GRANTLEY DEE
Wild One
(Bernie Lowe - Kal Mann - Dave Appell)
Australia 1966
#8 Brisbane #16 Melbourne #11 Perth

Grantley Dee (1946-2005) was a popular Melbourne disc jockey and singer who worked on radio at 3AK Melbourne and later at 7EX Launceston. He had six charting singles in Melbourne in the late 60s, including a double-sided #2 hit,
Let The Little Girl Dance/Answer Me (1966).

Further reading: the Rockabilly Hall of Fame's Grantley Dee page for a comprehensive biography.

Image: Australian Radio Almanac, 1968.
BOBBY RYDELL
Wild One
(Bernie Lowe - Kal Mann - Dave Appell)
USA 1960
Original version
#7 UK #2 USA #12 Sydney #9 Melbourne #9 Brisbane #9 Adelaide #3 Perth

Single on Cameo.

See Internet Movie Database for a biography of "arranger/bandleader/guitarist/songwriter/producer" Dave Appell, who wrote Wild One with Cameo Records founders Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann.

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JOHNNY O'KEEFE & THE DEE JAYS
The Wild One
(Tony Withers - Dave Owens - John Greenan - Johnny O'Keefe)
Australia 1958
Red herring

Same title but not the same song as 'Wild One' by Grantley Dee.

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IGGY POP
Real Wild Child (Wild One)
(Dave Owens - John Greenan - Johnny O'Keefe)
USA 1987
Red herring

Similar title but not the same song as 'Wild One' by Grantley Dee.

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MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
Wild One
(Stevenson - Hunter)
USA 1965
Red herring
#34 USA

Same title but not the same song as 'Wild One' by Grantley Dee.
SUZI QUATRO
The Wild One
(Chapman - Chinn)
USA 1974
Red herring
#7 UK #3 Sydney #19 Melbourne #8 Brisbane #4 Adelaide

Similar title, but not the same song as 'Wild One' by Grantley Dee.

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