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Robert "Bobby" Davis was born on July 21st, 1942 in Yorkshire, England. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1959 and based himself in Christchurch, where he sang for a couple of years, recording on the Peak label.
His first recordings with his group The Dazzlers were PS/103 Troubles // Money Honey and PS/107 Abel Mabel // Tallahassee Lassie, both recorded in 1959 before the group disbanded. Mac Jamieson taking off to join The Saints. In 1960 Bobby released a solo single OK 113 Oh Carol // Seven Little Girls. He moved to Auckland in 1963 and emerged with a band called The Wanderers who recorded Z45/1160 Short Fat Horrie (Long Tall Texan) // No Vacancy in 1964. The Wanderers then became The Bob D. Five, and they recorded the single Z45/1193 High School Confidential // I Go Ape in 1964 - this time for Zodiac. Bobby disbanded the group after that and from 1965 to 1969 he released six more singles in his own right. In 1966 Z45/1234 Thanks Anyway // Work Song and Z45/1247 Leaning On A Lamp-Post // Dear Dad, in 1967 Z45/1301 Nose For Trouble // I'll Remember Today and Z45/1315 When I'm Sixty-Four // Have You Ever Had The Blues, 1968 PF-338099 High Classed // But I Do for Philips NZ, and in 1969 TCP0006 Love Me // Ragamuffin Man for Treble Clef Records.
Bobby was on the six week whistle-stop C'Mon '67 Tour throughout the country. |
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