Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich

BEAT INSTRUMENTAL #45, January 1967

 

Pages 20-21: BEAT INSTRUMENTAL’S 1966 GOLD STAR AWARDS Group on Stage: 1. The Who 2. The Hollies 3. The Shadows 4. Rolling Stones 5. Yardbirds 6. Cream 7. The Beatles 8. Dave Dee, etc. 9. Alan Price Set 10. Small Faces Rhythm Guitarist: 1. Bruce Welch (Shadows) 2. John Lennon 3. Spencer Davis 4. Brian Jones 5. Jimmy Page 6. Graham Nash (Hollies) 7. Chris Dreja (Yardbirds) 8. Tony Munroe (Birds) 9. John McNally (Searchers) 10. Beaky

 Above: Tich Amey, Dave Dee and Dozy on the set of "Ready, Steady, Go" - presumably singing "Save Me" in December 1966.

 Scans kindly donated by RL Daly

BRAVO Nr. 43, 16. Oktober 1967

 

If you believe that when work is done, Beat Stars laze around, you're wrong ! Beat needs a compensation. Bravo reports about "The Hobbys of Dave Dee & Co."

Dave Dee passed his plane flying licence. He even wanted to acquire an airplane for the group, but Dozy went on strike. He must be carried even in large Boeings - and there's no way he'll take a seat in a small plane.

Tich is the big fighter. Whenever he's got time, he goes to an athletic school to train. He lifts barbells as others lift pencils, and practicing karate, he breaks boards as if it were matches, and bricks as butter.
 

Beaky likes to get up early in the morning, to go fishing. Some think it's boring, but he loves it.

Dozy is interested in archeology, spending most of his time in the British Museum. The picture shows him studying a Celtic spear spike made of stone (ca 500 B.C.)

Mick makes do with one HP (horsepower), contrary to most people who need many under the hood. He even donned a riding suit to prove a Beat star is at ease in any saddle. (In fact it is a Hunting Jacket, and it is not Kinky at all)

Fabulous 208, 7th January 1967

 

EDITED BY DAVE DEE, etc
A whole magazine devoted to Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich ! Click on the pictures to read more...

Below: Page 2 (On Our Wavelength)

Alan Blaikley & Ken Howard	Morecambe and Wise	Chris Farlowe	Steve Rowland

 

Cyril The Ghost

 

When Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich became famous, they started to interest music reporters. In early 1966, the anecdote of a ghost haunting them appeared in their interviews and later spread from England to Germany, where it was christened “Cyril”. The story was particularly appreciated there and turned into a saga with many episodes, which lasted the whole year through.

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NME n°1005 page 8: ‘In Crowds’ don’t exist, say Dave Dee, Dozy, etc.

A new group has swept up the chart, knocking conventions to the wind. The zaniest, most unpredictable outfit to appear on the scene since Doctor Crock and the Crackpots – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.
[…] I asked Beaky if there was any truth in the story that the group had a ghost.
"Everyone thinks we're joking ," he said, seriously. "But he honestly does exist. We first saw him after a date in Watford. We were staying the night in a shabby old doss-house.
"Dave wakened and saw this figure gliding around the room. At first he thought it was the old boy who ran the place, rooting about our pockets for loot. But when he got up and put on the light, there was no one there.
"Mick and I are the only two who haven't seen him, but I felt him touch my ankle."
(Mark James)

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Monday 20/06/66   
Bravo n°26 pages 6-7: Auf nach Germany! - Dave Dee & Co.

Dave Dee & Co. . .
. . . freuten sich über ihre erste deutsche Stipp-Visite und über ihren Erfolg mit "Hold tight". Dave Dee verriet BRAVO bei einem Humpen bayerischen Bieres ein seltsames Geheimnis: "Wir haben ein richtiges Gespenst. Seit drei Jahren erscheint es uns ab und zu. Nur Mick hat CYRIL, wie wir das Gespenst nennen, noch nicht gesehen. Es ist ein Mann, durchsichtig wie Nebel. So schnell wie er erscheint, verschwindet er wieder", erzählen Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich mit ernsthafter Miene. Ob ihnen CYRIL auch nach Deutschland gefolgt ist? Beim BRAVO-Interview ließ er sich jedenfalls nicht blicken.

 

 

Dave Dee & Co were delighted with their first German flying visit and their success with "Hold Tight". Over a Bavarian beer mug, Dave Dee betrayed Bravo a strange secret: "We have a real ghost. He's been appearing to us from time to time for three years. He is a man, as transparent as fog. He vanishes as fast as he appears", Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich told us with a serious look. Did Cyril also follow them to Germany ? Anyway, he didn't show up during the interview.

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Monday 25/07/66   
Bravo n°31 pages 6-7: “Es war einmal...” so fangen alle Märchen an – Auch das Märchen von Dave Dee & Co.