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He has met and worked with all the major
personalities of the day, from rock and pop
stars actors and TV performers, to politicians
to princes, to luminaries, such as Frank Sinatra
Sean Connery, Liberace, the Beatles,
Barbara Streisand, Robert Redford, and more
recently Hugh Grant, the Spice Girls,
Robbie Williams, Mel Gibson, Pavarotti,
Sir Elton John, Tony Blair, and almost every
member of the Royal Family.
His journey to superstardom really began when he was given his own television series, The Des O'Connor Show in 1963. He is one of only a handful of British entertainers to be acclaimed internationally on stage and television: when he was given an American series of his show it went out to over 40 countries and was seen by 200 million people world-wide. Des has now starred in his own prime-time television show longer than anyone anywhere in the world.
"....... This is among the most entertaining hours on television."
Since 1967 he has been a hugely successful recording star. He had his first hit single with Careless Hands, followed by I Pretend, which went to No 1. Since then his recording career has produced 34 albums with sales of over 15 million and he has spent 117 weeks in the top ten charts.
He has made over 1,000 performances at the
London Palladium and starred in Cabaret
theatre and sell-out concerts at almost every
Daily Telegraph
leading venue throughout the world, including the MGM grand Hotel, Las Vegas, the Opera House, Sydney, the Concert hall, Auckland; the O'Keefe Centre, Toronto, and the Arts Centre Ottawa.
. CBE
