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Grantley Dee - Wild One (1966)

(Bernie Lowe - Kal Mann - Dave Appell)
Australia Australia
#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 (1960)

(Bernie Lowe - Kal Mann - Dave Appell)
USA USA
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 Dave Appell, who wrote Wild One with Cameo Records founders Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann.

Thanks to honeydhont.


Johnny O’Keefe & The Dee Jays - Wild One (1958)

(Tony Withers - Dave Owens - John Greenan - Johnny O'Keefe)
Australia Australia
Red herring

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

See this page for the history of this song


Martha & The Vandellas - Wild One (1965)

(Stevenson - Hunter)
USA USA
Red herring
#34 USA

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


Suzi Quatro - The Wild One (Chapman-Chinn) (1974)

(Chapman - Chinn)
USA USA
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.


Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One) (1987)

(Dave Owens - John Greenan - Johnny O'Keefe)
USA USA
Red herring

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

Go to this page for the history of this song