<P> It was at the factory in Cwmbran where he worked that he joined the Trenewydd Singers and enjoyed for the first time the applause of the many people that they entertained for various charities . </P> <P> Alexander soon began putting together an act for himself . He made his debut at a local social club and left the brake factory where he worked and toured much of the United Kingdom, also working as an entertainer at Pontins . </P> <P> David Alexander was the name given to Derek (Ricky) Ebdon by his manager Byron Godfrey, legal name Raymond William Godfrey an old teenage friend, after learning of the successful conclusion of Godfrey and his partner, Raymond John Glastonbury's London High Court action against Tom Jones, who they had discovered and managed . Both Godfrey and Glastonbury were also from Blackwood, together known as Myron & Byron in the music business . Godfrey, along with Tony King (musical arranger) and Johnny Caesar (songwriter / comedian) produced Alexander's first single for EMI (Columbia) "If I could see the Rhondda one more time" in 1971, through the publishing arm of their company, Million Dollar Music Co. Ltd...It sold thousands of copies and stayed on catalogue for years (being reissued in 1975). To this day in 2015, Godfrey and Caesar still receive publishing and writing royalties for this record which elevated Alexander's career . After a less successful single for Columbia the same year ("Dream On Dreamer"), he was released without recording an album . His next single "Taste the Wine" was released on Larry Page's Penny Farthing label in 1974 which was also released across Europe . </P> <P> He released his first album So Many Ways on his own label in 1975 . Initial pressings were on the North West Gramophone label but later pressings and a string of other albums, singles and EPs throughout the late 70's, 80's and early 90's were released on his ACE Recordings label . </P>

Who sang if i could see the rhondda one more time