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David Garrick (29 January 1947 – 28 February 1985), better known by his stage name David Byron, [3] was a British singer, who was best known in the early 1970s as the original lead vocalist of the rock band Uriah Heep. [4] Byron possessed a powerful operatic voice and a flamboyant stage presence.
Meanwhile, David Byron died of a heart attack and liver disease on 28 February 1985 at the age of 38. [20] Equator (March 1985) sold poorly, due to the fact that "CBS just did a terrible job getting it into the shops", as Box saw it. [32]
Formed in late 1969, the group originally featured vocalist David Byron, guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist Ken Hensley, bassist Paul Newton, and drummer Alex Napier. [1] The current line-up consists of Box, alongside keyboardist Phil Lanzon and vocalist Bernie Shaw (both since 1986), Russell Gilbrook (since 2007) and ...
That Was Only Yesterday – The Last EP was the last recording of David Byron less than a year before his death. In late 1983 Richard Manners (Blue Mountain Music) asked Richard "Digby" Smith (Rough Diamond, Free, Sammy Hagar, Mott the Hoople) to put together a band and cut some tracks with David.
Gary Thain and David Byron of Uriah Heep are both featured on Live at Shepperton '74 (1986). Both Thain died in 1975 and Byron died in 1985. Also David Byron is also featured on The Lansdowne Tapes (1993) early recordings of Uriah Heep, Lost and Found (2003) by the David Byron Band and his solo album That Was Only Yesterday – The Last EP (2008).
Tommaso Boddi/WireImage Soap opera star David Gail’s cause of death has been revealed. Gail, who was best known for his role as Dr. Joe Scanlon on the General Hospital spinoff Port Charles, died ...
In Barker's latest column, she discusses how Greece will mourn the bicentennial of the death of Baron Byron.
Byron remained for the promotional tour for the album Past to Present 1977–1990, but did not get on with the rest of the band and left shortly thereafter, with no new frontman brought in to take his place. [5] The band's constant drummer Jeff Porcaro died of a heart attack on August 5, 1992. [6]