Wednesday, October 22, 2014

"It's a Beautiful Day" by The New Seekers

I was driving to the Utah Pride Center one morning a few weeks ago.  I was feeling great and thinking what a beautiful place the world is.  I was playing one of my old "favorites" cassette tapes (see my post from  1-March-2013) and this song came on and it was so perfect for how I was feeling that morning.  The big problem is: I can't remember the artist and I'm not sure if this is even the title.

Update 14-August-2015: I was in Randy's Records the other night and it occurred to me to ask if they could help identify it.  I pulled up the video on YouTube and person at the counter used his cell phone and an app called Shazam to identify it.  As I said in the original post I had a vague recollection that it was a B-side.  I also thought it was a possibility that The Seekers could be the artist.  I was really close, it was the B-side to "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma". :)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_3YKrM_I9U
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9uHUwYrJNs

Update 13-December-2014: I have recorded a video of playing the song from the cassette and put it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6eeHSSeR7Y to see if anyone can identify it.

I have done Google searches and searched on "lyric" websites to no avail.  I have asked several people if they could identify it and no one recognized it.  I had a vague recollection of it being the B-side to a hit like "I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing", but as far as I can tell, it wasn't from that single.  I thought perhaps it was The Cowsills, but I haven't found it if it is.

Bonus video: while searching for this song on YouTube I came across this banned commercial for the 1970 Dodge Charger, that was fun to see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSHo3j72fIo

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