QUICKFIRE David Essex on memorable parties morning misery and going off the beaten track - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity QUICKFIRE David Essex on memorable parties morning misery and going off the beaten track By You Magazine - November 18, 2018 Singer and actor David Essex on memorable parties, morning misery and going off the beaten track. Paul Marc Mitchell Where is home? A two-bedroomed flat in a converted fire station in London’s Covent Garden, where I live with my wife Susan and our four-year-old, Sonny. Guilty pleasure? My 750cc Triumph Bonneville motorcycle. Biggest lesson you’ve learnt about women? They are usually right. Earliest memory? Our brilliant East End street party for the Queen’s Coronation in 1953 when I was six. Secret to a happy relationship? Never go to bed after a disagreement without making up. Your best quality? Patience. And your worst? I’m a bit slapdash when it comes to DIY. Most romantic thing you’ve ever done? Organise a surprise honeymoon to the Seychelles when I married Susan in 2010. Last meal on earth? Sole meunière with sautéed potatoes and spinach. Dream dinner-party guests? Three people I’ve played on stage: Che Guevara, Lord Byron and Jesus Christ – plus John Lennon, who I knew when I had a flat in New York. Cat or dog? Both – we have a Jack Russell crossed with a Patterdale Terrier called Levi and a cat called Pickle. Starstruck moment? Meeting Little Richard at a concert of his in New York. Big break? Appearing in the musical Godspell, the film That’ll Be the Day and my first hit single ‘Rock On’ all played an important part. Career highlight? ‘Rock On’ going to number one in the US Cash Box chart in March 1974. Favourite tipple? Red wine, preferably a rioja or merlot. Hangover cure? I don’t get drunk. Top of your bucket list? To travel off the beaten track in South America. One thing that would make your life better? Later mornings – I’m up at six with my four-year-old. Philosophy? Do to others as you would have done to you. Biggest lesson you’ve learnt about money? It’s hard to come by but easy to lose. First record you bought? ‘Tutti Frutti’ by Little Richard. Most extravagant purchase? A Bell 47 helicopter – I bought it in the early 80s for touring. Best present you ever received? My 70th birthday party last year which was organised by my wife and children. Happiness is… Good health and my family. David will be appearing in the ten-date Legends Live Tour 2019, beginning at the O2 Apollo Manchester on 4 April. Full details, including venues and the other artists taking part, at legendslive.org RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved