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Gerrard was born in Vancouver, Canada, on March 19, 1946. [1] [2] He began singing as a child and his talents became noticed when he was in high school. He and Al Foreman formed a group called "Donny Gerrard and the Checkmates" after the latter heard him sing at church community event in 1961. The band performed for three years before breaking up.
Two of its other members, Donny Gerrard and Carl Graves achieved mixed success in other projects. Their biggest single, " Wildflower ", was a 1973 number #1 hit in Canada on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart; it reached number 10 on the Canadian RPM singles chart and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 that spring, selling over a million ...
First performed by the Canadian band Skylark, it has been covered by many artists and more recently has been sampled in a number of hip hop songs. The title, "Wildflower", is not mentioned in the song. The closest line to the title occurs as the final line of the repeated chorus: "She's a free and gentle flower growing wild".
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Doug Edwards (March 15, 1946 – November 11, 2016) was a Canadian musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist best known for co-creating the hit song "Wildflower" for the pop/rock band Skylark. He was also part of The Hometown Band and later was bassist for Vancouver band Chilliwack .
"Tears Are Not Enough" is a 1985 charity single recorded by a supergroup of Canadian artists, under the name Northern Lights, to raise funds for relief of the 1983–85 ...
"Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" is the theme from the 1985 film St. Elmo's Fire by David Foster. It was performed in two versions: one as an instrumental by Foster (released as a single) and another with lyrics added and performed as a duet by Amy Holland and Donny Gerrard, subtitled "For Just a Moment".
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