Dave’s involvement in the entertainment world
stretches right back to the early 1960’s.
His first recording contract was with EMI when he
cut his debut single at the legendary Abbey Road
Studios. At that time, he was fronting a rock band
called “The Chances Are”. A couple of
years later he transformed himself from rock singer
to ballad singer and picked up his second record
deal with Dick James Music. This time he was accompanied
by fifty-piece orchestras and backing
vocalists including The Ladybirds (formerly
The Vernon’s Girls), The Mike Sammes Singers
and on one famous occasion Elton John.
In 1972 he formed a double act with his brother
Al that was to change his life. They called themselves
“Cosmotheka”, the name of an old London
Music Hall and specialised in the more neglected
comedy material from that wonderful tradition. The
act took them all over the world, from Port Stanley
Town Hall to the deserts of Oman, from Hong Kong
breakfast television to the Rocky Mountains. They
made countless radio recordings, including six national
Radio2 series, and their numerous television appearances
included “Roy Hudd’s Hall Of Fame”,
“The Bob Monkhouse Show”, “Chas
and Dave’s Christmas Knee’s-Up”
and “The Good Old Days”.
Since
the tragic death of his brother Al, in 1999, Dave,
forming his own production company, Cosmotheka
Presentations. He raises roofs at clubs and festivals
throughout the UK with a rich, rib-tickling mix
of songs, stories, original titles and monologues
and he appears on stage in pantomimes and musicals
He has written and performed
his one man Stanley Holloway show “With
A Little Bit O’Luck” with great
success and has now written a new one man show
about Max Miller “The Cheeky Chappie”.
He also works in various collaborations.
Two, in particular, have been highly successful
– “Pop Goes The Century”, with
fellow eccentrics Andrew Frank and Dave Brown
and the laugh-a-minute review “Back to Back”
with Malcolm Stent and Don Maclean.
With
A Little Bit O’Luck >>
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