Kurz-Bio:
Der Sänger Derrick Briscombe wurde etwa 1939 oder 1940 in Leeds, England, geboren. Seine Gesangskarriere begann er etwa 1959 beim Low-Budget-Label von ORIOLE, EMBASSY, wo er unter den Pseudonymen Dick Jordan und Don Duke Cover-Versionen der gängigen Hits einspielte. Bereits ab 1960 gab es nebenbei auch Veröffentlichungen auf dem Vollpreis-Label ORIOLE und später auch auf anderen, wofür er nur mehr das Pseudonym Dick Jordan verwendete.
Seine Singles bis 1963:
EMBASSY (GB)
09 59....45-WB 352....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by BARRY KING..Someone (X.9230)/Here Comes Summer (X.9231)
10 59....45-WB 358....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by BARRY KING..Mack The Knife (X.9242)/Put Your Head On My Shoulder (X.9243)
10 59....45-WB 360....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by GORDON FRANKS..Travellin' Light (X.9246)/Mr. Blue (X.9247)
ORIOLE (GB)
02 60....45-CB 1534....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by GORDON FRANKS..Sandy (J.114)/Hallelujah, I Love Her So (J.112)
EMBASSY (GB)
02 60....45-WB 381....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Misty (X.9288)/La Mer (Beyond The Sea) (X.9289)
03 60....45-WB 384....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Let It Be Me (X.9294)/Running Bear (X.9295)
ORIOLE (GB)
04 60....45-CB 1548....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by GORDON FRANKS..I'll Love You Forever (J.142)/Little Christine (J.143)
EMBASSY (GB)
04 60....45-WB 394....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by GORDON FRANKS..Cathy’s Clown (X.9314)/Don’t Throw Away All Those Teardrops (X.9315)
07 60....45-WB 402....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Please Don’t Tease (X.9330)/Made You (X.9331)
07 60....45-WB 405....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..When Will I Be Loved (X.9336)/Look For A Star (X.9337)
ORIOLE (GB)
09 60....45-CB 1566....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by PETE MOORE..Alive Alive Oh! (Cockless And Mussels) (J.178)/Garden Of Eden (J.179)
EMBASSY (GB)
09 60....45-WB 414....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Only The Lonely (X.9354)/Chain Gang (X.9355)
09 60....45-WB 416....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) (X.9358)/Please Help Me I’m Falling (X.9359)
10 60....45-WB 418....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Dreamin’ (X.9362)/Let’s Think About Living (X.9363)
ORIOLE (GB)
12 60....45-CB 1591....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by JOHNNY DOUGLAS..Angel On My Shoulder (J.229)/The Next Train Home (J.230)
EMBASSY (GB)
12 60....45-WB 425....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Poetry In Motion (X.9376)/Ol’ Macdonald (X.9377)
02 61....45-WB 437....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Walk Right Back (X.9401)/Calendar Girl (X.9402)
03 61....45-WB 439....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Theme For A Dream (X.9405)/DON DUKE & BOBBY STEVENS Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Are You Sure (X.9406)
04 61....45-WB 444....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Lazy River (X.9415)/Pony Time (X.9416)
04 61....45-WB 446....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..You're Driving Me Crazy (X.9419)/Gee Whiz It's You (X.9420)
04 61....45-WB 447....BOBBY STEVENS Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Blue Moon (X.9421)/BOBBY STEVENS & DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Warpaint (X.9422)
05 61....45-WB 452....DON DUKE & BOBBY STEVENS Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..More Than I Can Say (X.9431)/Hello Mary Lou (X.9432)
06 61....45-WB 454....GERRY STEVENS AND HIS GROUP with DON DUKE..Pasadena (X.9435)/KIM DAVEY Accompaniment directed by GERRY STEVENS..I've Told Every Little Star (X.9436)
06 61....45-WB 455....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by GERRY STEVENS..Temptation (X.9437)/JEAN CAMPBELL Accompaniment directed by GERRY STEVENS..Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart (X.9438)
ORIOLE (GB)
07 61....45-CB 1622....THE BINGO BOYS Accompaniment directed by KEN JONES..Bobbie Bingo (J.291)/RAY PILGRIM & DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by TOMMY SANDERSON..Love Is Blind (J.292)
EMBASSY (GB)
09 61....45-WB 466....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by JAMES WRIGHT..Get Lost (X.9459)/JEAN CAMPBELL Accompaniment directed by JAMES WRIGHT..Walkin' Back to Happiness (X.9460)
10 61....45-WB 477....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by JAMES WRIGHT..When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart (X.9482)/Wild Wind (X.9483)
PICCADILLY (GB)
03 62....7N.35035....DICK JORDAN Arranged and directed by JOHNNY KEATING..Some Of These Days (P.45.1035 A)/I Want Her Back (P.45.1035-B)
07 62....7N.35057....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by JOHNNY KEATING..Fortune Teller (P.45.1057 A)/My Angel (P.45.1057 B)
EMBASSY (GB)
03 63….45-WB 560….DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by JAMES WRIGHT..The Folk Singer (X.9660)/BOBBY STEVENS Accompaniment directed by JAMES WRIGHT..How Do You Do It (X.9661)
COLUMBIA (GB)
04 63….DB 7016….DICK JORDAN..Stop The Music (7XCA 26420)/Dream Chaser (7XCA 26421)
EMBASSY (GB)
09 63….45-WB 591….DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by BOBBY CAMERON..Still (X.9722)/BUD ASHTON AND HIS GROUP..Applejack (X.9723)
09 63….45-WB 593….DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by BOBBY CAMERON..Blue Velvet (X.9726)/BUD ASHTON AND HIS GROUP..Shindig (X.9727)
Keep Searchin’
Gerd
Der Sänger Derrick Briscombe wurde etwa 1939 oder 1940 in Leeds, England, geboren. Seine Gesangskarriere begann er etwa 1959 beim Low-Budget-Label von ORIOLE, EMBASSY, wo er unter den Pseudonymen Dick Jordan und Don Duke Cover-Versionen der gängigen Hits einspielte. Bereits ab 1960 gab es nebenbei auch Veröffentlichungen auf dem Vollpreis-Label ORIOLE und später auch auf anderen, wofür er nur mehr das Pseudonym Dick Jordan verwendete.
Seine Singles bis 1963:
EMBASSY (GB)
09 59....45-WB 352....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by BARRY KING..Someone (X.9230)/Here Comes Summer (X.9231)
10 59....45-WB 358....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by BARRY KING..Mack The Knife (X.9242)/Put Your Head On My Shoulder (X.9243)
10 59....45-WB 360....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by GORDON FRANKS..Travellin' Light (X.9246)/Mr. Blue (X.9247)
ORIOLE (GB)
02 60....45-CB 1534....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by GORDON FRANKS..Sandy (J.114)/Hallelujah, I Love Her So (J.112)
EMBASSY (GB)
02 60....45-WB 381....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Misty (X.9288)/La Mer (Beyond The Sea) (X.9289)
03 60....45-WB 384....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Let It Be Me (X.9294)/Running Bear (X.9295)
ORIOLE (GB)
04 60....45-CB 1548....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by GORDON FRANKS..I'll Love You Forever (J.142)/Little Christine (J.143)
EMBASSY (GB)
04 60....45-WB 394....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by GORDON FRANKS..Cathy’s Clown (X.9314)/Don’t Throw Away All Those Teardrops (X.9315)
07 60....45-WB 402....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Please Don’t Tease (X.9330)/Made You (X.9331)
07 60....45-WB 405....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..When Will I Be Loved (X.9336)/Look For A Star (X.9337)
ORIOLE (GB)
09 60....45-CB 1566....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by PETE MOORE..Alive Alive Oh! (Cockless And Mussels) (J.178)/Garden Of Eden (J.179)
EMBASSY (GB)
09 60....45-WB 414....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Only The Lonely (X.9354)/Chain Gang (X.9355)
09 60....45-WB 416....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) (X.9358)/Please Help Me I’m Falling (X.9359)
10 60....45-WB 418....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Dreamin’ (X.9362)/Let’s Think About Living (X.9363)
ORIOLE (GB)
12 60....45-CB 1591....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by JOHNNY DOUGLAS..Angel On My Shoulder (J.229)/The Next Train Home (J.230)
EMBASSY (GB)
12 60....45-WB 425....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Poetry In Motion (X.9376)/Ol’ Macdonald (X.9377)
02 61....45-WB 437....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Walk Right Back (X.9401)/Calendar Girl (X.9402)
03 61....45-WB 439....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Theme For A Dream (X.9405)/DON DUKE & BOBBY STEVENS Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Are You Sure (X.9406)
04 61....45-WB 444....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Lazy River (X.9415)/Pony Time (X.9416)
04 61....45-WB 446....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..You're Driving Me Crazy (X.9419)/Gee Whiz It's You (X.9420)
04 61....45-WB 447....BOBBY STEVENS Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Blue Moon (X.9421)/BOBBY STEVENS & DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..Warpaint (X.9422)
05 61....45-WB 452....DON DUKE & BOBBY STEVENS Accompaniment directed by STEVE STANNARD..More Than I Can Say (X.9431)/Hello Mary Lou (X.9432)
06 61....45-WB 454....GERRY STEVENS AND HIS GROUP with DON DUKE..Pasadena (X.9435)/KIM DAVEY Accompaniment directed by GERRY STEVENS..I've Told Every Little Star (X.9436)
06 61....45-WB 455....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by GERRY STEVENS..Temptation (X.9437)/JEAN CAMPBELL Accompaniment directed by GERRY STEVENS..Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart (X.9438)
ORIOLE (GB)
07 61....45-CB 1622....THE BINGO BOYS Accompaniment directed by KEN JONES..Bobbie Bingo (J.291)/RAY PILGRIM & DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by TOMMY SANDERSON..Love Is Blind (J.292)
EMBASSY (GB)
09 61....45-WB 466....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by JAMES WRIGHT..Get Lost (X.9459)/JEAN CAMPBELL Accompaniment directed by JAMES WRIGHT..Walkin' Back to Happiness (X.9460)
10 61....45-WB 477....DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by JAMES WRIGHT..When The Girl In Your Arms Is The Girl In Your Heart (X.9482)/Wild Wind (X.9483)
PICCADILLY (GB)
03 62....7N.35035....DICK JORDAN Arranged and directed by JOHNNY KEATING..Some Of These Days (P.45.1035 A)/I Want Her Back (P.45.1035-B)
07 62....7N.35057....DICK JORDAN Accompaniment directed by JOHNNY KEATING..Fortune Teller (P.45.1057 A)/My Angel (P.45.1057 B)
EMBASSY (GB)
03 63….45-WB 560….DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by JAMES WRIGHT..The Folk Singer (X.9660)/BOBBY STEVENS Accompaniment directed by JAMES WRIGHT..How Do You Do It (X.9661)
COLUMBIA (GB)
04 63….DB 7016….DICK JORDAN..Stop The Music (7XCA 26420)/Dream Chaser (7XCA 26421)
EMBASSY (GB)
09 63….45-WB 591….DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by BOBBY CAMERON..Still (X.9722)/BUD ASHTON AND HIS GROUP..Applejack (X.9723)
09 63….45-WB 593….DON DUKE Accompaniment directed by BOBBY CAMERON..Blue Velvet (X.9726)/BUD ASHTON AND HIS GROUP..Shindig (X.9727)
Keep Searchin’
Gerd