Welsh born Dave (1944) had his first band
with his brothers in 1954 called The Edmunds Bros Duo. He joined several bands
after that including Love Sculpture which had a top ten single hit with Sabre
Dance. The hit was thanks to radio one DJ John Peel championing it.
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Dave went solo in 1970 and had a big hit
with I Hear You Knocking which was the Christmas No.1 in 1970. The song was
written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King from way back in 1955. Smiley Lewis
had the original No.2 hit with this song. Smiley died in 1966.
The song was a hit both sides of the
Atlantic and sold over three million copies. In 1972 Edmunds appeared in the
film Stardust with David Essex. The film was a huge success and Dave Edmunds
was kept in the public eye which helped with the next singles.
In 1973 Dave had another cover hit with Baby I Love You which was written by Jeff Berry and Ellie Greenwich. The song was 1963 hit for the Ronettes and was
produced by Phil Spector. Dave Edmunds version got to No. 8.
Dave had another hit that year, with yet
another cover. Born To Be With You a 1956 hit for the Chordettes. Dave’s
version got to No. 5 in the charts. Moving on to 1977 gave Dave his next top
thirty UK hit with I Knew The Bride a Nick Lowe song.
1979 and Dave stormed the charts again with
two hit singles that year. The first was Girls Talk a cover of Elvis Costello’s
record, followed by Queen Of Hearts from the album Repeat When Necessary.
