Davy Jones (musician)
David Thomas " Davy " Jones ( born December 30, 1945 in Manchester, England; † February 29, 2012 in Stuart, Florida, United States) was a British actor, percussionist and singer who particularly through his role as a member of the American pop band The Monkees became known.
Life
As Jones was 14 years old, his mother died after a long illness. At his father's request, he trained as a jockey with Basil Foster. His acting career began through a mediated via Foster job at a theater in London's West End.
As a teenager, Jones played in various British Soap Operas, among others, in Coronation Street, with. In the musical Oliver! he played the Artful Dodger. On February 9, 1964, he was seen together with the Oliver - crew! Into an episode of the Ed Sullivan Show, in which the Beatles gave their highly acclaimed debut in the United States. About this day Jones said: "I saw the Beatles on the side of the stage, and I saw the girl totally freaked out, and I said to myself that just such a thing should happen to me. "
Ward Sylvester of Screen Gems took Jones under contract, after he had seen him on the Ed Sullivan Show. He played with from now on in the American television series such as Ben Casey and The Farmer 's Daughter. He also took up a single and an album for Colpix Records, which indeed could be placed in the charts, but still not great successes were.
From 1965 to 1970, Davy Jones Band member of the Monkees, a pop-rock group, which was founded in connection with the eponymous television series The Monkees. As the lead singer of the group he sang many of their songs, including I Wanna Be Free and Daydream Believer. When the show was then discontinued and the group broke up, he made as a solo artist on. He later formed a band with his former colleagues Monkees Micky Dolenz and the composer Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, but broke up again after a short time.
In 1995 he made an appearance as himself in the film The Brady Bunch, where he sang his hit Girl in a " beefed up " version. In April 2006, took on Jones Your Personal Penguin, which was written by the children's author Sandra Boynton. On November 1, 2007 she released another book by Sandra Boynton and a CD titled Blue Moo. Jones can be heard in the book and on the CD by singing Your Personel Penguin. Jones and Boynton have become close friends through the project.
Jones had 2009 in the series SpongeBob SquarePants a guest appearance as himself in 2011 with the Monkees Davy Jones went on a reunion tour, and appeared in various versions of the musical Oliver! as " Fagin " on. He bred horses in his native England, although he had his residence in Beavertown, Pennsylvania. Jones tried recently to become a citizen of the United States. He was divorced twice and had four children. Last Jessica Pacheco was his life companion.
Davy Jones died on 29 February 2012 at the age of 66 of a heart attack.