This page lists the song chart entries of David Essex. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
1 |
David Essex |
Rock On |
1974 |
Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Mar 1974, Canada 2 - Jan 1974 (11 weeks), France 2 - Oct 1973 (5 weeks), UK 3 - Aug 1973 (11 weeks), Record World 3 - 1974, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1974), US Billboard 5 - Nov 1973 (25 weeks), US CashBox 8 of 1974, Australia Goset 8 - Dec 1973 (20 weeks), US BB 17 of 1974, Canada 35 of 1974, US Radio 45 of 1974 (peak 5 10 weeks), DDD 48 of 1973, WABC NY 52 of 1974, OzNet 509, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Oct 1973), RYM 105 of 1973 |
2 |
David Essex |
Gonna Make You a Star |
1974 |
UK 1 - Oct 1974 (17 weeks), Eire 1 for 4 weeks - Nov 1974, UK Gold (certified by BPI in Dec 1974), Belgium 7 - Jan 1975 (7 weeks), France 9 - Dec 1974 (1 week), Holland 12 - Jan 1975 (8 weeks), UKMIX 387, RYM 121 of 1974, Guardian Pop 41 |
3 |
David Essex |
Hold Me Close |
1975 |
UK 1 - Sep 1975 (10 weeks), Eire 1 for 2 weeks - Oct 1975, UK Gold (certified by BPI in Oct 1975), Springbok 10 - Jan 1976 (7 weeks), Australia 25 of 1976 |
4 |
David Essex |
America |
1974 |
France (SNEP) 5 - Jul 1974 (3 months), Norway 8 - Jul 1974 (5 weeks), France 9 - Jun 1974 (1 week), UK 32 - May 1974 (5 weeks), Italy 86 of 1974 |
5 |
David Essex |
Oh What a Circus |
1978 |
UK 3 - Aug 1978 (11 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Sep 1978), Holland 18 - Sep 1978 (7 weeks), Belgium 18 - Oct 1978 (2 weeks) |
6 |
David Essex |
A Winter's Tale |
1982 |
UK 2 - Dec 1982 (10 weeks), Springbok 4 - Apr 1983 (13 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jan 1983) |
7 |
David Essex |
Rollin' Stone |
1975 |
UK 5 - Jul 1975 (7 weeks), RIANZ 21 - Oct 1975 (7 weeks), RYM 94 of 1975 |
8 |
David Essex |
Stardust |
1974 |
France 4 - Jan 1975 (4 weeks), UK 7 - Dec 1974 (10 weeks) |
9 |
David Essex |
City Lights |
1976 |
France 5 - May 1976 (4 weeks), UK 24 - Mar 1976 (4 weeks) |
10 |
David Essex |
Imperial Wizard |
1979 |
France 3 - Apr 1979 (3 weeks), UK 32 - Mar 1979 (8 weeks) |
11 |
David Essex |
Lamplight |
1973 |
UK 7 - Nov 1973 (15 weeks), US Billboard 71 - Jun 1974 (5 weeks) |
12 |
David Essex |
Coming Home |
1976 |
France 9 - Nov 1976 (1 week), UK 24 - Oct 1976 (6 weeks) |
13 |
David Essex |
Silver Dream Machine |
1980 |
UK 4 - Apr 1980 (11 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Sep 1980) |
14 |
David Essex |
You're In My Heart |
1983 |
Springbok 11 - Dec 1983 (8 weeks), UK 59 - Nov 1983 (7 weeks) |
15 |
David Essex |
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) |
1989 |
UK 90 - Aug 1989 (1 week) |
16 |
David Essex |
Rock On (1989) |
1989 |
UK 93 - Feb 1989 (3 weeks) |
17 |
David Essex |
If I Could |
1975 |
UK 13 - Dec 1975 (8 weeks) |
18 |
David Essex |
Tahiti |
1983 |
UK 8 - Aug 1983 (12 weeks) |
19 |
David Essex |
Me & My Girl (Night-Clubbing) |
1982 |
UK 13 - Jun 1982 (10 weeks) |
20 |
David Essex |
The River |
1988 |
UK 97 - Oct 1988 (3 weeks) |
21 |
David Essex |
Myfanwy |
1987 |
UK 41 - Apr 1987 (9 weeks) |
22 |
David Essex |
The Smile |
1983 |
UK 52 - May 1983 (6 weeks) |
23 |
David Essex |
Cool Out Tonight |
1977 |
UK 23 - Sep 1977 (6 weeks) |
24 |
David Essex |
Hot Love |
1980 |
UK 57 - Jun 1980 (4 weeks) |
25 |
David Essex |
Falling Angels Riding (Mutiny) |
1985 |
UK 29 - Feb 1985 (9 weeks) |
26 |
David Essex |
Fishin' for the Moon |
1984 |
UK 76 - Mar 1984 (3 weeks) |
27 |
David Essex |
Welcome |
1984 |
UK 80 - Oct 1984 (2 weeks) |
28 |
David Essex |
Stay With Me (Baby) |
1978 |
UK 45 - Mar 1978 (5 weeks) |
29 |
David Essex |
Brave New World |
1978 |
UK 55 - Oct 1978 (3 weeks) |
30 |
David Essex |
Friends |
1985 |
UK 91 - Jun 1985 (2 weeks) |
31 |
David Essex |
Coconut Ice |
1975 |
RYM 94 of 1975 |
32 |
David Essex |
Window |
1974 |
RYM 121 of 1974 |
33 |
David Essex |
On & On |
1973 |
RYM 105 of 1973 |
In addition to the above listed songs David Essex also contributed to the
following entries:
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11 Dec 2015
Double Listing - You're In My Heart
#21 & #29 are the same per UK Chartarchive.
Data fixed, thanks
24 Oct 2011
singles by david+
am trying to locate song by david essex st.aimee ...it was the b side of one of his singles thanks
According to rateyourmusic.com (well worth a visit by the way) it was the B side of City Lights relaesed in 1976.