caption website associated_acts years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
dave wakeling on stage in 2007 -lsb- http://www.davewakeling.com/ dave wakeling 's website -rsb- the beat , english beat , general public 1978 -- present birmingham , england i.r.s. records dave wakeling solo_singer 19 february 1956 vocals , guitar ska , pop , new wave dave wakeling.jpg dave wakeling
 david wakeling musician , songwriter
dave wakeling

david wakeling -lrb- born 19 february 1956 in birmingham , england -rrb- is an english rock singer , songwriter , and guitarist .
he is most famous for singing and writing songs for the 1980s 2-tone band the beat -lrb- known in the u.s. as the english beat -rrb- and also general public .
