Born in Shipley, West Yorkshire, David was introduced to music at an early age via the family gramophone, radio, and a player piano. He soon discovered the church organ – and vowed to play it one day. The route to this lay strictly via the church choir (he became head boy), and  piano lessons to grade 6. Organ lessons followed utilizing fine pipe organs in Bradford Grammar School and St Peter’s Church Shipley where he became assistant organist and choirmaster, still in his teens.  Also around 1963 he discovered organ music of a different type on the radio enjoying the styles of George Blackmore, Joseph Seal, Robinson Cleaver and the other top players of the time, and of course the sounds of the Wurlitzer and other types of organ.  His  first theatre organ LP, ‘Presenting Reginald Dixon’, was in complete contrast to his second,  ‘George Wright Plays the Mighty Wurlitzer’, all these influences providing a wide range of inspirations. He sought out the nearest Wurlitzer – the 3-10 at the Gaumont Bradford, and after a short feature at a COS meeting there was soon being featured as house organist. David also toured Yorkshire clubs with his band ‘The Elektrons’, featuring a Lowrey organ, gaining considerable experience playing for dancing and accompanying artists. Playing at the Gaumont led to an engagement at the nearby Silver Blades Ice Rink, Bradford, which in turn led to his moving to London (after a period at Bradford University) as resident organist at the prestigious Silver Blades Streatham.

Since then David has the COS been London District Secretary, Musical Adviser, Projects Officer and national Chairman. Moving back to Yorkshire he had a spell as Yorkshire District Secretary, then managed and led the move of the COS Northern Wurlitzer into the Ritz Ballroom, Brighouse, plus subsequent enlargement/improvements.
IDavid has undertaken concert tours of the USA and Europe, and was honoured to play at the T.O.S.A. (Australian) annual Convention in Hobart a few years ago. He has made three commercial recordings, utilizing the Conacher at the Regal/Odeon/Scala, Rotherham (which he played for a time in the 1970’s), plus the Wurlitzers at Tywyn and Clydebank in more recently issued CD’s.