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Alan David; Alan David is a musician. Born in 1949 in Brooklyn, NY. He discovered a talent for guitar and vocals when he was 15 years old. His first attempt at forming a band came just a few months after he started playing the electric guitar in 1964. The rock band was called the Continentals, and was based in Queens, NY. The band became a popular local dance group, and led parties and public dances at FarRockaway High School and others in the area. The band passed auditions to play at the 1964 N.Y. World's Fair, and subsequently entertained at both the New York and the U.S. pavilions throughout the run pf the fair. The group also played at the popular Cafe Wha? in New York's Greenwich Village. After graduating high school David went on to college and played in a number of New York city based rock bands. In 1968 he joined the "Changing Tymes" band out of Garden City Long Island. A highly popular local band in the "white soul" genre, the Tymes played all over the New York metro area and in New England. Following this effort David moved onto the group "Kingfish" a 9 man unit with a 4 man horn section. Honing his guitar and vocal skills with steady employment, he next joined a 5 piece hard rock band and b;ue band from Long Island called "Reality". This group worked larger rock clubs and college dates all over the upper East Coast.The band featured twin lead guitars and stacked amplifiers, and a schooled drummer Vince Pendl. When Reality broke up, David returned to finish college and earned a degree from City University of New York's Richmond College in Staten Island. He then attended New York State College at Geneseo for Graduate school, playing with the Geneseo based band called Buzzo's Bandits. Upon earning his New York teaching license, he moved to Florida, where he lived in Ft Myers, Fl. In this popular resort area he found jobs as a solo musician. Playing local clubs on Sanibel Island, and Fort Myers Beach area, he also began to write songs in earnest. When a fan at a club suggested more than once that he try his hand in Nashville, he organized his original material, recorded a demo at a local studio, and drove to Tennessee in a 1964 Chevrolet with guitars. aboard. Seeing some modest success and interest in the music and his guitar abilities, David re-located to Nashville in late 1980. Touring with his own band, he worked primarily in hotels and clubs across the mid-West.Upon revisiting Nashville he signed a contract for representation with Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright. Passing an open audition for the pop group remake of the Vogues, a famous four man vocal 4 group David played and sang with the group over the next two years. The Vogues played upscale nightclubs and hotels, and while the money was steady, the road travel becamea dull grind and it left the band seeking other options. It was at an appearance at the Nashville Cajun's Warf club that a producer and artist development team from MDJ Records became interested in the Vogues, and subsequently offered them a recording deal. The caveat being a change in name and style to only "Country"Music. The group became known as ATLANTA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_(band)), named so by the producer Larry McBride, who had developed the highly successful group Alabama. ATLANTA went on to much success over the next four years recording for MCA Records and touring Nationwide. Earning two RIAA certified gold albums for sales over 100,000 each.The band pioneered use of video for Country music and was heavily featured on CMTV.This gave them a Nationwide following.In 1985 a dispute between MCA and the band management led to ATLANTA leaving the label.Over the next few years the career plummeted, and the band saw little further success. David married in 1986 and settled in the Atlanta, GA area.