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David Essex

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David Essex (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. From 1973 to 1994, he had nineteen Top-40 singles in the UK (including two number ones) and sixteen Top-40 albums. Internationally, he had the most success with his 1973 single "Rock On". Essex has also had an extensive career as an actor, which includes a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for the film That'll Be the Day... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Rock On - #2: Hold Me Close - #3: Gonna Make You a Star - #4: A Winter's Tale - #5: Oh What a Circus

		Date	Title	Points	Charts Peaks	Links	Comment

	1.	1973	Rock On	431		MP3
	1.	08/1973	Rock On	307	US 5 • UK 3	MP3	[Columbia 45940] written by David Essex
	2.	11/1973	Lamplight	124	US 71 • UK 7	MP3	[Columbia 46041] written by David Essex

	2.	1974	David Essex	331		MP3
	1.	05/1974	America	30	US 101 • UK 32	MP3	[Columbia 10005] written by David Essex
	2.	10/1974	Gonna Make You a Star	201	US 105 • UK ✫1	MP3	[Columbia 10039] written by David Essex
	3.	12/1974	Stardust	100	UK 7	MP3	written by David Essex

	3.	1975-1978	All the Fun of the Fair	560		MP3
	1.	07/1975	Rolling Stone	132	UK 5	MP3	[Columbia 10183] written by David Essex
	2.	09/1975	Hold Me Close	214	UK ✫1	MP3	[Columbia 10256] written by David Essex & Jeff Wayne
	3.	12/1975	If I Could	72	UK 13	MP3	written by David Essex
	4.	08/1978	Oh What a Circus	142	UK 3	MP3	written by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice

	4.	1976	Out on the Street	80		MP3
	1.	03/1976	City Lights	40	UK 24	MP3	written by David Essex
	2.	10/1976	Coming Home	40	UK 24	MP3	written by David Essex

	5.	1977-1978	Gold & Ivory	62		MP3
	1.	09/1977	Cool Out Tonight	46	UK 23	MP3	written by David Essex
	2.	03/1978	Stay with Me Baby	16	UK 45	MP3	written by Jerry Ragovoy & George David Weiss

	6.	1978	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds	13		MP3
	1.	10/1978	Brave New World	13	UK 55	MP3	written by Gary Osborne & Jeff Wayne

	7.	1979	Imperial Wizard	26		MP3
	1.	03/1979	Imperial Wizard	26	UK 32	MP3	written by David Albert Cook

	8.	1980	Silver Dream Racer	137		MP3
	1.	04/1980	Silver Dream Machine	137	UK 4	MP3	written by David Essex

	9.	1980	Hot Love	13		MP3
	1.	06/1980	Hot Love	13	UK 57	MP3	written by David Albert Cook

	10.	1982-1984	The Whisper	195		MP3
	1.	12/1982	A Winter's Tale	176	UK 2	MP3	written by Mike Batt & Tim Rice
	2.	11/1983	You're in My Heart	11	UK 59	MP3	written by David Essex
	3.	03/1984	Fishing for the Moon	8	UK 76	MP3	written by Mike Batt

	11.	1983	Showstoppers	86		MP3
	1.	08/1983	Tahiti	86	UK 8	MP3	written by Richard Crane & David Essex

	12.	1984-1985	This One's for You	42		MP3
	1.	10/1984	Welcome	7	UK 80	MP3	written by Richard Crane & David Essex
	2.	02/1985	Falling Angels Riding (Mutiny)	30	UK 29	MP3	written by David Essex
	3.	06/1985	Friends	5	UK 91	MP3	written by David Essex

	13.	1988-1989	Touching the Ghost	16		MP3
	1.	10/1988	The River	5	UK 97	MP3	written by David Essex
	2.	02/1989	Rock On	5	UK 93	MP3	R written by David Essex
	3.	08/1989	The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore	6	UK 90	MP3	written by Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio

See also...

David Essex & Catherine Zeta-Jones

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