Dean Webb (born Michael Eaton in 1940) is an English rock and roll singer, actor, and composer.
[citation needed] According to the Record Collector magazine, Webb was a "two-shot-wonder who missed both times" and theorizes that weak and unenthusiastic promotion may have been the reason.
The magazine also went on to say that his cover of "Hey Miss Fannie" was a near-perfect example of British rock’n’roll at the tail end of the era.
[7] According to The Ballad Years by Don Wicks, Dean Webb was a name used by Embassy Records artists Gerry Grant, a club singer.
[9][10] Not being stisfied with his career as a blacksmith, Dean Webb entered a competition that bandleader Eric Winstone had organized.
After that Webb formed a rock band with local musicians and they gigged around the clubs and dances in the Reading area.
[14] According to John Castle of the music trade magazine, Record Mail (May, 1959), Webb talked about his time with the Basil Kirchin Band and how he gained a great deal of experience during the year he stayed with the outfit.
[17] The next month, John Castle of Record Mail was alerting readers to the fact that Webb had released a new single, "Streamline baby" bw "The Rough and the Smooth" on Parlophone 45-R4587.
The reviewer Don Nicholl gave it two stars and said Webb sang what might be classified as another version of "Living Doll".
The B side, "The Rough and the Smooth" had Webb rapping competently with Jones whipping up the guitar accompaniment.
Johnny Wade, and The Bell Tones, Webb was to appear on The Saturday Club on 22 October, 1960.