Don Duke

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Don Duke

*1939
Pop and Rock
A.k.a. Derrick Biscombe Dick Jordan

Born in 1939 or 1940 in (or around) Leeds and went to Chapeltown school in Carr Holmes, near the Stainbeck Lane area of Leeds, West Yorkshire and was a keen Rugby player. When he left school Derrick won a talent show at a holiday camp and worked briefly in Manchester before "risking all" by moving to London to achieve his dream of becoming a "star". As "Don Duke" he released 19 7" records for Embassy and appeared on at least one Embassy LP. He continued to record under the "Dick Jordan" alias through to the mid 1960's on a number of labels. Little else is known about is life/career after he ceased recording.

Genres

Pop
Rock
Jazz

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
The Folk Singer / How Do You Do It	Don Duke / Bobby Stevens	1963	Single
Still / Applejack	Don Duke / Bud Ashton And His Group	1963	Single
Shindig / Blue Velvet	Bud Ashton And His Group / Don Duke	1963	Single
You're Driving Me Crazy	Don Duke	1961	Single
Theme For A Dream / Are You Sure	Don Duke And Bobby Stevens	1961	Single
Lazy River / Pony Time	Don Duke	1961	Single
Pasadena / I've Told Every Little Star	Don Duke	1961	Single
Calendar Girl / Walk Right Back	Don Duke	1961	Single
Temptation / Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart	Don Duke / Jean Campbell	1961	Single
Back To The Twenties	Don Duke And Bobby Stevens Accompanied by The Happy Knights Jazz Band	1961	Album
When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart / Wild Wind	Don Duke	1961	Single
Get Lost / Walkin' Back To Happiness	Don Duke / Jean Campbell	1961	Single
More Than I Can Say / Hello Mary Lou	Don Duke & Bobby Stevens	1961	Single
Please Don't Tease / Made You	Don Duke	1960	Album
Poetry In Motion / Ol' Mac Donald	Don Duke	1960	Single
Only The Lonely / Chain Gang	Don Duke	1960	Single
So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) / Please Help Me I'm Falling	Don Duke	1960	Single
Dreamin' / Let's Think About Living	Don Duke	1960	Single
When Will I Be Loved / Look For A Star	Don Duke	1960	Single
Some Kinda Earthquake / Gee Whizz It's You	Bud Ashton, Don Duke		Single
Dreamin' / Let's Think About Living	Don Duke		Single
When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart	Don Duke		Single
Let's Think About Living / Poetry In Motion	Don Duke		Single
If I Had A Hammer / Blue Velvet	Ray Pilgrim / Don Duke		Single

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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