Dave is one of the singers with accents that the French have loved for decades. All these songs have Patrick Loiseau as lyricist, the companion whom the singer met in 1971 and has not left since. Rather discreet, he exceptionally agreed to participate in this series of broadcasts in order to shed valuable light on the making of songs and their complicity.
We will first explore the formative years of Dave, a singer of Dutch origin with an exceptional voice. In the mid-1960s, at the age of 21, he left Amsterdam to sail with a friend on the canals until they reached Paris, then the French Riviera. Writing his own songs, he then earned his living as a singer by begging in bars and on café terraces. His contract signed with Barclay in 1967 allowed him to record eleven 45 rpm records in four years, none of which really worked…
Dave will celebrate his 80th birthday on stage at the Grand Rex in Paris on May 21. For more information click HERE
Credits from the show:
I do not know the end
Edith Piaf in public, 1954
(p: Raymond Asso – m: Marguerite Monnot)
Musical program:
How not to be in love with you
Dave, 1978
(Can’t help falling in love)
(p & m: Hugo Peretti – Luigi Creatore – George Weiss)
(adapted: Patrick Loiseau)
There’s no shame in being happy
Dave, 1975
(p: Patrick Loiseau – m: Cyril Assous)
Fortunately the music is there
Dave, 1977
(p: Patrick Loiseau – m: Didier Barbelivien)
Something’s gotten hold of my heart
Gene Pitney, 1967
(p&m: Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway)
Girl of my dreams
Dave Rich, 1963
(p&m: Sonny Clapp)
When we have something
Dave, 1968
(p: Wouter Levenbach – m: Claude Dubois)
Me and my songs
Dave, 1968
(p & m: Wouter Levenbach)
Screaming and crying
Muddy Waters, 1966
(p&m: McKinley Morganfield)
I live in another house
Dave, 1968
(p & m: Wouter Levenbach)
Yesterday
The Beatles, 1965
(p & m: John Lennon – Paul McCartney)
If I sing
Dave, 1968
(p & m: Wouter Levenbach)
love is king
Dave, 1968
(p: Wouter Levenbach – m: Jean-Pierre Bourtayre)
I drink from your glass
Mick Micheyl, 1970
(p: Wouter Levenbach – m: Mick Micheyl)
Of troubadour
Lenny Kuhr, 1969
(f: David Hartsema – m: Lenny Kuhr)
Als ik zing (If I sing)
Dave, 1969
(p & m: Wouter Levenba
One of his Dave hits: Near Swann
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Singer’s website
Dave’s memoirs in bookstores:
Dave, How can I not be in love with you?
Book published on November 2, 2023 by Talent Sport
