Terry Dene

Biography

Terry Dene (b. Terence Williams, December 20, 1938) is a British rock music singer popular in the late 1950s and early 60s. He had three Top Twenty hits between June 1957 and May 1958. Dene was discovered by Paul Lincoln at the 2i's Coffee Bar (the London club that helped launch Tommy Steele, Adam Faith and Cliff Richard) in Soho in the late 1950s.[3] Jack Good, producer of Six-Five Special, and Dick Rowe helped him obtain a recording contract with Decca.[3] At the time he was regarded as the British Elvis and recognised as one of the best voices of the rock and roll era of pre-Beatles Britain (via Wikipedia).