David Hess
Sign in to saveAmerican actor singer and songwriter (1936-2011)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 30
Top works
- Schweizer Biedermeier
- Illuminated
- No Longer a Slave
- Die Kaiser-Mädchen und Ihre Fabelhafte Marmelade Aus Wassermelonenschale - Mini Edition
- Die Kaiser-Mädchen und Ihre Fabelhafte Marmelade Aus Wassermelonenschale
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Born in 1936 in New York City, United States, David Hess began his career when he recorded the original version of the Otis Blackwell composition "All Shook Up" under the stage name Dave Hill in 1956. The song became a Number 1 hit for Elvis Presley a year later and Hess became a songwriter at Shalimar Music. David went on to compose "Start Movin'" for Sal Mineo and "Rockin' Shoes" for the Ames Brothers. He continued to write songs for Elvis throughout the '50s and '60s <a href="https://www.las
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Family name
- Hess
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Tiburon
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.davidhess.com
- Image
- DavidHessPortrait cropped.jpg
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- name in native language
- David Hess
- date of birth
- 1936-09-19
- date of death
- 2011-10-07
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- David Hess (actor)
- birth name
- David Alexander Hess
- writing language
- English language
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