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David Essex

David Essex is a person from the UK, active since 1947.

Person GB since 1947 rock british soft rock
TOTAL PLAYS
753
SONGS PLAYED
23
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2006-06-10 09:04 · Radio 2 — "Gonna Make You A Star"
LAST PLAYED
5 days ago · Radio 2 — "Silver Dream Machine (Part 1)"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026
60 45 30 15 0
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 681 90%
6 Music 71 9%
Radio 1 1 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 14:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Gonna Make You A Star 182 2026-05-05
2 Hold Me Close 148 2025-11-03
3 A Winter's Tale 147 2025-12-26
4 Rock On 117 2025-12-11
5 Oh What A Circus 75 2025-11-20
6 Silver Dream Machine (Part 1) 24 2026-05-16
7 Lamplight 16 2025-01-25
8 High Flying Adored (From Evita) 10 2024-08-25
9 Stardust 7 2021-10-24
10 Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing) 6 2021-03-21
11 Rock On (The Craig Charles Re-Rock) 3 2023-03-18
12 If I Could 3 2020-01-02
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-16 01:40 Silver Dream Machine (Part 1) Radio 2
2026-05-10 16:40 Silver Dream Machine (Part 1) Radio 2
2026-05-05 09:38 Gonna Make You A Star Radio 2
2026-03-29 14:38 Gonna Make You A Star Radio 2
2026-03-02 05:27 Gonna Make You A Star Radio 2
2026-02-20 12:35 Gonna Make You A Star Radio 2
2025-12-26 06:53 A Winter's Tale Radio 2
2025-12-22 22:31 A Winter's Tale Radio 2
2025-12-20 09:55 A Winter's Tale Radio 2
2025-12-19 04:55 A Winter's Tale Radio 2
2025-12-15 10:28 A Winter's Tale Radio 2
2025-12-14 13:44 A Winter's Tale Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

23 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Winter's Tale — 147 ▶
And The Money Keeps Rolling In — 1 ▶
Beautiful Day — 1 ▶
Cool Out Tonight — 1 ▶
Gonna Make You A Star — 182 ▶
Hearts Turn to Stone — 1 ▶
High Flying Adored (From Evita) — 10 ▶
Hold Me Close — 148 ▶
If I Could — 3 ▶
It's Gonna Be Alright — 1 ▶
Lamplight — 16 ▶
Lamplight (Unplugged) — 1 ▶
Me & My Girl (Nightclubbing) — 3 ▶
Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing) — 6 ▶
Oh What A Circus — 75 ▶
Picture This Sky — 1 ▶
Rock On — 117 ▶
Rock On (The Craig Charles Re-Rock) — 3 ▶
Rolling Stone — 2 ▶
Silver Dream Machine — 1 ▶
Silver Dream Machine (Part 1) — 24 ▶
Stardust — 7 ▶
Tahiti — 2 ▶