Dave Berry (musician)
| Dave Berry | |
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A partially obscured Dave Berry (1966)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David Holgate Grundy |
| Born |
6 February 1941 Woodhouse,Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1963–present |
| Labels | Decca Records, See for Miles Records, Blues Matters! Records, RPM Records |
| Associated acts | Dave Berry and the Cruisers |
| Website | www |
Dave Berry (born David Holgate Grundy, 6 February 1941 in Woodhouse, Sheffield) is an English pop singer and former teen idol of the 1960s.
He performed a mixture of R&B and pop ballads and was popular in Britain, and in Continental Europe, especially Belgium and the Netherlands, but had no commercial success in the US, where he is best known for the original versions of Ray Davies' "This Strange Effect" and Graham Gouldman's "I'm Going To Take You There".
He had an unusual ambition for a pop performer trying to make a name for himself - to appear on television completely hidden by a prop. In his own words, to "not appear, to stay behind something and not come out". He often hid behind the upturned collar of his leather jacket, or wrapped himself around, and effectively behind, the microphone lead.
His best-remembered hits are "Memphis, Tennessee", "The Crying Game" (1964) and his 1965 hit "Little Things", a cover version of Bobby Goldsboro's Stateside Top 40 success. "This Strange Effect" (1965), written by Ray Davies, became a Number One hit for him in the Netherlands and Belgium, countries where he still enjoys celebrity status, having received an award from Radio Veronica, Netherlands, for their best selling pop single of all time. B. J. Thomas's sentimental "Mama" (1966) and "Don't Gimme No Lip Child", the latter is the flip to Berry's #5 hit single, "The Crying Game", in 1964, and covered by the Sex Pistols, were other notable recordings.
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