David Alexander

David Alexander (1938 – 4 February 1995), born Derick Ebdon, was a Welsh singer and entertainer. He began his career singing in social clubs, eventually obtaining wider recognition. His album Reflections sold 800,000 copies in 1988. In the years after this, he qualified as a machine engineer. It was while working at a factory in Cwmbran that he joined the Trenewydd Singers, with whom he would appear on Opportunity Knocks.

Career Alexander made his debut at a local social club, left the brake factory where he worked, and toured much of the United Kingdom, also working as an entertainer at Pontins.

David Alexander was the name given to "Ricky" Ebdon by his manager Byron Godfrey, a friend from his teens. Godfrey and his partner, Raymond John Glastonbury, had discovered and managed Tom Jones. Godfrey and Glastonbury were both from Blackwood, and were known as Myron & Byron in the music business, but Jones's contract had been bought out by Gordon Mills. Godfrey, along with Tony King (musical arranger) and Johnny Caesar (songwriter/comedian), produced Alexander's first single for EMI (Columbia), "If I could see the Rhondda one more time", in 1971, through the publishing arm of their company, Million Dollar Music Co. Ltd. It sold thousands of copies and was reissued in 1975.

Alexander died of a heart attack aged 56 in 1995.

Discography Studio albums So Many Ways (NWG 75101/ACE 10987) 1975 All in Love is Fair (ACE 17675) 1977 David Alexander (OU 2230) 1980 (aka Now and Then, ACE 40989) I Love You (ACE 17681) 1981 Reflections (ACE 18186) 1986 Forever and Ever (ACE) 1988 Sign of the Times (ACE) One Day (ACE) It's Christmas (ACE 31090) 1990 If I Never Sing Another Song (ACE) 1991 More and More There You Are

Singles and E.P.s "If I Could See the Rhondda One More Time" (Columbia DB8754) 1971 "Dream On Dreamer" (Columbia DB8825) 1971 "Taste The Wine" (Penny Farthing PEN829) 1974 So Many Ways EP (ACE 78101) 1978 "Bennett's Mighty Men" (ACE 78201) 1978 "The Answer to Everything" (ACE 79104) 1979 "Come Home Rhondda Boy" (Columbia DB9078) 1980 "I Love You" (ACE 79108) 1981 "She Wears My Ring" (ACE 79113) 1983 St. Teresa of the Roses EP (ACE 79114) 1984 "The Power of Love" (ACE 79120) 1986 "Working Man" (ACE DB19090) 1990 "My Wales" (ACE DAR790) 1990