David Essex – Pretty Thing
Best Oldies Songs A meditation on desire, vulnerability, and the quiet ache that lives beneath David Essex’s romantic mystique When David Essex released Pretty Thing on his 1975 album All the Fun of…
David Essex – September 15th
A quiet curtain-call whispered into the night of youth’s finale When SEPTEMBER 15TH appears on the back side of the album sleeve of Rock On (1973) by David Essex, it…
David Essex – Victim Of Love
A Heart Broken to the Beat of the Dance Floor “Victim of Love” by David Essex is a surprising and emotionally raw expression of heartbreak cloaked in the driving rhythms of…
David Essex – Ocean Girl
A Lyrical Escape to a Tropical Reverie In “Ocean Girl”, David Essex offers a gentle ode to longing and distant beauty, painting a vivid portrait of a sun-drenched island dream. Released…
David Essex – Sin Of Love
A Secret Shame Pulsing on a Dance Floor “Sin Of Love” is a dark, frenetic confession — the shadow-kiss of forbidden desire set to the electrifying beat of Eurobeat. Released…
David Essex – On And On
A quiet prayer of longing that lingers like a half‑remembered melody On Rock On, his 1973 debut album, David Essex tucked away a gem in the form of “On and…
David Essex – Goodnight and Thank You
A Cold, Calculated Farewell to Opportunism “Goodnight and Thank You”, sung by David Essex (as Che) and Elaine Paige (as Eva), is a piercingly pragmatic moment from the 1978 Original…
David Essex – Cool Out Tonight
A QUIET REFUGE IN THE MIDST OF STARDOM From the very first breath of Cool Out Tonight, one senses a moment of gentle reckoning—a star‑turning inward, the thrum of 1970s…
David Essex – A New Argentina
The Unseen Revolution: A New Dawn of Hope and Political Ambition For those of us who came of age with the great concept musicals of the 1970s, the name David…
David Essex – Turn Me Loose
That Long-Ago Year of ’73: The Moment the New King of Glam Rock Demanded His Freedom Ah, the 1970s. For those of us who remember it well, it was a…