David Garrick (pop singer)

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David Garrick, 1967

David Garrick (* 12. September 1945 in Liverpool , England as Philip Darrell Core ; † 23. August 2013 in Wirral , England) was a British opera - and pop singer .

Life & Career

Garrick was discovered in the church choir of his ward. Immediately after leaving school, Garrick attended a conservatory to train as an opera singer. During this study and afterwards he occupied himself with the works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; But Garrick was also very interested in the life and work of Mario Lanza .

His career as a pop singer came about as the result of a bet between Garrick and some friends at the Cavern Club in London . His first success as a pop singer was a cover version of Lady Jane  - written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger - which hit number 28 in the UK charts. His biggest hit in late 1966 / early 1967 was Dear Mrs. Applebee . With this song Garrick reached number 1 in the German charts and number 22 in Great Britain. The very similar-sounding follow-up single Please Mr. Moving Man (May 1967) and Don't Go Out into the Rain (December 1967) - written by Kenny Young ( Fox ) and previously recorded by Herman's Hermits - were two smaller hits in Germany. His album A Boy Called David made it to number 25 in the German LP charts in the spring of 1967. It was precisely because of this success in Germany that Garrick subsequently also recorded some titles in German, but was unable to build on his previous successes.

He took his stage name from the most important British actor of the 18th century, David Garrick .

Discography (selection)

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
A Boy Called David
  UK 25th 03/15/1967 (12 weeks)
Singles
Lady Jane
  UK 28 06/15/1966 (7 weeks)
Dear Mrs. Applebee
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 01/01/1967 (22 weeks)
  AT 3 03/15/1967 (12 weeks)
  UK 22nd 09/28/1966 (9 weeks)
Please Mr. Movingman
  DE 25th 05/15/1967 (10 weeks)
Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Gonna Melt, Sugar)
  DE 26th 01/01/1968 (2 weeks)

Singles Piccadilly / Pye

  • Go / When the World Was Our Own - (UK 05.1965)
  • One Little Smile / We Must Be in Love - (UK 09.1965)
  • Lady Jane / Let's Go Somewhere - (UK 05.1966)
  • Dear Mrs. Applebee / You're What I'm Living For - (UK 09.1966)
  • I've Found a Love / (You Can't Hide) A Broken Heart - (UK 02.1967)
  • Please Mr. Moving Man / (You Can't Hide) A Broken Heart - (D 03.1967)
  • A Certain Misunderstanding / I'm Looking Straight at You - (UK 04.1967)
  • Hey Mr. Möbelmann / Don't show the others your heart - (D 05.1967)
  • Don't Go Out into the Rain (You're Gonna Melt, Sugar) / Theme for a Wishing Heart - (D 11.1967)
  • Ave Maria / Only a Rose - (D 12.1967)
  • Unchained Melody / Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - (NL 01.1968)
  • Rainbow / I'll Be Come - (D 05.1968)
  • A Little Bit of This (And a Little Bit of That) / Flutterby Butterfly - (D 09.1968)
  • Maypole Mews / Like to Get to Know You Better - (D 03.1969)
  • Poor Little Me / Molly with the Hair Like Silver - (UK 09.1969)
  • Bake Me a Woman / House in the Heather - (UK 05.1970)
  • Rudesheim is not on the Thames / Lady Marmelade - (D 07.1970)
  • Dear Dr. Eisenbart / My heart is not an apiary - (D 12.1970)
  • Heya Mississippi – Girl / Piccadilly Lady - (D 05.1971)
  • Mary in the Morning / Beautiful People - (UK 05.1971)

In Germany the singles appeared on "Deutsche Vogue" and Pye Records .

Albums

  • A Boy Called David (Piccadilly / Pye 1966, Vogue / Pye 1967)
  • Don't Go Out Into the Rain Sugar (Piccadilly 1967, Pye 1968)
  • Blow Up Live (Pye 1968)

literature

  • Frank Laufenberg u. a .: Rock and Pop Lexicon . Econ Taschenbuchverlag, Düsseldorf 1998, ISBN 3-612-26206-8 .
  • Frank Laufenberg's Hit-Lexikon des Rock und Pop , Ullstein, 1st edition October 2002, ISBN 3-548-36362-8 .

Web links

Commons : David Garrick  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT UK
personal data
SURNAME Garrick, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Core, Phillip Darryl (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool , England, UK
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 2013
Place of death Wirral , England, UK