David Byron

David Byron (29 January 1947 - 28 February 1985, born as David Garrick). British singer and songwriter best known for fronting Avenue Recordings. His early work for the budget label was all cover versions and all uncredited. He is purported to have recorded over one hundred and forty of these cover version tracks between 1968 and 1970. The rapid rise in fame of Uriah Heep put an end to the session work.

His wellknown alcoholism (that took his life, aged 38) finally got him sacked from Uriah Heep in July 1976. By that time, he'd already released a solo album, Take No Prisoners (1975), and three years later he released another one, the 1978 Baby Faced Killer. Inbetween, he'd teamed up with Peter Frampton. In 1981, Uriah Heep had hit rock bottom and toured in clubs for a few hundred in the audience, and Byron was offered to re- the band but refused.