Zion de Gallier — “Winter Will Be Cold”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 18, 2026

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD

1,849) Zion de Gallier — “Winter Will Be Cold”

This Mark Wirtz-produced B-side is a “Swinging 60s dancer . . . [an i]rresistibly bouncy beaty track . . . [with a] Psych Pop edge” (teabiscuit, https://www.45cat.com/record/r5686), “upbeat and jaunty with a whimsical feeling” (geldofpunk, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/zion_de_gallier/me___winter_will_be_cold/), “bright breezy pop-sike”. (happening 45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZMK67qp9mc)

“Dane Stephens recorded under the pseudonym ‘Zion De Gallier’”. He was “one of the R&B Group The Fairies … the Vocalist on their Decca 45”. (Vintage Vinyl Via Valves, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q)

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