Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich discography

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Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich discography
Studio albums6
Compilation albums16
Video albums3
EPs2
Singles30

This is the discography of the British band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart
positions
UK
[1]
GER
[2]
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich [upper-alpha 1]
  • Released: 24 June 1966
  • Label: Fontana
  • 13 tracks LP/MC (mono/stereo)
114
If Music Be the Food of Love... Prepare for Indigestion [upper-alpha 2] [upper-alpha 3] [upper-alpha 4]
  • Released: 16 December 1966 [upper-alpha 5]
  • Label: Fontana
  • 12 tracks LP/MC (mono/stereo)
27 [3] [upper-alpha 6] 4 [upper-alpha 7]
If No-One Sang
  • Released: 31 May 1968
  • Label: Fontana
  • 12 tracks LP/MC (mono/stereo)
  • Released in the US as Time To Take Off
45 [4] 30
Together [upper-alpha 8]
  • Released: 12 September 1969
  • Label: Fontana Special
  • 10 tracks LP (stereo)
Fresh Ear
  • Released: October 1970
  • Label: Philips
  • As D,B,M+T
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Heartbreak Hotel
  • Album of tracks re-recorded in July 1984
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
NL
[6]
US
[7]
Greatest Hits [upper-alpha 9] [upper-alpha 10] [upper-alpha 11]
  • Released: July 1967
  • Label: Fontana
  • US and Canada-only release
  • 10 tracks LP/MC (mono/stereo) [upper-alpha 12]
155
Golden Hits of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
  • Released: November 1967
  • Label: Fontana
  • 12 tracks LP (includes 7 tracks first time on LP)
D D D B M T (A Plea For Sanity)
  • Released: 8 March 1968
  • Label: Fontana Special
  • 10 tracks LP (includes 3 tracks first time on LP)
Legend Of...
  • Released: February 1969
  • Label: Fontana Special
  • 10 tracks LP (includes 4 tracks first time on LP)
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1971
  • Label: Philips International
  • 12 tracks LP (with 10 UK hits)
Greatest Hits
  • Released: June 1976
  • Label: Philips Sonic
  • 12 tracks LP/MC (with 12 UK hits)
Greatest Hits
  • Released: May 1984
  • Label: Philips Price
  • 13 tracks LP/MC (with 13 UK hits)
Hits Album
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: K-tel
  • Netherlands-only release
  • 18 tracks LP/CD/MC (includes "Tonight Today" & was DDDBM&T's 1st CD release)
18
The Best of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: The Collection
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Fontana
Zabadak
Hold Tight! The Best of the Fontana Years
The Best of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
  • Released: November 1995
  • Label: Spectrum Music
The Complete Collection
  • Released: November 1996
  • Label: Mercury
  • 46 tracks 2 CD
All the Hits Plus More
Together
  • Released: February 1997
  • Label: BR Music
  • Expansion of the studio album to include a number of unreleased and previously released songs
  • 22 tracks CD
Boxed!
  • Released: April 1999
  • Label: BR Music
  • 100 tracks 4 CD
The Singles
  • Released: April 1999
  • Label: BR Music
  • 25 tracks CD
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Forever Gold
The BBC Sessions
  • Released: March 2008
  • Label: BR Music
  • Netherlands-only release
The Very Best of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich24
The Complete French EP’s & Singles Collection
  • Released: September 2023
  • Label: Magic
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Album Notes

  1. At the last minute the track "007" because of a copyright infringement with the Ian Fleming/James Bond Organisation had to be hurriedly re-recorded & came out as "Double Agent". If you look carefully at the back of the UK LP cover/sleeve you will find a different print font size where the master artwork had to be corrected.
  2. The UK album release came out with an unusual and original sleeve idea plus title with three members and the first part of the title on the front and the other two members and the second part of the title on the back of the sleeve/cover (Canada, New Zealand & South Africa used the same sleeve design/format as the UK). Whether it was initially/originally envisaged as a gatefold sleeve is not known. One way you can see the 'complete & full image' was to place both the stereo and mono releases front and back alongside each other. In Germany and Australia they chose/devised different ways to have all five members on the front sleeve but hence missing its original/novel concept. The German sleeve though was quite bright/colourful losing the dark more somber background of the UK issue. Concerning the "…Prepare For Indigestion" addition to the title then some involved in the album did not like this, but finally the heads of UK Fontana/Philips had the final say (note that Australia dropped the "…Prepare For Indigestion" part). It is not known whether reaching agreement & manufacturing of the final cover design/concept delayed the UK release or not.
  3. One of the key tracks on the album is the humorous/fun "Loos Of England" which received a quasi-ban in the UK (i.e. see Record Mirror 25 February 1967 p.4 where they were not allowed to perform the track on Doddy's Music Box (Ken Dodd's show)). From all historical accounts "Loos" was never performed on UK TV and also seemingly never played on the BBC (i.e. there is no special BBC re-recording for "Loos" as there was for 6 other tracks on the album). It was an effort to veer away from standard love song fare into lavatories and "Loos Of England" was a track that was either 'pure genius' or 'an embarrassment' as it ran through the public conveniences of England, France, USA, Greece, Russia and Australia with respective clever unusual musical interludes for each country. "Loos" never really created the buzz intended, though Fontana/Philips a couple of months after the album release, released 'Loos" as the flagship track for an EP which did reach No. 8 in the UK EP chart.
  4. Reviews at the time by NME, Record Mirror, Melody Maker (each in their respective 17th December 1966 magazine editions) for "If Music Be The Food Of Love…" were very positive with comments such as: "which make the LP a remarkable one", "it is a good example of some of the best pop music this country is producing", "they have come up with an excellent album". The Disc & ME review 24th December 1966 issue p.12 states "for sheer good spirits & energy you can't beat them" but with an almost contradictory statement (like a double edged sword) in "but by far & away the best track is the Eddie Cochran styled "Help Me"". Strange statement considering that according to the other reviews there were many other strong tracks in "Bend It", "Hideaway", "All I Want", "Loos Of England", "You Make It Move", "Shame", "Master Llewellyn", "Bang", "I'm On The Up", "Hair Of My Chinny-Chin-Chin" & "Hands Off".
  5. The album had been completed by end of October 1966 with original release date scheduled as 25th November 1966 (i.e. see NME 4th November 1966 p.9 & where also next single "Save Me" was going to be released on the same day). There was a small advert for the album in the Disc & Music Echo issue 26th November on p.17. The Record Mirror 3rd December 1966 p.4 then stated that "IMBTFOL…" & "Save Me" would both be released on 2nd December. For various reasons the album release date then eventually slipped another 2 weeks to 16th December 1966 thus missing out on the all-important 1966 UK pre-teen/teen Xmas market (only really getting into the shops after Christmas and hence eventually first charting on 7th January 1967). This delay into the new year also coincided with the arrival of The Monkees who were at this moment storming the UK charts (with an instant fame) & would have attracted away some of the potential audience for the DDDBM&T LP. Perhaps this overall release delay therefore was a partial reason for the LP's eventual relatively poorer than expected chart performance. The single "Save Me" (was not on the album) was released on the 2nd December & entered the 10th December chart at the No. 32 position, hence was nicely timed for the Xmas market.
  6. After having spent during 1966 a total of 50 weeks in the UK Singles Chart (more than any other act for that year 1966 i.e. see p. 387 of Guinness British Hit Singles 9th Edition ISBN 0-85112-526-3) (Note that in 1965 The Seekers had won that accolade with their 51 weeks in the UK Singles Chart), plus coming after a No. 2 hit in "Bend It" & with now "Save Me" currently at No. 4, & further supported by four very positive/favourable album reviews by the UK music press, then big things were expected with this album release. Therefore after having only reached a HP of No. 27 & 5 weeks in the chart (chart progress positions were No. 37, 29, 27, 27, 32) there was a sense of disappointment & concern within the DDDBM&T camp. Their 'fun & friendly' left field beat music along with the variety & versality demonstrated on the LP should have surely performed better? For supporting information & some possible reasons for its lack of success then see the other 'Album Notes' for this LP. Just after the album had quickly exited the charts then Dave Dee in Record Mirror 11th February 1967 p. 3 explained to the interviewer Norman Jopling that "the group were very pessimistic about their future", "seemed to be up against a brick wall" & that they "now needed to change". Because of the album's lack of success, then from this point on in the UK, DDDBM&T became known as a "Singles Act" & afterwards had very little major album success. In Germany (the World's 3rd largest record market at the time) then the album did well & reached HP No.4 & was 20 weeks in the charts…'unusually' much better than what it had achieved in the UK (DDDBM&T's home-country) & where Germans liked that solid drum & bass beat music sound that DDDBM&T produced.
  7. Coincident with the chart high position of No. 4 (in the Bravo LP Chart it reached No. 3) they had just been voted in Germany by the Bravo magazine as the World's Top Act (the Bravo Otto Wahl Award). This was in the 27th March 1967 edition of the magazine where they had won the award with 82,034 votes with The Beatles coming 2nd with 79,669 votes & The Beach Boys 3rd with 28,986 votes.
  8. The "Together" album was released on the "Fontana Special" label which was budget priced & so therefore the album was ineligible for the UK Album Charts. It was also released just after Dave Dee had left the group with now DBM&T proceeding down a completely different musical path & so there would be no promotion! Coupled with its shorter than normal album playing time (31m41s), then Fontana/Philips Records decided on a "budget price release" & also being cheaper as a sort of gift to the DDDBM&T fans. Probably due to these reasons then neither NME, Record Mirror nor Melody Maker reviewed the album (for Disc & ME it is not known if there was a review or not?) plus there were no images or promotion of the LP presented within any of these UK music papers. Instead of going out with a bang then DDDBM&T & the Swinging Sixties went out with a whimper! To note that the NME did report in their 4th October 1969 edition on p.8 that the LP was released on the 4th October 1969. Notwithstanding this indifference the album proved to be a very reasonable effort. As an All Music review states "There were at least 7 possible singles here." "magnificent harmonies & production" "Not a dud track & a pity the album is so underrated/underestimated." "Star tracks "Love Is A Drum", "Mountains Of The Moon" & "Margareta Lidman"." The full review can be found here: [5]
  9. Fontana/Mercury Records USA decided not to release either of their first two LPs Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich & If Music Be the Food of Love... Prepare for Indigestion & instead belatedly released this 10 track affair as DDDBM&T's first USA album. Why though incongruously only 10 tracks (26m11s in length) when there were then 34 DDDBM&T studio tracks currently available & where a 14 track album (circa 37mins long i.e. at the time the No. 1 U.S. album was The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which was 39m38s in length) might have at least attracted via better value the more casual record buyer & given a slightly improved chance for success into the USA. Suggested additional tracks would have been "Frustration", "Hard to Love You", "Shame" & "Help Me". The DDDBM&T camp made it clear that they were unhappy with the performance of their U.S. record company Fontana/Mercury & shortly after this release changed/switched to Imperial/Liberty Records.
  10. This their debut U.S. album was issued a long 18 months after the release in January 1966 of their first U.S. single "You Make It Move". At the time other acts (i.e. The Cyrkle, The Happenings, Crispian St. Peters…also The Palm Beach Band Boys who had actually issued a cover version of "Bend It!") had debut LPs immediately coming out in the U.S. (along with their single releases)! One possible explanation for this long delay was that DDDBM&T's five singles issued so far in the U.S. had had little success. DDDBM&T were also caught up in the 'British Invasion Backlash' (instigated in order to protect home-grown U.S. talent from a previous domination by UK acts) which meant a continual rejection of their work permits/visas, therefore not allowing/clearing DDDBM&T to come to the U.S. & promote their singles. The band had made it known from the beginning, since 1962 as Dave Dee & The Bostons playing Hamburg & impressing the U.S. sailors stationed there, that they wanted to be successful in the U.S. Therefore with their debut U.S. single issued in the January, they had planned already to come in February 1966 (i.e. see NME 31st December 1965 p.6 & Billboard 15th January 1966 page 23). Throughout 1966 & early 1967 DDDBM&T/Mercury Records could never get visas/work permits cleared & that it was finally only in April 1967 that the permission was granted. In Billboard 28th April 1967 p.3 it states: "Mercury UK Group OK’d In U.S. Tour. Chicago – Mercury Records has overcome the usual stringent obstacles to foreign talent imports into the U.S. and announced last week that its recording group, known as Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, has been cleared for an April 26-May 4 tour of some 10 cities. The rare clearance came as a result of co-operation by the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Department of Naturalization and Immigration. The group obtained an H-1 visa." The piece went on to state, "Fontana is rushing out an album". This clearance though had taken Fontana/Mercury by surprise because when DDDBM&T finally came there was no single nor album out then to support their tour. Noting that it was just a "promotion" tour with no "live" performances (actually being DDDBM&T's forte) permitted. Along with this there was also the previous banning of their 4th U.S. single "Bend It", which added to the adversity encountered & hence taking everything into consideration produced the long delay to the album release date.
  11. Calling it "Greatest Hits" even if the release does include 6 UK hits was a misnomer as there were incongruously no U.S. hits on it. In the Billboard Magazine 22nd January 1966 issue then "Spotlight Singles" p.16 predicted that DDDBM&T's debut U.S. single "You Make It Move" (on the album) would go Top 60 "this hard driving rocker loaded with teen dance appeal has all the earmarks of a smash in the U.S." Billboard Spotlight predicted for 2nd U.S. single "Hold Tight!" to go Top 60; "Hideaway" Top 100; "Bend It!" Top 60; "Save Me" Top 100. If Billboard had been correct in at least one of their 5 single release predictions (all are on the album), then DDDBM&T's story in the U.S. may have been different. Billboard Magazine 19th March 1966 p.16 stated for "Hold Tight!": "Good group vocal on ultra-big beat dance rhythm for a left field winner. Top-of-the chart contender." Concerning "Bend It!" then this may have made the Top 60 but then there was a record ban placed onto it. Fontana/Mercury for the first 4 singles put no publicity into Billboard magazines. There was for "Save Me" though a full-page advert along with the first photo of the band (actually seen in Billboard) placed in the 28th January 1967 issue p.35. Fontana/Mercury were a relatively small record company based in Chicago & lacked the clout that the major labels had throughout the vast U.S., which could partially explain why none of the 5 DDDBM&T singles on the album became hits. Perhaps also the DJ's & Radio Station Programmers were also somehow swayed by the "British Invasion Backlash" and so did not give the DDDBM&T records a fair spin. In Lillian Roxon's famed 1969 Rock Encyclopedia (Library Of Congress Catalog Card Number: 77-75342) it is stated for DDDBM&T "The group specializes in good, clean, wildly entertaining very sexy off-colour fun, beautifully staged. They should have made it in America by now. Almost everyone else has, and they're better than some." The album was finally released in the July of 1967 & in the 29th July 1967 Billboard issue on p.37 in the "New Action Albums" section then the DDDBM&T album was mentioned/presented along with 2 others. Billboard though did not do any review for the album in their "Album Reviews" section. Fontana/Mercury never placed any publicity into Billboard for the "Greatest Hits" album but confusingly the parent/partner company in the Netherlands Fontana/Philips, probably due to what was amounting to extreme frustration, placed a full page advert into the Billboard issue 22nd July 1967 p.51 for instead the If Music Be the Food of Love... Prepare for Indigestion album (utilizing the Germany/Netherlands artwork) with supporting words "Now taking a big bite of the cherry in the $ market"! That album was never issued in the U.S. There seemed to be forces against the band in ever having any success in the U.S.
  12. The album was actually available in at least 6 formats…mono vinyl LPs, stereo vinyl LPs, reel-to-reel tapes, both 4 & 8 track cartridges & music cassettes.

Video albums

TitleDetails
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: BR Music
  • Netherlands-only release
The Legend of Xanadu
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Universal, BR Music
  • Germany and Netherlands-only release
Beat Beat Beat
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: ABC Entertainment
  • Split album with the Troggs

EPs

Title [upper-alpha 1] DetailsPeak chart
positions
UK
[8]
Loos of England
  • Released: February 1967
  • Label: Fontana
8
Classic Cuts
  • Released: October 1980
  • Label: Philips
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[1] [9]
AUS
[10]
BE (FLA)
[11]
BE (WA)
[12]
CAN
[13]
GER
[2]
IRE
[14]
NL
[15]
NZ
[16]
SA
[17]
US
[18] [19]
"No Time" [upper-alpha 2]
b/w "Is It Love?"
1965Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich [upper-alpha 3]
"All I Want"
b/w "It Seems A Pity"
If Music Be the Food of Love... [upper-alpha 4]
"You Make It Move"
b/w "I Can't Stop
26If Music Be the Food of Love...
"Hold Tight!"
b/w "You Know What I Want"
1966421 [upper-alpha 5] 52487Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
"Hideaway"
b/w "Here's a Heart"
1080 [upper-alpha 5] 69310 [upper-alpha 6] 13If Music Be the Food of Love...
"Bend It!"
b/w "She's So Good"
21616229413411
"Bend It!" (re-recording) [upper-alpha 7]
b/w "She's So Good"
110Greatest Hits
"Hard to Love You" [upper-alpha 8]
b/w "No Time" / "Frustration"
1017Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
"Save Me"
b/w "Shame"
325172093214858Non-album singles
"Touch Me, Touch Me"
b/w "Marina"
196713 [upper-alpha 9] 398 [upper-alpha 10] 7
"Okay!"
b/w "He's a Raver"
4 [upper-alpha 11] 102957310
"Zabadak!"
b/w "The Sun Goes Down"
332416167441352If No-One Sang
"Zabadak!" (Italian version) [upper-alpha 12]
b/w "Follemente Vivo (Save Me)"
"I'll Love You" [upper-alpha 13]
b/w "Things Go Better with Coke"
Non-album single
"The Legend of Xanadu"
b/w "Please"
1968166101051517123If No-One Sang
"Break Out" [upper-alpha 14]
b/w "Mrs. Thursday"
28
"Last Night in Soho"
b/w "Mrs. Thursday"
8 [upper-alpha 15] 1311154Non-album singles
"The Wreck of the 'Antoinette'"
b/w "Still Life"
14 [upper-alpha 16] 1921117
"Run Colorado" [upper-alpha 17]
b/w "Margareta Lidman"
1969Together
"Don Juan"
b/w "Margareta Lidman"
23134922313
"Snake in the Grass"
b/w "Bora Bora"
23 [upper-alpha 18] 174618
"Tonight Today" (as D B M & T)
b/w "Bad News"
1749394Non-album singles
"My Woman's Man" (as Dave Dee)
b/w "Gotta Make You Part Of Me"
197042 [upper-alpha 19] 52
"I'm Going Back" (as David) [upper-alpha 20]
b/w "Sellpin"
"Annabella" (as Dave Dee)
b/w "Kelly"
"Mr. President" (as D. B. M. & T.)
b/w "Frisco Annie"
33 [upper-alpha 21] Fresh Ear [upper-alpha 22]
"Everything About Her" (as Dave Dee)
b/w "If I Believed In Tomorrow"
Non-album singles
"Festival" (as D. B. M. & T.)
b/w "Leader of a Rock 'n' Roll Band"
"Wedding Bells" (as Dave Dee)
b/w "Sweden"
1971
"I Want To Be There" (as D.B.M. & T.)
b/w "For The Use Of Your Son"
"Hold On" (as Dave Dee)
b/w "Mary Morning, Mary Evening"
"Swingy" (as Dave Dee)
b/w "Don't You Ever Change Your Mind"
"They Won't Sing My Song" (as Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)
b/w "Soukie"
1972
"My Woman's Man" (as Dave Dee)
b/w "Gotta Make You Part Of Me" (single re-released/re-issued) [upper-alpha 23]
"When Freedom Come" (as Mason) [upper-alpha 24]
b/w "It's All Gone Wrong"
1973
"Fading" (as Mason) [upper-alpha 25]
b/w "It's Alright"
"Follow Me" (as Mason)
b/w "Peacefully"
1974
"She's My Lady" [upper-alpha 26]
b/w "Babeigh"
"I Have No Hold On You" (Dave Dee with Jean Musy) [upper-alpha 27]
b/w "Few & Far Between"
1975Few & Far Between
"You've Got Me on the Run" (as Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich) [upper-alpha 28]
b/w "Rock and Roll"
1979Non-album singles
"In the Coven" (as D.B.M. & T.)
b/w "I Can't Stop Wanting You"
1981
"The Ballad Of Bulldog Bobby" (as Dave & The Bulldogs) [upper-alpha 29]
b/w "Instrumental Version"
1982The World Cup Commemorative LP
"Do-Wah-Diddy..." [upper-alpha 30]
b/w "Waiting"
1983Non-album single
"La Leyenda de Xanadu" (live) [upper-alpha 31]
b/w "What'd I Say" (live)
Heroes & Villains
"Staying with It"
b/w "Sure Thing"
Non-album singles
"Here We Go" (as the Boys)
b/w "Here We Go Again"
1986
"Matthew & Son" (as Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich) [upper-alpha 32]
b/w "Matthew & Son (Instrumental)"
"Zabadak (Karakakora)" (as Dave Dee + Klaus & Klaus) [upper-alpha 33]
b/w "Trunkenbold"
1989Ach Du Dickes Ei [upper-alpha 34]
"Scirocco"(as Dave Dee & Marmalade) [upper-alpha 35]
b/w "I Don't Believe In Love Anymore"
Non-album singles
"What You Are"(as Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich) [upper-alpha 36] 2019
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. This is a list of EPs released in the UK. Various other EPs were released elsewhere.
  2. "No Time" made No. 5 in Singapore (see Billboard Magazine p.22 issue 1965-03-20) & made No. 1 in Salisbury (see Salisbury Journal 5 February 1965).
  3. "No Time" is track 5 on side 2. Single B side "Is It Love?" was not released on any LP & eventually appeared as track 18 on the UK 1991 "Greatest Hits" CD.
  4. "All I Want" is track 4 on side 2 and is a slightly different version to that of the 7" single. Single B side "It Seems A Pity" was not on any LP & eventually appeared as track 20 on the UK 1991 "Greatest Hits" CD ("All I Want" was the 7" version on this CD).
  5. 1 2 The Go-Set chart did not exist until October 1966, so chart peak is from David Kent's retrospective charts.
  6. "Hideaway" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but did peak at number 28 on the Dutch Top 40. [20]
  7. Due to controversy surrounding the lyrics after its initial release in the US, "Bend It!" was re-recorded with altered lyrics and re-released there.
  8. "Hard to Love You" was only released in Germany and New Zealand with the B-side "No Time" and in the Netherlands with the B-side "Frustration".
  9. "Touch Me, Touch Me" didn't enter the Go-Set Top 40, but peaked at number 45 on David Kent's retrospective charts.
  10. "Touch Me, Touch Me" did not enter the Dutch Single Top 100, but did peak at number 31 on the Dutch Top 40. [21]
  11. "Okay!" didn't enter the Go-Set Top 40, but peaked at number 57 on David Kent's retrospective charts.
  12. The Italian-language version of "Zabadak!" was only released as a single in Italy.
  13. "I'll Love You" was only released as a single in Germany. It was a special edition promotional release sold via the Coca-Cola Company and was backed by four Coca-Cola jingles sung by several artists.
  14. "Break Out" was only released as a single in the US and Canada.
  15. "Late Night in Soho" didn't enter the Go-Set Top 40, but peaked at number 61 on David Kent's retrospective charts.
  16. "The Wreck of the 'Antoinette'" didn't enter the Go-Set Top 40, but peaked at number 48 on David Kent's retrospective charts.
  17. "Run Colorado" was only released as a single in Japan.
  18. "Snake in the Grass" didn't enter the Go-Set Top 40, but peaked at number 95 on David Kent's retrospective charts.
  19. It was anticipated/expected at the time that this single would be a big chart success but due to major distribution problems (Philips/Fontana were in the process of computer/automation of their distribution network) then copies were difficult to come by & the chart achievement poor. 2 years later this single was re-issued in the hope of rectifying these initial problems.
  20. Dave Dee key vocalist joined by David Martin & Peter Mason. David was the name of Dave Dee's backing group. "I'm Going Back" is on the February 1997 DDDBM&T "Together" CD.
  21. "Mr. President" didn't enter the Go-Set Top 60, but peaked at number 82 on David Kent's retrospective charts.
  22. Note that the 7" single version of "Mr. President" is 10 seconds shorter than the version on the album & also that B side "Frisco Annie" is not on the album.
  23. Due to major distribution problems on its initial Fontana release then this single was now re-issued (UK) in March 1972 on the Philips label in the hope for a better chart performance & success.
  24. Mason were formed after D.B.M.&T. disbanded in January 1973 & consisted of Beaky, Tich, Peter Mason (Mick#2), Chas O'Brien plus Bob Taylor & who were joined/supported in varying roles/degrees by David Rose & Ian England (ex David (Dave Dee's backing band), on keyboards). Beaky is the lead vocalist on "When Freedom Comes" & the single was released only in UK & Brazil.
  25. "Fading" was reviewed in the Record Mirror 22 September 1973 and was released only in the UK and Spain.
  26. After Mason there then followed a brief reformation of DDDBM&T who now consisted of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Peter 'Mick#2' Mason & Tich.
  27. Dave Dee is the vocalist with lyrics by Ken Howard & Alan Blaikley. French avant-garde/progressive composer Jean Musy is responsible for the music (mainly various keyboards including piano). It was released in UK on Atlantic Records K10556 with release date of 31 January 1975 (from booklet "The New Singles" #559). It became Tony Blackburn's 'Record Of The Week'.
  28. "You've Got Me on the Run" was unreleased in the UK, but was released in Germany and the Netherlands.
  29. Dave Dee does the vocals accompanied by session musicians on this rousing football song to the tune of "Sloop John B." released for the Spain 1982 World Cup. By the time though that the pressings had been completed the World Cup had already begun (14 June 1982) and so it had missed its moment of opportunity. Alan Callan an executive/associate of Led Zeppelin was involved in this project. It was only released as a single in UK (on the Panache label PAN2).
  30. "Do-Wah-Diddy..." was only released as a single in Germany during January 1983. RCA & WEA in the UK were interested but nothing eventuated.
  31. The live version of "The Legend of Xanadu", was only released a single in Spain under the title "La Leyenda de Xanadu". Both sides were recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 21 September 1982 at Radio One's 15th Anniversary "Heroes & Villians" concert. John Hatchman (Mick#4) was now the band's drummer.
  32. "Matthew & Son" was only released as a single in the Netherlands & Belgium.
  33. Dave Dee does a catchy fun recording of "Zabadak (Karakakora)" with the popular German 'easy listening folk' singer/comedian duo Klaus & Klaus that was only released as a single in Germany (available on 7" (3m18s) & 12" (5m22s) on the Teldec label). A medium length version (4m12s) is on the Klaus & Klaus album "Ach Du Dickes Ei". Note that Klaus Büchner was also in the German rock band Torfrock.
  34. Note that "Zabadak (Karakakora)" with Dave Dee is track 5 on side A & is a 3rd version (4m12s in length).
  35. Dave Dee does the lead vocals for the single "Scirocco" with popular 60s/70s band Marmalade. The song was written by Marmalade frontman Sandy Newman & was only released as a single in Germany on the Hansa label (available on 7" (3m48s), 12" (5m26s) & CDS (both long & short versions)).
  36. John Hatchman (Mick#4 since 1982) does the lead vocals on "What You Are" (a download only single...no physical release). Other members involved were the original Beaky, Nigel Dixon (bass) & his son Jolyon Dixon (lead guitar) plus Tich with the harmonies.

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