Don’t Give Up On Us – David Soul
David Soul achieved pop icon status as handsome, blond-haired, blue-eyed Detective Kenneth Hutchinson on the cult “buddy cop” TV series “Starsky and Hutch” (1975), Soul also had a very successful singing career recording several albums, with worldwide number one hit singles including “Silver Lady” & “Don’t Give Up on Us Baby”. Born in Chicago, Illinois, David Soul is the son of a minister who was at one time serving as the religious affairs advisor to the US High Commission in Berlin. At 24 years of age, young Soul joined a North Dakota musical revue, was noticed by a keen-eyed talent scout, and signed to a studio contract. He went on to study acting with the Irene Daly School of The Actors Company, and with the Columbia Workshop in Hollywood. He first appeared on TV in small roles in shows including “I Dream of Jeannie” (1965), “Flipper” (1964) and “All in the Family” (1971). Regular TV work kept coming in for Soul including making masked appearances on “The Merv Griffin Show” (1962), as the popular singer known only as “The Covered Man.” In 1973, Soul was fortunate enough to be cast as one of the corrupt motorcycle cops in the Clint Eastwood thriller Magnum Force (1973), where his talents came to the attention of several TV execs who were looking for someone to play one of the lead roles in the upcoming “Starsky and Hutch” (1975) TV series. After four seasons, the show came to an end, yet Soul’s talents were still in demand. He quickly went on to appear as the meek …
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www.myspace.com PART 1 of a 30 minute interview conducted on Total Rock Radio with guests CAULDRON and the legendary NWOBHM pioneer, Neal Kay. Neal owned a rock club called ‘NEAL KAY’S HEAVY METAL SOUNDHOUSE’ originally resident in the back room of the Prince of Wales public house in Kingsbury, North London; this back-room venue was known as the ‘BANDWAGON’ As well as hosting rock discos and inviting live bands to perform, he also had use of a recording studio at Spaceward Studios Cambridge and allowed new bands to cut demos there. Amongst these bands were Praying Mantis and the now legendary Iron Maiden; the resulting popularity of Iron Maiden’s recording led to a record contract and ultimately major success. Several other NWOBHM bands also gained contracts due to their Soundhouse demos.
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