Terry Gilkyson
Terry Gilkyson | |
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| Born | June 17, 1916 Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | October 15, 1999 (aged 83) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter (composer and lyricist) |
| Instrument(s) | guitar |
| Years active | 1950s-1960s |
Terry Gilkyson (June 17, 1916 – October 15, 1999) was an American folk singer and songwriter.
Biography
Gilkyson was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and graduated from St. George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island in 1935. By his early twenties, he had become a worker on a ranch in Tucson, Arizona, then joined the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. In 1947, he married Jane Haughton and moved to California to pursue a career as a folk singer.
He wrote and recorded "
On Top Of Old Smokey", as well as their recording of "Across The Wide Missouri". He appeared and sang in the 1956 Western Star in the Dust with John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, and Richard Boone.[1]
In 1956, he formed a group called
1956 Hungarian Revolution. In 1959, he wrote and recorded an album, 8 Story-Songs from the Bible.[3] The song "Greenfields" co-written with band-mates Frank Miller and Richard Dehr became a number two song in North America in 1960 when performed by The Brothers Four
.
In the 1960s, he left the group to work for the
The Wonderful World of Disney especially "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh." In 1968, he was nominated for an Academy Award for "The Bare Necessities" from the 1967 animated film The Jungle Book.[4]
Other songs Gilkyson wrote for Disney films were:
- Swiss Family Robinson (1960) Song: "My Heart Was An Island'"
- Savage Sam (1963) Song: "Savage Sam and Me"
- The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964) Song: "Thomasina"
- The Moon-Spinners (1964) Song: "The Moon-Spinners"
- The Jungle Book (1967) Song: "The Bare Necessities", as well as several unused songs composed for the film ("Brothers All", "The Song of the Seeonee", "Monkey See, Monkey Do", "I Knew I Belonged to Her", "In A Day's Work", and "The Mighty Hunters")
- The Aristocats (1970) Song: "Thomas O'Malley Cat"
Death
He died in
Warner Bros. Records executive Nancy Gilkyson.[7]
Filmography
- Slaughter Trail (1951)
- Star in the Dust (1956)
See also
References
- ^ Ronnie D. Lankford Jr. "Terry Gilkyson biography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
- ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ "Terry Gilkyson - Exciting Stories From The Bible | Releases". Discogs.com.
- ^ "The 40th Academy Awards (1967): Nominees and Winners". Retrieved October 9, 2010.
- ^ Richardson, Don (1999). "Bio of Terry Gilkyson". Elizagilkyson.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2007.
- ^ "Tony Gilkyson". Britannica Online Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Tony Gilkyson". AllMusic.
External links
- Bio by Don Richardson, written shortly after he died
- Bio on Music Theater International site
- The Easy Riders biography at Yahoo! Music
- Terry Gilkyson at IMDb
- Terry Gilkyson discography at Discogs
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