Died On This Date (January 9, 2009) Dave Dee / ’60s British Pop Star
themusicsover Dave “Dee” Harman
December 17, 1941 – January 9, 2009
Dave Dee is best remembered as a police officer turned lead singer of ’60s pop band, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mich and Tich. While he was a police officer, it was Dee who was one of the first on the scene of the infamous car accident that killed Eddie Cochran and seriously injured Gene Vincent. Dee reportedly retrieved Cochran’s guitar from the scene and returned it to the dead singer’s family. With Dave Dee, Dozy, Beacky, Mick & Tich, he released several popular records, two of which, “The Legend of Xanadu” and “Bend It!” sold in excess of one million copies each. After leaving the group in 1969, Dee released one moderately successful solo album, but then retired from performing to work as an A&R executive and later, businessman and charity fund-raiser. Dave Dee died of prostate cancer on January 9, 2009. He was 67 years old.
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