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PROFILE JEFF WAYNE: WAYNE'S WORLD.
It may have been considered to be a "bonkers" project at the time, but The War Of The Worlds has reached its 30th anniversary and with a successful live show and reissue behind it, the unique musical still captures the imagination in the same way it captured the professional life of musician, producer and advertising jingle writer extraordinaire Jeff Wayne
THE CHANCES OF ANYTHING COMING FROM MARS are a million to one, or so Jeff Wayne told us in 1978. It was the haunting refrain of a strange, unique musical project, and if you were a young person of an impressionable age at around that time, it will almost certainly have stuck in your head.
"Many around ...
- Perspective: Wayne's World; Jeff Wayne tells Andrew Cowen how to put Martians...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) June 16, 2005 700+ words
...for themselves. Jeff Wayne's musical version...30th birthday, Jeff Wayne's masterpiece...chief charge being David Essex who, at the time...which included David Essex, Thin Lizzy...Steven Spielberg. Jeff Wayne's genius was...
- DVD; EXTRAS; JEFF WAYNE'S MARTIANS ATTACK AGAIN.(VARIETY)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Salas, Randy A. August 23, 2005 700+ words
...Martian attack on Victorian England, one must happily turn to "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of `The War of the Worlds.'-" Producer...by the likes of Justin Hayward (of the Moody Blues) and David Essex and pulsating instrumental music. Now, the album, which...
- MyNameis...David Essex.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) February 25, 2006 700+ words
Byline: David Essex DAVID ESSEX conjures up images of a 70s singer with a cockney twang, but...questions, including what her name was, he asked if she knew David Essex and she said 'yes, he's my dad!'. She was only five at...
- Panto Monium; David Essex lead the cast of famous faces treading the boards...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Oxley, Ken November 8, 1996 700+ words
Former pop pin-up David Essex sent hearts fluttering way back in the Seventies. That was the...King's Theatre - Robinson Crusoe: Dec 12 - Jan 25. Stars David Essex. GLASGOW: King's Theatre - Cinderella: Dec 5-Jan 18. Stars...
- Your Health: David Essex cured my agoraphobia; Jane Hancock, 58, hadn't been...
- Newspaper article from: The People (London, England) February 6, 2005 700+ words
...surrounded by hundreds of screaming fans, I gazed up at my idol, David Essex. He was singing one of my favourite songs, Relax, and I...Louise came round with my birthday present - tickets to a David Essex concert. `Do you think you can do it, Mum?' she asked...
- I'll never be a one-woman man; David Essex was one of pop's great sex symbols....
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Lee-Potter, Lynda August 17, 2002 700+ words
Byline: LYNDA LEE-POTTER DAVID ESSEX and I meet in Bournemouth, in the foyer of the Royal Bath hotel...he was weary and frail for a long time. 'Even now,' says David Essex, 'I can't bear seeing anybody lying on the sofa at home...
- on the phone with SARAH CRACKNELL; The Saint Etienne singer on working with her...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) June 25, 2005 700+ words
...writing process lyrically. It really helps you come up with ideas. So we just went from there and even got David Essex involved Why David Essex? Is he a fan? Not a fan as such, but he was aware of us because we've sampled his work in the past...
- David Essex in Newtown.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) May 6, 2002 700+ words
NEWTOWN'S Theatr Hafren will start taking bookings tomorrow for a concert by 70s star David Essex. The singer will appear at the theatre on October 13 at 7.30pm.
