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THE STRANGERS
The Cry Of The Wild Goose (Terry Gilkyson) Australia 1963 #12 Melbourne Single on W&G, an instrumental by Melbourne band, formed in 1961, one of a number of Aussie bands who played instrumentals after the style of The Shadows or The Ventures in the pre-Beatles years of the early 60s. The Strangers, however, went through several stylistic and personnel changes, evolving into a hip pop band with vocals in the late 60s, until breaking up in the mid-70s.
Further reading: 1. Milesago's Strangers page. 2. Strangers history (2000) by Geoff Jermy (read or download pdf). 3. My blog post Bizarro Shadows World Down Under. The Strangers: See also If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody (1965), Looking Through The Eyes Of A Beautiful Girl (1970) and Mr President (1970). For more background on the late period Strangers, see Western Union (1967), Happy Without You (1968) and Melanie Makes Me Smile (1970).
THE SUNSETS
The Cry Of The Wild Goose (Terry Gilkyson) Instrumental on early-60s EP of the same title by London band, also known as Grant Tracey & The Sunsets. Members included Pete Dello and Ray Cane, later the heart of Honeybus, who first played together in The Sunsets. See also Under The Silent Tree. Merci à Gérard Besson. 
FRANKIE LAINE
The Cry Of The Wild Goose (Terry Gilkyson) USA 1950 Best-selling version on Mercury label. Several other versions were released in 1950: Tennessee Ernie Ford (on Capitol label), Art Mooney (MGM), Bill Darnel (Coral), Duke Bowman (King), Joe Marine (Decca) and Merv Shiner (Decca). When they covered a song in those days, they really covered it. Later versions include those by Les Compagnons de la Chanson (Columbia, 1952), John Ashley (Silver, 1960), Bobby One (NRC, 1960), The Brigadiers (Mala, 1961), The Challengers (Triodex, 1961), Tompall & Glaser Brothers (Rich, 1961), and The Baja Marimba Band (A&M, 1967). 
TERRY GILKYSON
The Cry Of The Wild Goose (Terry Gilkyson) USA 1949 Original vocal version On Decca label. Folksinger Terry Gilkyson later joined with Richard Dehr and Frank Miller to form The Easy Riders. Among the better-known songs written by Gilkyson, Dehr and Miller are:
The Easy Riders sang backing vocals on Dean Martin's version of Memories Are Made Of This. Further reading: Singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson, Terry's daughter, has a comprehensive biography of her father at her website www.ElizaGilkyson.com. See also: Tom Simon's Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders page. Terry Gilkyson's filmography at Internet Movie Database; Love Is A Golden Ring at The Originals by Arnold Rypens. Corrections or comments? Contact the writer. |