Say Something Interesting About Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich

Howard & Blaikley!!!! Yayyyy! The stuff they wrote for the Herd is among the best UK pop-psych ever. And yeah, Legend of Xanadu always used to give me the creeps as a toddler, yet was somehow strangely attractive. Not to mention "Have I The Right". Tea ingredient? 3 spoonfuls.

There's an amazing Joe Meek track on Nuggets 2 - 'Crawdaddy Simone' by the Syndicats - incredibly primitive R+B performed in an echo chamber.

dave dee rip

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7820435.stm

Wasn't Dave Dee the copper who pulled a dying Eddie Cochran out of his car wreck

Not sure whether that's true or not but he was one of the first on the scene.

You want interesting? Well, I don't know who has led the most interesting life out of their record producer, Steve Rowland or their co-manager/co-song writer, Ken Howard, but they've both had very interesting lives:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Rowland_(record_producer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Howard_(composer)

During the making of five films in Spain, Rowland enjoyed Spanish chart success with the group, Los Flaps.

Weird how those wiki links didn't work though. Try again.

Steve Rowland

Ken Howard

A positive blizzard of links to follow on those two pages: Cecil B. De Mille, Henry Fonda, Stewart Granger, John Cassevetes, Sal Mineo, Keir Dullea, Jack Warden, Los Flaps, Peter Frampton, Rodriguez, Basil Brush, The Cure, The Thompson Twins, Japan, Boney M, Geri Halliwell, Melvyn Bragg, Petula Clark, Phil Collins, Sacha Distel, Rolf Harris, Frankie Howerd, Engelbert Humperdinck, Horst Jankowski, Eartha Kitt, Little Eva, Lulu, Elvis Presley, R.D. Laing, Danny Kaye, Frank Sinatra, Johnnie Ray, Maxim Vengerov...

I had "Zabadak" (and "The Legend of Xanadu" but) from when I ws a kid and I had about 50 7" singles..

So, I'd recommend you check out "The sun goes down" for awesomeness, but it's now fully recognised as an amazing b-side by the hipsters, so.. anyway.. yeah still check it out.

Hmm, 'Crawdaddy Simone' yeah? Gonna have to find that, sounds right up my st.

Ah, it's on a box set I own, it's in the loft whoopee...

Yes, I was listening to a best of yesterday which had "The Sun Goes Down' on it. Strange band, kitschy gimmicky bubblegum with a kind of stomping football terrace side to them. They were outselling the Beatles at one point! Dave Dee had a good pop voice.

Has Marc Almond ever covered this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H92Ap-FZlKM

Beaky was the weak link

I suppose so, Dozy and Tich were really good.

Is their inability to find trouser legs that matched down to indecision?

No, I think it was down to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO3Y-qKCju4

dave dee, dozy, weaky, mick and tich

Has Marc Almond ever covered this?

"Say Hello, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Goodbye"