Essex, David, Born 1947
Dates
- Existence: Born 23 July 1947
Biography
English singer, songwriter and actor David Essex, was born David Albert Cook on 23 July 1947 in Plaistow, Essex.
He became interested in music while in school and played drums with a local band, before becoming a singer. He made his first record for the Fontana label in 1965 and started touring with 'David Essex and the Mood Indigo'.
By 1971, already a well known singer, David diversified into acting, which has gained him many roles on both films and musical theatre over the extent of his career.
In the late 1900s, David spent six years as an ambassador for Voluntary Service Overseas, which earned him an OBE in 1999.
David owns his own record label, Lamplight, later known as Joseph Webster Ltd, which he has used to record and release music into the twenty first century. He still tours regularly and releases new music.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Big Top Variety Show Film, August 1981
Television broadcast of combined variety and circus entertainment, featuring Ronnie Smart presenting the Smart circus, Pat Boone, Sacha Distel and David Essex amongst other performers by Thames Television, series 3 on VHS PAL. Sound and colour.
Christopher Palmer Collection
Circus programmes and VHS tapes from Billy Smart’s Circus and Chipperfields’s Circus collected during the 1970s and early 1980s by the TV producer, Christopher John Palmer. There are also a number of promotional photographs of artistes and other ephemera related to the circus.
Films, 1979 - 1983
Circus films on VHS by Thames Television, including Billy Smart's Christmas and Easter circus and Big Top Variety Show.