“Che was a revolutionary, doctor, author, leader and a global symbol. Growing up in the Sixties, his poster, alongside Jimi Hendrix, would be on many a boy's wall. Of course when I played him in the musical, 'Evita,' and researched his life, there was a dark side to the man, but I do admire his idealism.”

English singer-songwriter and actor

David Essex is an English singer-songwriter and actor, best known for his chart success in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s. Born in 1947, he became a familiar figure in British popular music and later on screen. From 1973 to 1994, he placed nineteen singles in the UK Top 40 and sixteen albums in the UK Top 40. His biggest international success came with the 1973 single "Rock On", which remains the song most closely associated with him.