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Sue Lawley's castaway is pop star David Essex.

This week's castaway on Sue Lawley's desert island is a little difficult to categorise. To the record-buying public, he's a pop star of durable quality; to the theatregoers who like musicals, he's an actor-singer, and he's a popular music composer too. His name is David Essex, and, in conversation with Sue Lawley, you can hear about his life, his work and his enthusiasms in Desert Island Discs.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: March No 1 in D Major (Pomp and Circumstance) by Edward Elgar
Book: The Guinness Book of Records
Luxury: A set of cricket equipment

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Fri 15 Jul 198809:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter (from The Planets)

    Choir: The Ladies Of London Philharmonic Choir Orchestra: The London Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Holst: The Planets.
    • Decca.

  • Flanagan and Allen

    Down Forget-Me-Not Lane

    • Yesterday's Dreams.
    • Decca.

  • The Beatles

    In My Life

    • Rubber Soul.
    • Parlophone.

  • The Beach Boys

    God Only Knows

    • The Beach Boys: 20 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Edward Elgar

      Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D major 'Land of Hope and Glory'

      Orchestra: The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Sir Adrain Boult

      • Elgar.
      • EMI.

  • Reri Grist

    Somewhere

    • West Side Story.
    • Columbia.

  • Cyndi Lauper

    Time After Time

    • She's So Unusual.
    • Portrait.

  • Little Richard

    Tutti Frutti

    • Baby Bloomer Classic Vol 2.
    • Trax.

  • Book Choice

    • The Guinness Book of Records

  • Luxury Choice

    • A set of cricket equipment

Credits

PresenterSue Lawley
Interviewed GuestDavid Essex

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Jul 198812:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 15 Jul 198809:05
    BBC Radio 4

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