Diane Hildebrand

Diane Hildebrand (born April 13, 1945) is an American pop singer-songwriter. She wrote for several musicians during the 1960s and 1970s but is best remembered for her work with Screen Gems Music Publishing, penning material for the band the Monkees. In 1969, Hildebrand recorded her debut studio album, Early Morning Blues and Green. She later released two addition albums under the name Joya Diane Skye.

Hildebrand was born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1945. She began a songwriting career at age 13 when Hildebrand was living in Sao Paulo, Brazi. One of her earliest compositions "I'm on My Way" was performed by Barbara Dane on an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1963. The following year Hildebrand penned the debut single, "He Walks Like a Man", for American country singer Jody Miller; a modest U.S. hit, the song was subsequently covered by French, Italian, and German artists.

In the mid-1960s, Hildebrand became a staff writer for Screen Gems, a publication company that supplied much of the songs recorded by ABC television band the Monkees. For the group's second studio album More of the Monkees, Hildebrand collaborated with veteran songwriter Jack Keller to pen "Your Auntie Grizelda". The songwriting duo also composed "Early Morning Blues and Greens" for the Monkees' 1967 album Headquarters and the theme music for another ABC series, The Flying Nun. Without Keller, Hildebrand contributed lyrics to the B-side of the Monkees' chart-topping hit "Daydream Believer", titled "Goin' Down".

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