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Rock On (David Essex album)

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Released
  
1973

Rock On (1973)
  
David Essex (1974)

Release date
  
1973

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
34:42

Artist
  
David Essex

Producer
  
Jeff Wayne

Genre
  
Glam rock

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Rock On is the debut album of singer/songwriter David Essex. Its lead single and title track, "Rock On", is still Essex's best known song in the United States. "Lamplight" was also a hit, and the album contains three covers.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Essex; except where indicated

  1. "Lamplight"
  2. "Turn Me Loose" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)
  3. "On and On"
  4. "Streetfight"
  5. "Rock On"
  6. "Ocean Girl"
  7. "Bring in the Sun" (Jeff Wayne, Tony Hertz)
  8. "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (Paul Simon)
  9. "We All Insane"
  10. "Tell Him No" (Travis Pritchett)
  11. "Sept. 15th"

Personnel

  • David Essex - vocals
  • Julie Covington - background vocals
  • Herbie Flowers - bass
  • Jeff Wayne - Moog synthesizer
  • Doreen & Irene Chanter - background vocals
  • Ray Cooper - percussion
  • Barry DeSouza - drums
  • Godfrey Diamond - engineer, mixing
  • Mark Griffiths - guitar
  • Alan Hawkshaw - Moog synthesizer
  • Jimmy Helms, Gary Osborne, Jimmy Thomas, Paul Vigrass, Billy Laurie, Tom Saffrey - background vocals
  • Jo Partridge - guitar
  • Kirby Gregory - guitar

    • Songs

    1Lamplight2:58
    2Turn Me Loose2:27
    3On and On2:51

    References

    Rock On (David Essex album) Wikipedia
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