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David Wakeling (born 19 February 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his work with the band the Beat (known in North America as the English Beat) and General Public.
4 de sept. de 2010 · Dave Wakeling, the English Beat’s lead singer and guitarist, crooned his songs in a supple baritone that felt incongruous coming from a boyish white kid. And in addition to tackling topicality, his lyrics addressed the perils, joys, and comic absurdities of that old devil Love with disarming and welcome sophistication.
Being the hard driving ska legend that he is, however, Dave Wakeling was not content to rest on his laurels after the RFH reunion… Beat this! Tongue firmly in cheek, feet on the ground and eyes on the future, Dave takes the stage time and again, touring across the States, Canada, the UK and beyond.
11 de feb. de 2024 · It’s one of the best-selling tracks in their arsenal that songwriter and frontman Dave Wakeling thinks might have been slyly half-inched by Pearl Jam and turned into Better Man, with Wakeling reckoning the Vitalogy track bears more than a passing resemblance to The Beat’s Save It For Later.
5 de may. de 2023 · Read the full interview with Dave Wakeling in the May issue of the Beat where Dave opens up on the loss of former bandmates Ranking Roger and Saxa, meeting Smokey Robinson, and a funny anecdote about David Bowie!
Frontman Dave Wakeling talks to Eoghan Lyng about The Beat's political as well as his musical influences and his group's forthcoming British tour.
19 de dic. de 2023 · The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling makes his KCRW debut in conversation with DJ Nassir Nassirzadeh, spinning selects from Soft Cell, Tim Buckey, and more.
