London born cockney comedian and recording artist Dave Allenby came to Australia in 1970 after a highly successful career on the UK club circuit. During the 60s, he supported a host of major acts in the UK, including Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Cilla Black, Tommy Cooper, Edward Woodward and Olivia Newton John. In Australia he supported The Beach Boys (1970) and The Hollies (1971) on their tours of Australia. Allenby had a brief burst of pop success in 1971 when he released a single on the independent Chart label. Backed by popular Sydney band Autumn, he recorded the catchy single "She Works In A Woman's Way", backed by a raucous version of the Leadbelly standard "Midnight Special", arranged by Barrie McAskill, lead singer of Levi Smith's Clefs. The single was quite successful in Sydney (peaked at #5), where Allenby and Autumn were both popular, and it also managed to chart on the national Top 40 in February 1971.
This was followed by ''Sweet Gingerbread Man / Who Wrote That Song'', which was produced by Pat Aulton. The next single ''Let's Get A Little Sentimental / Bygone Days was released locally and, in the UK, NZ and Canada. There are suggestions of a further single called ''Sail Away'' in the 70s. After that, Dave concentrated on TV appearances including Number 96 (where he played Dr Wilkinson), Homicide, Matlock Police and the Mike Walsh Show. Dave Allenby died in Feb 2019.
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