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| Pop singer Dave Dee dies aged 65 | Pop singer Dave Dee dies aged 65 |
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| British pop star Dave Dee has died at the age of 65, following a three-year battle with cancer. | British pop star Dave Dee has died at the age of 65, following a three-year battle with cancer. |
| The singer continued playing gigs with his band - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - until near to the end of his life, record plugger Sean Cooney said. | The singer continued playing gigs with his band - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - until near to the end of his life, record plugger Sean Cooney said. |
| "He didn't let it get him down. He was defying it," Mr Cooney added. | "He didn't let it get him down. He was defying it," Mr Cooney added. |
| The group had eight top 10 hits, including a UK number one single in 1968 with The Legend of Xanadu, in which Dee famously cracked a whip. | The group had eight top 10 hits, including a UK number one single in 1968 with The Legend of Xanadu, in which Dee famously cracked a whip. |
| They first entered the UK chart in December 1965 with You Make it Move, which peaked at number 26. | |
| Subsequent singles included Hold Tight!, Bend It! and Save Me. | |
| Two of their albums charted - their eponymous debut, in 1966, followed a year later by If Music Be the Food of Love... Prepare for Indigestion. | |
| The group had been performing dates in the UK and Germany and were due to play another eight concerts before the end of April. | |
| Dee, whose real name was David Harman, came from Wiltshire and was originally a police officer. |