Over The Moon

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As a young schoolboy, David Essex dreamed of becoming a professional footballer, & 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, & ultimately led to superstardom. It wasn't, however, an easy start. Scraping a living on the edges of show business was a hard slog, & he endured many disappointments. Then aged 23, he went along to an audition for a new musical called Godspell & won the role of Jesus that was to shoot him to fame. Within a year he was starring in smash hit film, That'll Be the Day, & had written & recorded his first number one single ' Rock On'. It was the start of Essex Mania, & a long journey of undreamt of adventure. From Godspell to Eastenders it's been an amazing life. This riveting autobiography tells the full incredible story.