Betty Moon garnered a regional top ten hit in Canada with a cover version of David Essex's "Rock On", four CASBY Award nominations, opened for Pink Floyd and has made numerous appearances on Canadian television.
The theatre plays host to many full scale theatre productions; musicals and plays, tribute bands, live music, comedy and celebrity guests and boasts the patronage of David Essex OBE.
# "Lazyitis" (Mark Day, Paul Davis, Paul Ryder, Gary Whelan, Shaun Ryder, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Sly Stone, David Essex) - 3:56
There are also covers of songs such as "Rock On" originally recorded by David Essex and "1, 2, 3, Red Light", originally recorded by The 1910 Fruitgum Company.
"Some Other Guy" was also performed/covered by the fictional band The Stray Cats in the 1974 rock film Stardust starring David Essex.
Essex | David Bowie | David Lynch | David | Late Show with David Letterman | David Cameron | David Beckham | David Lloyd George | David Hume | David Hockney | David Letterman | David Byrne | David J. Eicher | David Mamet | David Foster | Late Night with David Letterman | David Ben-Gurion | University of Essex | Jacques-Louis David | David Guetta | David Carradine | Henry David Thoreau | David Tennant | David Niven | David Essex | David A. Stewart | David Sanborn | David Livingstone | David Garrick | David Crosby |
The son of Eddie Moon (David Essex), half brother of Michael Moon (Steve John Shepherd) and brother of Tyler Moon (Tony Discipline), his storylines have focused on the friendship between him and Tyler, and his relationships with Poppy Meadow (Rachel Bright), Jodie Gold (Kylie Babbington), Amira Masood (Preeya Kalidas) and Alice Branning (Jasmyn Banks).
His songs have been recorded by Tom Jones, P. J. Proby, David Essex, The Drifters, Rod Stewart, Petula Clark, Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Fortunes, Charles Aznavour, Tony Christie, Mireille Mathieu, Barbra Streisand, and The Dave Clark Five.
In addition, the festival (5–9 September) was to be headlined by the UK premiere screenings of "Calloused Hands" starring Andre Royo from the HBO series "The Wire", "Traveller" starring David Essex OBE, Jason Maza & Lois Winstone & the award-winning "Bloody Lip" written & directed by Adriel Leff.
Later, he succeeded David Essex as Che Guevara in the London production of Rice and Lloyd Webber's Evita, initially opposite Elaine Paige and, subsequently, Marti Webb.
Mark Griffiths has worked with Matthews Southern Comfort, Jonathan Kelly, Al Stewart, David Essex, The Everly Brothers, and Cliff Richard & The Shadows.
Guests included: Slade, The Flirtations, The Scaffold, The Settlers, Mud, Paper Lace, The Glitter Band, Alvin Stardust, The Wombles, Stephanie de Sykes, Showaddywaddy, Limmie & the Family Cooking, Kiki Dee, Polly Brown, David Essex & Barry Blue.
Numerous artists of note have performed there, including David Essex, Chuck Berry, Daniel O'Donnell, Lee Evans, and JLS.
Silver Dream Racer (1980) is a motor-racing film starring British pop star David Essex and Beau Bridges.
The original theme tune which was used on Series 3, has a similar sound to the David Essex classic Hold Me Close.
Highlights included The French Connection with Sacha Distel, The Roaring Forties with the Pointer Sisters, His & Hers with Jack Jones, Off to the Movies with David Essex and Michael York, And All That Jazz with Oscar Peterson, and two Christmas specials, one with Anthony Newley, the other with Frankie Howerd.
He also worked as a session musician with various pop artists such as The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Olivia Newton-John, John Martyn, Elton John and David Essex, among others.
Corry's production company, 'PC Productions" brought One Enchanted Evening to the Odyssey venue. Joanna Ampil, Barbara Dickson and Brian Kennedy shared the stage with Corry and a choir of 850 and "The Night of 1000 Voices" at the Odyssey Arena. It also staged "The Night of 1000 Voices" starrind David Essex and Sir James Galway.