Just Kristin

Moon­dusters, all — I recently rec’d an email from the good friend and man­ager of Terry Black with whom I had com­mu­ni­cated when I first decided to offer the song “Moon­dust” to peo­ple.  He wrote to inform me of Mr. Black’s pass­ing, and to let me — and all of you — know that Mr. Black was pleased to know that his song had touched so many.  The let­ter is below.  If any of you can think of a suit­able trib­ute to Mr. Black, please let me know.

Dear Kristin

It is with sad­ness that I must tell you that Terry Black passed away
last week-end qui­etly in his home in BC Canada.
Terry had not been well…he was 62.

I wanted to let you know again that he was thrilled with the inter­est on your blog with his ver­sion of Moondust…it always bright­ened his day when he heard
peo­ples comments.

Terry was a very quiet and kind hearted per­son with a big voice…Success came when he was 15 years old with the song Unless You Care in 1964 as the first artist signed to ABC Dun­hill records…he toured with the Beach Boys and was on Amer­i­can Band­stand and even The Dat­ing Game…for those who remem­ber.
He was asked to play oppo­site Elvis in a film as his lit­tle brother..and was one of the first invited to be a mem­ber of the Mon­kees in the 60’s.
He had many sto­ries that he would only tell if you pried them out of him…very modest.

Thank you again for con­tin­u­ing Terry’s legacy with the Moon­dust page…one of Terry’s finer moments.

All the best

Geoff Gib­bons