Dean Collinson Factfile

Dean Collinson was born on March 23rd 1973 in Kingston Upon Hull.  He was meant to be named Gary but his father,on the way to register the birth,  saw a poster of James Dean in a window and ended up calling him Dean.  He apparantly didn't tell Dean's mum for four and a half weeks!  (How mad must she have been?)

Dean made his stage debut when he was six, playing the guitar and singing.

At the age of ten he was seen on Jim'll Fix It playing his guitar with Burt Weedon which led to a summer season tour with him.

At 16 Dean went on to the Arts Educational Music and Drama school in London.

1993  - Dean wrote the song Better The Devil You Know which was sung by Sonia and came second in the Eurovision Song Contest. 

Television appearances - Wogan, Going Live, The Chart Show, GMTV, This Morning, Today on Granada Breeze, The Mag Program, Jack Docherty Show

Dean's albums include

The Little Mermaid                                       Madmusic            2005

Around The World In A Hazy Daze                 Madmusic             2002

Tales From A Broken Heart                           Madmusic            1999

Babylon                                                        Madmusic            1999

Bill & Ted's Excellent Musical Adventure         Madmusic             1998

A Life In The Daze Of Stanley Bishop             Madmusic             1997

Rush                                                           Madmusic             1995

Life & Times                                               Arista Records      1993

Blue; Heaven Knows                                    Mercury Records    1989

...to be continued and updated later