Dee Sharp, mmm yes that’s me i guess ! Legend or myth / YOU TELL ME? The truth the misrepresentations and the contradictions written about me , without malice and or anger i shall reveal all in this my first Dee Sharp 2019 OFFICIAL BLOG. Also significantly this Blog is the precursor to what some may say is the long overdue Dee Sharp Official Website, which is currently under construction watch this space for more updates on this and much much more. It all started so to speak in early 1979 when Dee Sharp (Lead Vocals) Dave Barra (Bass) and Tesley Francis Jnr (keyboards) jointly became the founder members of (BUZZZ) Dee Sharp heralded the phrase “BUZZZ ROCK MUSIC” and the 1st groundbreaking (BUZZZ) live performances! were in December 1979 Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts Club Frith Street Soho W.1 Some would say hypothetically speaking that “taking a large rock out to a deep ocean and sending that said rock to the bottom of that ocean, would deem it impossible for that said rock to resurface ! I however beg to differ”. In a round about way i just love making and enjoying music, creating it and performing live has and remains my life long passion. https://www.google.co.uk/search?source=hp&ei=is14XPGCAaG_lwSW2a_oDw&q=dee+sharp+follow+your+heart&oq=dee+sharp&gs_l=psy-ab.1.9.35i39l2j0l6j0i22i30l2.47463.56208..63346…0.0..0.1238.3375.0j2j5j2j7-1……0….1..gws-wiz…..0..0i131.L0fNLCE3xKQ ”
“There is a strong dub influence too in the funk/soul stylings of Buzzz whose Tonight’s Alright is an exclusive to the cassette. It’s an astonishingly good track. Buzzz released a few singles in 1982, Dee Sharp got on the cover of Melody Maker, but you really get the impression they were too far ahead of their time. They were essentially reggae guys who’d played with Rico, for example. The singer was Dee Sharp who remains revered in UK lovers rock circles. He was, I believe, the first person to release a single on the legendary London label Fashion with the glorious Let’s Dub It Up. (
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The first Fashion release hit number 1 in the UK reggae charts in the summer of 1980 – Dee Sharp’s ‘Let’s Dub It Up’ provided a benchmark for British reggae and set a standard that Fashion always lived up to: fine, classy harmonies, punchy rhythms, bright arrangements and above all else, strong songs. In the next few years a veritable who’s who of British and Jamaican reggae turned up on the
but it’s worth stepping sideways perhaps and including this 1984 Top of the Pops performance by Nick Heyward of his hit Warning Sign, which features a show-stealing rap/presence by Dee Sharp (post-Buzzz) which may be a little eyebrow raising for some … ” https://yrheartout.blogspot.com/2011/04/audio-mobility-cassette-snapshots-2.html
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Warning Sign by Nick Heyward in a studio performance from the premier pop show of it’s time. Topof the Pops and programme copyright, content owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation. This …
A most frequent and commonly and historically used phrase is ” If one wants to get to the real truth one must go the proverbial horses mouth” . Significantly more indisputable and revealing truth to come from Dee Sharp
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