About Dave Berry (musician)
Dave Berry (born David Holgate Grundy, 6 February 1939) is an English rock singer and former teen idol during the 1960s. 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 Records top 40 success. == Early life == Dave Berry, real name David Holgate Grundy, was born in the Woodhouse ward of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, on 6 February 1939. His father, a bricklayer, was also a professional jazz drummer, and taught Dave how to play the instrument. Berry attended Woodhouse County Council School and left school at age sixteen and worked as a welder. == Career == === 1960s–1980s === Berry's first band that he led was called the Cruisers. A big fan of American rock and roll musician Chuck Berry, Dave Grundy changed his surname to "Berry", and when he signed onto Decca Records with the Cruisers in 1963 (becoming Dave Berry & The Cruisers), after being spotted at a ballroom in Doncaster, his debut single was a cover of the 1959 Chuck Berry song "Memphis, Tennessee". The song went to number nineteen in the United Kingdom in September 1963. The following year, his song "Little Things", originally recorded by Bobby Goldsboro, went to number five in the UK and number one in the Netherlands. "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.
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