Category: Autobiography & Biographies, Contemporary
Language: EnglishKeywords: 1970s Arts & Entertainment David Essex EastEnders Entertainment & Celebrities Entertainment & Performing Arts Godspell Gypsy Curls Hold Me Close Jesus Music Music Memoir Pop Music show Business Teen Idols That'll Be The Day West Ham United
Written by David Essex
Read by David Essex
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As a young schoolboy, David Essex dreamed of becoming a professional footballer and was signed up by his beloved West Ham United.
But as a teenager, he developed a passion for music, which set him on a very different path, and ultimately led to superstardom. It wasn’t, however, an easy start. Scraping a living on the edges of show business was a hard slog, and he endured many disappointments.
Then, aged 23, he went along to an audition for a new musical called Godspell and won the role (Jesus) that shot him to fame.
Within a year he was starring in a smash hit film, That’ll Be the Day, and had written and recorded his first number-one single, ‘Rock On’. It was the start of Essex Mania, and a long journey of undreamt of adventure.
From Godspell to EastEnders, it’s been an amazing life. And here is David’s full incredible story - in his own words.
As a young schoolboy, David Essex dreamed of becoming a professional footballer and was signed up by his beloved West Ham United.
But as a teenager, he developed a passion for music, which set him on a very different path, and ultimately led to superstardom. It wasn’t, however, an easy start. Scraping a living on the edges of show business was a hard slog, and he endured many disappointments.
Then, aged 23, he went along to an audition for a new musical called Godspell and won the role (Jesus) that shot him to fame.
Within a year he was starring in a smash hit film, That’ll Be the Day, and had written and recorded his first number-one single, ‘Rock On’. It was the start of Essex Mania, and a long journey of undreamt of adventure.
From Godspell to EastEnders, it’s been an amazing life. And here is David’s full incredible story - in his own words.