Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich: Nine Hits In A Row
Keith Altham, NME, 20 July 1968
WHEN I arrived at the Lime Grove TV studios it was to find that Tich, Mick, Beaky, Dozy and Dave Dee (how about that for a switch?) had troubles. Mick, for example, was bemoaning the fact that for years the group had been careering up and down the country and although he liked playing in public, "the travelling is a drag!"
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