Greatest Hits (David Essex album)
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Greatest Hits is a greatest hits
album released by David Essex
on 6 March 2006.
The album contains 20 of his biggest hits to date.
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
album released by David Essex
David Essex
David Essex OBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK , and sixteen Top 40 albums...
on 6 March 2006.
The album contains 20 of his biggest hits to date.
Track listing
All songs written by David Essex, except where specified.- "Rock OnRock On (David Essex song)"Rock On" is a song that was composed and sung by English singer/songwriter David Essex in 1973. In March 1974, it reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national Top Singles chart and was a Top 5 song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop-music chart. It was Essex's only Billboard Top 40 hit. The song also...
" - "Gonna Make You a StarGonna Make You a StarGonna Make You A Star was a popular music recording by David Essex.Written by David Essex and produced by Jeff Wayne, Gonna Make You a Star was Essex's first number one single in the UK, spending three weeks at the top in November 1974....
" - "Lamplight"
- "Hold Me CloseHold me close"Hold Me Close" was a UK Singles Chart number-one hit single in October 1975 for three weeks by English singer David Essex.-Song profile:"Hold Me Close" is a cheery love song written by Essex and produced by Jeff Wayne. It was Essex's second and final UK #1. The B-side is titled "Good Ol' Rock and...
" - "Stardust"
- "America"
- "Rolling Stone"
- "If I Could"
- "City Lights"
- "Oh What a CircusOh What a Circus"Oh What a Circus" is a song from the 1976 musical Evita, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. The song is the first song after the introductory "Requiem for Evita" from the musical, as Ché critically ponders the life of Eva Perón and the reaction to her death, finally coming...
" (Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
, Tim RiceTim RiceSir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
) - "Silver Dream Machine"
- "Heart on My Sleeve" (Stephen Ernest Colyer, David Essex)
- "Me and My Girl (Night-Clubbing)"
- "Falling Angels Riding"
- "Missing You Magic" (Carlotta Christy)
- "Picture This Sky"
- "It's Gonna Be Alright"
- "You're in My Heart"
- "Tahiti" (Richard Crane, David Essex)
- "A Winter's TaleA Winter's Tale (David Essex song)A Winter's Tale is a song by David Essex from the 1983 album The Whisper. First released as a single in 1982, it reached #2 in the UK singles chart in January 1983.-Production and release:...
" (Mike BattMike BattMichael Philip "Mike" Batt is a British songwriter, musician, producer and Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry...
, Tim Rice)