Sandy Salisbury
Salisbury in June 2014
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April 11, 1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Pen name | Sandy Salisbury (pop musician) |
| Occupation | Writer, musician |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1992–present (as writer) |
| Genre | Children's fiction |
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Graham Salisbury (born April 11, 1944) is an American children's writer. His best known work is Under the Blood Red Sun, a historical novel that features a Japanese-American boy and his family during World War II. Under the name Sandy Salisbury he was a pop musician in the late 1960s, notably with The Millennium.
Salisbury was born in Philadelphia. He grew up in Hawaii and lived in Kailua, Oahu. Later he attended Hawaii Preparatory Academy in Kamuela, Hawaii.
Salisbury was a songwriter and musician in the late 1960s, and is best known for his association with Curt Boettcher. He was a member of Boettcher's groups The Millennium and The Ballroom (whose 1966 album remained unreleased until 2001), before attempting a solo career of his own, with Boettcher producing, on Gary Usher's Together Records label.
He performed on many hit recordings from bands such as The Association, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Tommy Roe and many others.
On The Millennium's only album, Begin, he played guitar, sung and contributed one self-penned song, 5 A.M.
Though several singles were released and an album was completed, the financial failure of the label contributed to the commercial failure of the singles and caused the album to remain unreleased for over 30 years.
In 1975-76, "Sandy" was in Bergamo, Italy studying Montessori Elementary education. He participated in the local Mormon church and spoke in Italian to his friends there. At the final exam, he became nervous over a question and the examiner asked him what he'd rather do. Not thinking that a different question/demonstration was being offered him, he responded he'd rather be playing his guitar. He returned to Utah and married.
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