"Emerald City" | ||||
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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 | ||||
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"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.