
Over the Moon
As a young schoolboy, David Essex dreamed of becoming a professional footballer, and was signed up by his beloved West Ham United, but as a teenager he developed a passion for music which set him on a very different path, and ultimately led to superstardom.
It wasn''t, however, an easy start. Scraping a living on the edges of show business was a hard slog, and he endured many disappointments. Then ...
As a young schoolboy, David Essex dreamed of becoming a professional footballer, and was signed up by his beloved West Ham United, but as a teenager he developed a passion for music which set him on a very different path, and ultimately led to superstardom.
It wasn''t, however, an easy start. Scraping a living on the edges of show business was a hard slog, and he endured many disappointments. Then ...