UlrichS wrote:Moderne wrote:And can anyone shed any light on 'Petrina Lordan'? It's always seemed extremely unlikely to me that Jerry should marry a woman with the same flair/genius for composing instrumental melodies (and, later, song lyrics) as him! Of the late '60s 'Lordan' co-writes (e.g. Conversations, Morning Star, Sacha, Good Times, High Sierra, Love, Truth and Emily Stone, Monday Comes Too Soon) I'm not sure which are Jerry and which are Petrina. I heard a radio programme (Sound of the Sixties) about 35 years ago in which Jerry said he wrote Conversations with Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway...no mention of Petrina...
Jerry married Petrina in 1963 (divorced in 1974) and I've read that they shared the same interest in music.
Of the songs you mention only High Sierra is co-written by Petrina, all others are by Jerry.
The B.M.I. lists 34 compositions registered for Petrina, of which 22 are in collaboration with other writers, among them Hank Marvin, John Farrar and Alan Tarney. Performers of her compositions include Cliff, Olivia Newton-John and Elaine Page. I think if this would have been Jerry it would have been known.
Ulrich
Interestingly, the PRS database includes 54 registered titles by Petrina Anne Lordan, including High Sierra, Love, Truth And Emily Stone & Monday Comes Too Soon (all in collaboration with Hank.)
There is as also a single title registration under her maiden name, Petrina Forsyth, namely Petrina, with the alternative title, Santa Anna, and the only attributed work indicated as published by Francis Day & Hunter (and most likely a duplicate entry for Santa Ana - credited to just Jerry), which would suggest all are her own work as opposed to Jerry using his wife's name as a pseudonym. Jerry's main publisher was, of course, FD&H.
Bill