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Profile of Terry Gilkyson
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Terry Gilkyson |
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17th June 1916 |
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Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Hamilton H. "Terry" Gilkyson III (June 17, 1916-October 15, 1999) was a singer, composer, and lyricist.
He was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. By his early twenties, he had become a worker on a ranch in Tucson, Arizona, then joining the military during World War II. In 1947, he married and moved to California, deciding to pursue a career as a folk singer. In the 1950s, he formed a group called The Easy Riders with Rich Dehr and Frank Miller. The group had a major hit with "Marianne," both written and performed by the three.
In the 1960s, he left the group to work for the Walt Disney Studios, writing music both for movies and the television series The Wonderful World of Disney. In 1968 he was nominated for an Academy Award for "The Bare Necessities" from the movie The Jungle Book.
He died in Austin, Texas, while visiting family.
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