Rock On (David Essex album)
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Rock On is the debut album of singer/songwriter David Essex
David Essex
David Essex OBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK , and sixteen Top 40 albums...

. Its lead single and title track, "Rock On
Rock On (David Essex song)
"Rock On" is a song that was composed and sung by English singer/songwriter David Essex in 1973. In March 1974, it reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national Top Singles chart and was a Top 5 song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop-music chart. It was Essex's only Billboard Top 40 hit. The song also...

", is still Essex's best known song in the US. "Lamplight" was also a hit, and the album contains three covers.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Essex; except where indicated
  1. "Lamplight"
  2. "Turn Me Loose" (Doc Pomus
    Doc Pomus
    Jerome Solon Felder, better known as Doc Pomus , was a twentieth-century American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the category of non-performer in 1992. He was also inducted into...

    , Mort Shuman
    Mort Shuman
    Mort Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas"...

    )
  3. "On and On"
  4. "Streetfight"
  5. "Rock On
    Rock On (David Essex song)
    "Rock On" is a song that was composed and sung by English singer/songwriter David Essex in 1973. In March 1974, it reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national Top Singles chart and was a Top 5 song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop-music chart. It was Essex's only Billboard Top 40 hit. The song also...

    "
  6. "Ocean Girl"
  7. "Bring in the Sun"
  8. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
    For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
    "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" is a song written by Paul Simon. It is the tenth track on Simon & Garfunkel's 1966 album by Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, where it is sung by Art Garfunkel....

    " (Paul Simon
    Paul Simon
    Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...

    )
  9. "We All Insane"
  10. "Tell Him No" (Travis Pritchett)
  11. "Sept. 15th"

Personnel

  • David Essex - vocals
  • Julie Covington
    Julie Covington
    Julie Covington is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina".-Career:...

     - background vocals
  • Herbie Flowers
    Herbie Flowers
    Herbie Flowers is an English musician specialising in bass guitar, double-bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of Blue Mink, T...

     - bass
  • Jeff Wayne
    Jeff Wayne
    Jeffry "Jeff" Wayne, born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, is a musician best known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical version of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds...

     - Moog synthesizer
  • Doreen
    Doreen Chanter
    Doreen Chanter is a British singer best known for her career as a member of the Chanter Sisters and for her work as a backing vocalist and session vocalist during the 1970s and 1980s.-Chanter Sisters:...

     & Irene Chanter - background vocals
  • Ray Cooper
    Ray Cooper
    Ray Cooper is an English musician. He is a session and road-tour percussionist, and occasional actor, who has worked with several musically diverse bands and artists including George Harrison, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, and Elton John. Cooper is commonly regarded by music fans, critics and fellow...

     - percussion
  • Barry DeSouza - drums
  • Godfrey Diamond - engineer, mixing
  • Mark Griffiths - guitar
  • Alan Hawkshaw
    Alan Hawkshaw
    Alan Hawkshaw is a British composer and performer, particularly of themes for movies and television programmes...

    - Moog synthesizer
  • Jimmy Helms, Gary Osborne, Jimmy Thomas, Paul Vigrass, Billy Laurie, Tom Saffrey - background vocals
  • Jo Partridge - guitar
  • Kirby Gregory - guitar
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