name Doris Payne along with Greg Carroll.  A number of their songs, including this, were covered by the Hollies. It was also recorded by Cilla Black in 1965 and was the debut single for Rev Black and the Rockin' Vicars in 1967.  Not to be confused with the song, with a variation of spelling: Whatcha Gonna Do About it? which was released by the Small Faces in 1965 and was the B side to Kicks, the last single released by the New Zealand group the Librettos before they disbanded in August 1966.

See also Lyn Nuttall's Pop Archives: Where Did They Get That Song?

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Updated 21.05.2011