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PLAQUE FOR DDDBM&T IN SALISBURY

On 14th March 2008, In the City Hall of Salisbury, a blue plaque was revealed in honour of local 1960s super group – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick and Tich.
The Salisbury Civic Society has awarded a Blue Plaque to the Salisbury based pop group in acknowledgment of their outstanding contribution to popular music.
The plaque is situated outside the City Hall, also celebrates the 40th anniversary of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich's extremely successful hit The Legend of Xanadu.
The nomination came from local historian Jeremy (Frogg) Moody, co-author of the book 'Hold Tight – Voices from the Sarum Sound 1945 – 1969.'

THE NAME

In the magazine Zabadak (nr. 19) editor Ron Cooper asks DDDBM&T manager Alan Blaikley about the name Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich: "I can't remember the exact circumstances in which Ken (Howard) and I suggested it to the group. We certainly realised it could be both a plus and a minus. It was partly inspired by the Hobbit characters (Bilbo, Frodo etc) in Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings. A great plus was that the boss of Radio London, Ben Toney, felt that it would be an excellent tongue-twister for his DJ's to struggle with! As a result he programmed "You Make It Move" very heavily when hardly any other stations were playing it. I love the name!

FAN'S TOP TEN

Ron Cooper, editor of the Zabadak magazine, asked his readers to send in their Top 10 of DDDBMT songs. All the tracks and their positions can be viewed in Zabadak nr. 18.
We show you the Top 10:

1. The Legend Of Xanadu (478 points)
2. Hold Tight! (455)
3. Zabadak (382)
4. Last Night In Soho (372)
5. The Wreck Of The Antoinette (266)
6. Save Me (252)
7. Hideaway (243)
8. Bend It (202)
9. Okay (196)
10. Stayin' With It (165)

HOW IT STARTED

In an interview on the BBC Dave Dee states how it all began for him:
"I was always in bands before I left the police force and within two weeks of resigning I had joined a local band which was going to be the nucleus of Dave Dee, Mick, Beaky, Dozy and Titch. Titch and Dozy had a different drummer and singer and I joined as a rhythm guitarist. One day the singer didn't show up for a gig and I did most of the singing. He never got back in the band, simple as that. "

THEIR REAL NAMES

Okay, the name is Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. But actually it should be: David Harman, Trevor, John, Michael and Ian.
Would that be a commercial success ????

The real names:
Dave Dee: David Harman, born 17-12-1941

Dozy: Trevor Leonard Ward Davies, born 27-11-1944

Beaky: John Dymond, born 10-7-1944

Mick: Michael Wilson, born 4-3-1944

Tich: Ian Frederick Amey, born 15-5-1944

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