Don Partridge obituary

Self-styled 'King of the Buskers' best known for Rosie, his hit single of 1968Don Partridge, the self-styled King of the Buskers, has died of a suspected heart attack aged 68. Partridge performed as a one-man band and had a brief period of fame in the late 1960s through his hit single Rosie.He was born in Bournemouth and claimed to have had numerous manual jobs, along with a period as a petty thief, before the American folk and blues singer Jesse Fuller inspired him to take up music. Fuller per...

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