Dave Berry

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Dave Berry (born David Holgate Grundy, 6 February 1941 in Woodhouse, Sheffield) is an English pop singer and former teen idol of the 1960s.

He performed a mixture of R&B and pop ballads and was popular in Britain, and in Continental Europe, especially Belgium and the Netherlands, but had no commercial success in the US, where he is best known for the original versions of Ray Davies' "This Strange Effect" and Graham Gouldman's "I'm Going To Take You There".

He had an unusual ambition for a pop performer trying to make a name for himself - to appear on television completely hidden by a prop. In his own words, to "not appear, to stay behind something and not come out". He often hid behind the upturned collar of his leather jacket, or wrapped himself around, and effectively behind, the microphone lead.

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This Strange Effect" is a song written by Ray Davies of The Kinks, and released first by Dave Berry in July 1965. The single was released in the United States in September 1965. It reached No.1 in the Netherlands and Belgium, but peaked at No.37 on the UK Singles Chart.

A studio recording was never officially released by The Kinks, but live recordings exist. An in-studio BBC recording by the Kinks from August 1965 was released in 2001 on The Songs We Sang for Auntie - BBC Sessions 1964-1977.

Bill Wyman, covered the track for his 1992 album Stuff. This version can also be found on A Stone Alone: The Solo Anthology 1974-2002.


Belgian band, Hooverphonic, covered the song in 1998 for their album, Blue Wonder Power Milk. Their version of "This Strange Effect" was released as a single and was featured in the American television advertisement for the Motorola SLVR.

Another cover was recorded in 2006 by Finnish band The Others, aka 22PP, for their album Monochromeset.

A version of the song also appears on the 1999 Thievery Corporation compilation album, Abductions and Reconstructions.

Squeeze covered the song on the deluxe edition of their 2015 album, Cradle to the Grave.

In 2009, Northern Irish pop punk/new wave band, The Undertones covered "This Strange Effect" for Onder Invloed, a project by Dutch journalist Matthijs van der Ven, which showcases various musicians from all over the world covering their favourite songs.

Steve Wynn also covered the track.

In 2017, Apple began running television advertising for the iPhone featuring the cover version of this song performed by The Shacks.

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Now Is The Moment

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Now is a song by English singer Dave Berry . He released it in 1965 on the B side of his hit single This Strange Effect . He wrote the song together with Douglas Hodson. The single was produced by Decca Records by Mike Smith, also known because he rejected The Beatles a few years earlier.

The number stood between 2000 and 2010 almost every year in the Top 2000 .

Now was covered in 1976 by Patricia Paay who had success with the title Now (is the moment) in the Netherlands and Belgium.