Quinsey’s real name was Alan Elderkin and he hailed from what was then Rhodesia. He played with a band called the Etonians, before coming to the attention of producer Grahame Beggs. ‘All The Time’ was released in 1968 and made number 14 on the Springbok Top 20, spending 8 weeks on the chart. Despite several further releases, including the theme tune to a local film called “The Long Red Shadow”, ‘All The Time’ would be his only chart hit, which I guess goes to show that you can please some of the people some of the time but not all of the people with your second single.
In later life Quinsey enjoyed the quiet life of Swaziland producing a few children a girl and a boy but was killed in a car smash near the Swazi boarder.
He sang the main theme song for the 1970 South African Euro-western “3 Bullets… for a Long Gun” called ‘Wonderful Day’
QUINSEY (aka Alan Quinn) (Alan Quinn Elderkin)
[19??, Zimbabwe, Rhodesia – deceased Heliumhoogte, Alton, South Africa (car
accident)] – singer, married to ? father of a son and a daughter, member of the
band ‘Etonians’
3 Bullets… for a Long Gun – 1970 [sings: “Wonderful Day”]
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