David Essex

Person · Open Library

Works

9

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Film & TV

David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK (including two numbers ones), and sixteen Top 40 albums. He has also had an extensive career as an actor performing on stage and screen.

Known for

• Twiggy — (archival footage)2025
• Everything: The Real Thing Story — Self2020
• The Black Prince — Colonel Hurbon2017
• Grimaldi: The Funniest Man in the World — Charles Dickens2017
• Glam Rock at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2017
• The Guvnors — Mickey Snr2014
• Traveller — Blackberry2013
• What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day? — Mervyn's Grandfather2005
• Bring Back... — Self - vocals2005
• Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits — Self2004

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1947-07-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

211,326

Total plays

1,149,788

David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook, 23 July 1947) is an English singer-songwriter and actor who rose to fame in the 1970s. He achieved 19 UK Top 40 singles—including two number ones—and 16 Top 40 albums between 1973 and 1994. Internationally, he is best known for his 1973 hit "Rock On", which reached No. 5 in the US and earned a Grammy nomination. Born in Plaistow, East London, Essex initially pursued football and played for West Ham United Juniors before turning to music. <a href="https:/

via Last.fm · David Essex

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

David

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Plaistow

Occupation

actor

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Genre

rock music

Instrument

voice

Record label

Columbia Records

Official website

www.davidessex.com

Image

David Essex.jpg

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