VIDEOCAST #30 - DAVID COURTNEY (Songwriter Series)

Songwriter, Producer and Recording Artist David Courtney discusses his long career, and success as a songwriter with Leo Sayer – “Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance,)” “The Show Must Go On” (a hit for Three Dog Night in the U.S., and for Leo Sayer in the U.K.,) and “Giving It All Away” for Roger Daltrey (Top 10 hit in the U.K.) Also working with Paul McCartney on Adam Faith’s album “I Survive” for “Star Song,” and on Roger Daltrey’s album “One Of The Boys” for Paul’s composition “Giddy.”

David also covers what songs from the Beatles have influenced him, his contacts with the other Beatles, plus George Martin and Geoff Emerick, as well as collaborating with poet/songwriter Stephen Kalinich.

In 2020, David released his autobiography “Oh Wot a Life: Nothing In This Book Is True, But It’s Exactly The Way It Happened”


You Tube Videos:

Leo Sayer – Why Is Everybody Going Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fE5rSdtfhk

Leo Sayer Album – Silverbird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slz3nynjweU&list=PL38A7DD48931BE02F

Roger Daltrey – Giving It All Away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWAsHoDIlGk

Roger Daltrey – Daltrey Album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAwQk_A8VAA&list=PL8a8cutYP7frTOIXL-BBcszxHupHsneg2

Roger Daltrey – Giddy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlqbt3FgJMQ

Adam Faith --- Star Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmuUEk52vvU


David’s Autobiography: “Oh Wot a Life: Nothing In This Book Is True, But It’s Exactly The Way It Happened”:
https://www.amazon.com/Oh-Wot-Life-Nothing-happened-ebook/dp/B08L9HVR48/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=David+Courtney&qid=1624032208&s=books&sr=1-5