David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. From 1973 to 1994, he attained 19 Top 40 singles in the UK (including two number ones) and 16 Top 40 albums. Internationally, Essex had the most success with his 1973 single "Rock On". He has also had an extensive career as an actor. More about David Essex
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Essex was born in Plaistow, Essex (now a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Newham, included within Greater London) on 23 July 1947. His father, Albert, was an East End docker and his mother, Olive (née Kemp), was a self-taught pianist and an Irish Traveller. His grandfather, Thomas Kemp, was nicknamed "Philimore", which was the anglicised version of "Philly Mor" – being Irish for "Big Philly". Essex was two years old when his parents moved out of the overcrowded home the family was sharing with relatives, to Canning Town where he grew up.In total, we tracked 420 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of David Essex (Christopher Timothy / David Essex Cast Signed Script (All The Fun Of The Fair)) was sold in August 2013 for £203.56 while the cheapest item (DAVID ESSEX HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH! SMALL POSTCARD SIZE.) found a new owner for £0.49 in October 2018. The month with the most items sold (14) was November 2019 with an average selling price of £17.99 for an autographed item of David Essex. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2013 with £203.56 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was May 2014. In average, an autographed item from David Essex is worth £9.99.
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Unloved 1970s David Essex records turned into 'wall of sound' for Middlesbrough (04/09/15): A MIDDLESBROUGH artist has created a real 'wall of sound' out of formerly unloved 1970s records.
Film crews shoot movie starring David Essex at Liverpool's Albert Dock (03/08/15): Bollywood icon Satinder Sartaaj films in Liverpool for movie starring David Essex and Jason Flemyng
David Essex happy father to 5-month old Sonny (02/16/15): 67-year-old singer and actor David Essex is enjoying fatherhood once again, even if five-month old son Sonny wakes dad and mum Susan Hallam-Wright each morning at 5am.
David Essex Is A Dad Again At 67 (02/09/15): Veteran British singer David Essex has become a father for the fifth time at the age of 67. The Rock On hitmaker has four grown-up children from his previous two marriages, and now he has shocked fans by revealing his third wife, Susan Hallam-Wright, gave birth to a boy called Sonny last year (14).
David Essex becomes father for the fifth time aged 67 with wife Susan Hallam-Wri (02/08/15): Hold Me Close singer wouldn't rule out having more children 'we'll see how it goes'
David Essex happy father to 5-month old Sonny (02/2015): 67-year-old singer and actor David Essex is enjoying fatherhood once again, even if five-month old son Sonny wakes dad and mum Susan Hallam-Wright each morning at 5am.
Upcoming Hollywood film starring David Essex, Jason Flemyng and Satinder Sartaaj (11/2014): IT'S not every day a Hollywood movie is filmed in your local park.
David Essex wows Ludlow festival crowd in firework finale (07/2014): He may be eligible to draw his pension now at the ripe old age of 66 – but David Essex still has admiring female fans screaming Hold Me Close.
Jeff Wayne and David Essex: how we made The War of the Worlds (04/2014): Composer Jeff Wayne and singer David Essex on how it took years – and a letter to Richard Burton – to transform HG Wells's story into a hit record-spewing concept album Jeff Wayne, composer In the early 1970s, I had a very profitable and enjoyable run as
Theatre News: Marti Webb reunites with David Essex for Godspell gala (03/2014): The one-off concert takes place at the Lyric Theatre on 19 May
David Essex makes one night return to front Godspell revival (02/2014): Why register?
David Essex's Travelling Life (01/2014): The singer and actor on jet-setting to New York, roughing it through India and a brush with drug smugglers in Rio de Janeiro
David Essex Opens Up About Mother's Death (12/2013): Veteran singer David Essex is still distraught over the death of his mother, insisting Britain's National Health Service (Nhs) staff let her down in...