An aggressive song only matched in intensity by John Aitken ... and no room for eastenders David Essex or Billy Ocean, nor for Billy Bragg who, while from Barking and therefore arguably from ...

and now I'm back to David Essex!" His first song that ranked on the charts was Rock On, which peaked at number 3 in the UK and number 5 in the US. Other songs of David that topped the charts ...

Two years later David was in the motorcycle racing film Silver Dream Racer and his soundtrack song Silver Dream Machine hit top five in the UK charts. David had a four-month stint on television ...

David Essex started out when he abandoned a promising football career in favour of pop music, releasing his debut song And The Tears Came Tumbling Down in 1966. He starred in the stage musical ...

This year Radioinfo will take you back 50 years to songs from 1974. It was a mighty fine year for music. “A superb example of economy used for effect.” There are parallels between the UK’s David Essex ...