Dave Harley

Dave Harley was born in Ossining, New York, before moving to London and eventually settling in Essex. Dave's professional career started in Spain , where he was approached by a talent scout for Club 18-30 and asked to work as a representative providing entertainment. He worked for two years in Portugal and one year in Spain. After leaving Club 18-30 he travelled back to Portugal where he worked freelance for a year headlining an Elvis show, culminating with a performance to 2000 people at an outdoor live concert. Dave returned to England and formed his band, 'X-Certificate' Dave has also travelled to Memphis, Tennessee and recorded the Elvis hit 'Don't' Be Cruel' at the Memphis recording studios, the master of which is a cherished piece of Dave Harley memorabilia.

Dave is a regular on TV, recently appearing in shows and documentaries on BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, More 4 and BBC3. Dave also appeared in a Channel 4 show featuring his time as a Club 18-30 rep, with an interview on Essex FM to promote the show. Dave has built up a strong professional reputation, performing at regular functions and celebrities parties including Dennis Waterman and Robert Powell. He has performed many times at Charity functions including Leukaemia Research, a celebrity Christmas charity function at the London Hospital, 12,000 people at the Twickenham Rugby Ground and at the Ritz Hotel in London where he performed for royalty. Recently Dave has been working as an Elvis correspondent for many radio stations and television channels, such as The History Channel and has appeared on Ideal World Shopping Channel helping to sell Rock n Roll and Elvis CD's. He also writes regular reviews for magazines such as 'The Edge' magazine and the 'Elvis Times' and has been interviewed in 'The Guardian'.

Dave now dedicates his musical talents to solo gigs, where he will perform a wide selection of songs by many different artists, for example;
The Rolling Stones, The Everley Brothers, Robbie Williams, The Monkees, The Beatles, Elvis, Oasis, The Kinks, The Troggs, Fleetwood Mac, Scissor Sisters, Buddy Holly, Travis, Jerry Lee Lewis and many more.
He performs an Elvis Show with or without jumpsuit.
Your gig can be tailor made to your personal requirements, for example, you can have a 45 minute set of Elvis and a further 45 minute set of everything else. If the party is rockin, you can arrange some extra time. You can also book dave to turn up with his guitar to sing you an informal accoustic set.