Mike Preston

b. Jack Davis, 14 May 1934, Hackney, London, England. The ex-boxer and cartoon cameraman was discovered singing in a small club in London's West End by noted agent Dennis Preston. He was given his stage name in a competition by readers of Patrick Doncaster's pop music column in the Daily Mirror newspaper. This pop ballad singer's first single ‘A House, A Car And A Wedding Ring', a Jerry Lordan composition with musical direction from Harry Robinson. The Decca Records release failed to create much interest in the UK but charted in the US in early 1958. This led to his visiting ...