I have had it stuck in my head for days now and it is driving me nuts trying to remember who sang it.
2007-02-15 05:07:18 · 7 answers · asked by Roo 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
David Essex. It was originally written for a movie starring Essex and Ringo Starr, but it didn't make it into the movie, which was called "That'll Be The Day".
The song was originally intended as a tribute to the early days of rock 'n roll.
In the 70's Michael Damian released a cover of the song, which was used in the Corey Feldman movie "Dream a Little Dream". This version charted in the US, and was on the radio all the time during that period.
Best to you.
2007-02-15 05:12:03 · answer #1 · answered by Timothy W 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rock On
David Essex
Columbia 32560
Released: October 1973
Chart Peak: #32
Weeks Charted: 21
Certified Gold: 3/26/74
David Essex has achieved so much in so little time that he doesn't seem to have decided what record audience he is trying to please: a little rock, some reggae, a bit of nostalgia, and a few teen ballads. The star of stage (Godspell), screen (That'll Be the Day) and singles ("Rock On") doesn't dare commit himself to any particular form. Rather than displaying a wide range of talents, Essex is still fishing for a consistent style.
His waifish voice sounds odd attacking rock tunes like Fabian's "Turn Me Loose." Essex is always on the verge of being smothered by his accompaniment. The secret to his survival against overwhelming decibels lies in the clean and tight production job by his man Friday, Jeff Wayne.
A number of British performers have been milking the nostalgia boom by imitating the styles and phrases of the rock and roll era. "Rock On," a big British hit, might do as well here, but in the States the original artists are actually performing at local rock and roll revival shows. Gary Glitter sounds redundant in America, and so does Essex' mention of "summertime blues," "blue suede shoes" and the solemnly intoned "James Dean."
Far more successful is "Lamplight," the only lasting cut on the album. Showing extraordinary American influence, Essex comes across like Dr. John navigating Leon Russell's "Tightrope." My first reaction was rage that such a rip-off could be perpetrated across the Atlantic, but after a few plays "Lamplight" seems a jolly good show after all.
It's unusual for a teen idol to risk tackling rock numbers his first time out, but then it may be that Essex doesn't know whether he wants to be a rocker, a face or an actor. He does the latter very well, but not, at least for now, the former.
- Paul Gambaccini, Rolling Stone, 2/28/74.
2007-02-15 05:11:40 · answer #2 · answered by the older big kid who helped invent dirt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes its DAVID Essex
Here is a sample of it. Nice song!!
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2007-02-15 05:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by ♣Ally♣ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rick eesex
2007-02-15 05:10:14 · answer #4 · answered by Dr Universe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ORIGINALY...DAVID ESSEX.BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE COVERS. FROM DEF LEPPARD TO LENNY KRAVITZ. GOOD SONG. KINDA CATCHES YOUR SOUL. ALSO KNOWN AS BLUE JEAN BABY QUEEN.
2007-02-15 06:12:35 · answer #5 · answered by METAL CHICK_est.1977 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rick essex
David Essex sorry
2007-02-15 05:09:25 · answer #6 · answered by b17_4_life 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
DAVID ESSEX
2007-02-15 05:14:46 · answer #7 · answered by kspq7652 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋