Although they were not the most sophisticated of British pop groups, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich added to the gaiety of nations (especially of Germany and the UK) during their 1960s heyday. Between 1965 and 1969, DDDBM&T had more than a dozen hits with outrageous songs performed in suitably garish costumes on stage and on television. In that period, their records spent more weeks in the British singles chart than those of the Beatles.
The band’s founder was the bass player Trevor Ward-Davies (aka Dozy), who has died aged 70. Like the rest of the group, Ward-Davies hailed from the cathedral city of Salisbury, Wiltshire. By the late 1950s, he was leading a local semi-professional rock band called the Beatnicks. He recruited new members from other Salisbury groups, starting with lead guitarist Ian Amey (Tich) and the guitarist and singer David Harman (Dave Dee). Amey brought in a former schoolmate John Dymond (Beaky) on rhythm guitar and some time later the line-up was completed by the drummer Michael Wilson (Mick).
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