Biography
Edmunds was born in Cardiff. As a ten year old, he first played in 1954 with a band called the Edmunds Bros Duo with his older brother Geoff (born in 1940, Cardiff); this was a piano duo. A new band called Love Sculpture with Edmunds, Jones and Williams as a trio. Love Sculpture released their debut single “River to Another Day” in 1968. Their second single was a quasi-novelty Top 5, a reworking Khachaturian’s classical piece “Sabre Dance” as a speed-crazed rock number, inspired by Keith Emerson’s classical rearrangements. “Sabre Dance” became a hit after garnering the enthusiastic attention of British DJ John Peel, who was so impressed he played it twice in one programme on “Top Gear”. The band issued two albums. After Love Sculpture split, Edmunds had a UK Christmas Number 1 single in 1970 with “I Hear You Knocking”,a Smiley Lewis cover. This single also reached No. 4 in the US, making it Edmunds’ biggest hit by far on either side of the Pond. It sold over three million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Edmunds