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 the 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 East Enders it's been an amazing life. & here is David's full incredible story
- in his own words.