Having said that, our Frank only appears on one side of this
particular release, Jerry Herzon takes the topside, The Legend of the Old
Dutch Mill, relegating poor old Frank to the flip, Cheri. Herzon is
credited on the A-side as having composed the clip-cloppy tune to The Legend
of the Old Dutch Mill, and label head Stanton takes composer credit for the
tune to Cheri, which is a bit of a liberty if you ask me as it’s clearly stolen
wholesale from the Sheik of Araby.
The lyrics to both songs on this 45 were composed by Peter
van Mourick, and it was only when researching that name did I realise that I
had actually featured him before: he was the lyricist responsible for another
Film City 45, Chattanooga, Nashville, Battlecreek Trek/Antique
Hunter's Craze, which I wrote about back in March 2017. You can find that post HERE
As is invariably
the case, neither 45 is dated, making it impossible to be 100 percent accurate
about when they were recorded and released, but I’d pitch it somewhere around
1967, after – but not too long after - Rod Rogers/Rod Keith left Film City for
Preview (around the beginning of 1966) and Frank Perry became Stanton’s go-to
guy. Perry sounds very young here, his voice definitely matures and becomes
fuller over the years, so I figure that date will not be too far wrong.
Jerome ‘Jerry’ Herzon had been active since the 1940s, even writing
songs while serving in the navy on the USS Belmont during the Second World War,
and at one point he ran his own publishing company, Chair Music, in California.
The only Peter van Mourick I can find who was working around this period was
pool attendant on the Dutch island of Aruba, but I think it’s safe to assume he’s
not our man. If you know anything more about this release - or any of the folk involved - do please get in touch.
Enjoy!
Download Mill HERE
Download Cheri HERE
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