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Terry Dene
Birth name Terence Williams
Born (1938-12-20) 20 December 1938 (age 73)
Origin Elephant & Castle, London, England
Genres Rock and roll, pop
Occupations Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1956 – present
Labels Decca Records, Pilgrim Records

Terry Dene (born Terence Williams, 20 December 1938) is a former British pop singer popular in the late 1950s. He achieved three Top Twenty hits between June 1957 and May 1958.[1]

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Career [link]

Dene was born in Lancaster Street, Elephant & Castle, London, and was discovered by Paul Lincoln at the 2i's Coffee Bar (the London club that helped launch Tommy Steele, Adam Faith and Cliff Richard) in Soho in the late 1950s.[2] Jack Good, producer of Six-Five Special, and Dick Rowe helped him obtain a recording contract with Decca.[2] At the time he was regarded as the British Elvis and recognised as one of the best voices of the rock and roll era of pre-Beatles Britain.[2] His first single "A White Sport Coat" in the first seven weeks sold in excess of 300,000 copies, together with "Stairway Of Love", which remained in the chart for eight weeks, and his own version of "Start Movin'" at number 14, put his records in the Top 20 twice in the same year UK Singles Chart and secured his name in the Guinness Book of Records.[3] [1] He toured Britain, was one of the first to appear in the BBC Television's first pop show, Six-Five Special, and appeared in a film, The Golden Disc.

Dene was branded as a 'bad apple' and the exemplifier of the 'evil of rock and roll' by the press after being arrested for public drunkenness and breaking a shop window in 1958, and ripping out a telephone box from the wall whilst claiming his passionate love for Edna Savage.[2] After Dene was conscripted in 1958 into the Army for National service.[2] where he was originally expected to report to Winchester Barracks, he was due to join the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 7 July 1958, but his call-up was initially deferred until contractual commitments had been completed.[4] When he finally did go in, it was so badly handled by the press (who filmed and publicised his arrival at the barracks) that after two months Dene had to be discharged on medical grounds as he received threats from his fellow conscripts. By that time the press had almost ruined his career.[2] and the Army offered him a pension as a form of compensation which Dene refused. He later joined the Larry Parnes' stable of stars and toured with them around Britain.

Disheartened by the bad publicity in 1964 Dene turned his back on the British pop scene and became an Evangelist crossing over to singing and writing spiritual and gospel music, recording three gospel albums.[2] He travelled abroad as an itinerant preacher playing in churches, prisons and other venues and preached in the Scandinavian Lutheran Church for five years in Sweden[2] where he married for the second time. Two of the gospel albums were released in 1972–73 on Pilgrim Records.

In 1973, Dene released a book, I Thought Terry Dene Was Dead, and around 1984 reformed his group, the Dene Aces, with Brian Gregg. He released an album, The Real Terry Dene, in 1997 which was voted as one of the top 40 best listening CDs, and has continued to appear in rock and roll shows.[2] His Decca compilation was released in December 2004 by Vocalion Records. In October 2007, Dene created his own company and label with his partner, Countess Lucia Liberati, LLTD.COM, and in December 2012 has released in the UK his new CD, The Best Of Terry Dene, featuring a compilation of 12 tracks of his own choice including his own version of "Mystery Train", a remix of "Com'in And Be Loved, So Long", which was written by Dene.

Personal life [link]

Dene was married in 1958 to, and subsequently divorced from, fellow pop singer Edna Savage, who died in 2000 at the age of 64. He married and divorced another three times and he is now settled with an Italian countess, Lucia Liberati, 21 years his junior, whom he met in London in 2000.

More recent appearances [link]

Dene appeared on Juke Box Heroes in 2011 broadcast by BBC One, in a condensed biopic of his life, and played in September 2004 at the Rock 'n' Roll Weekend Festival in Chippenham, alongside Little Richard, the Comets and Charlie Gracie. In February 2005, appeared in the Best of British magazine dedicated to British music, and on 2 November 2006, as a 'mystery guest' on series 19 episode 2 of Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

He performed at the 100 Club in London in October 2007, January 2008 and January 2010, in comnemoration of the first Six-Five Special, where he was a regular guest. He performed on 29 February 2008 at Borough Green Rock 'n' Roll Club, backed by Dave Briggs New Ravens, and appeared in Pop Britannia, broadcast by BBC Four.

Dene appears at The British Music Experience, at the 02 Arena in Greenwich, dedicated to the history of British popular music in the UK over the past 60 years.

Singles discography [link]

Year Title UK[3] Label
1957 "A White Sport Coat"/ "The Man In The Phone Booth" 18 Decca
1957 "Start Movin'"/ "Green Corn" 15 Decca
1957 "Come And Get It"/ Teenage Dream" - Decca
1957 "Lucky Lucky Bobby"/ "Baby She's Gone" - Decca
1958 "The Golden Age"/ "C'min And Be Loved" - Decca
1958 "Stairway Of Love"/ "Lover Lover!" 16 Decca
1958 "Seven Steps To Love"/ "Can I Walk You Home" - Decca
1958 "Who Baby Who"/ "Pretty Little Pearly" - Decca
1959 "I've Got A Good Thing Going"/ "Bimbombey" - Decca
1959 "There's No Fool Like A Young Fool"/ "I've Come Of Age" - Decca
1959 "Thank You Pretty Baby"/ "A Boy Without A Girl" - Decca
1960 "Geraldine"/ "Love Me Or Leave Me" - Decca
1961 "Like A Baby"/ "Next Stop Paradise" - Oriole
1963 "The Feminine Look"/ "Fever" - Aral
1984 "The Real Terry Dene" - Rollercoaster Records
2004 "Terry Dene" - Vocalion
2007 "Mystery Train" - LLTD.COM

References [link]

  1. ^ Gambaccini, Paul; Time Rice, Jo Rice (1995). British Hit Singles. Guinness Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 0-85112-633-2. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Biography by Craig Harris". Allmusic.com. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p16966. Retrieved 11 February 2008. 
  3. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 150. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  4. ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 56. CN 5585. 

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Background

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    by: Linda Ronstadt

    Originally recorded by Roy Orbison
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    I'm so lonesome all the time
    Since I left my baby behind
    On Blue Bayou
    Saving nickels saving dimes
    Working til the sun don't shine
    Looking forward to happier times
    On Blue Bayou
    I'm going back someday
    Come what may
    To Blue Bayou
    Where the folks are fine
    And the world is mine
    On Blue Bayou
    Where those fishing boats
    With their sails afloat
    If I could only see
    That familiar sunrise
    Through sleepy eyes
    How happy I'd be
    Gonna see my baby again
    Gonna be with some of my friends
    Maybe I'll feel better again
    On Blue Bayou
    Saving nickels saving dimes
    Working til the sun don't shine
    Looking forward to happier times
    On Blue Bayou
    I'm going back someday
    Come what may
    To Blue Bayou
    Where the folks are fine
    And the world is mine
    On Blue Bayou
    Where those fishing boats
    With their sails afloat
    If I could only see
    That familiar sunrise
    Through sleepy eyes
    How happy I'd be
    Oh that boy of mine
    By my side
    The silver moon
    And the evening tide
    Oh some sweet day
    Gonna take away
    This hurting inside
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