Charity CD puts Cicero on the comeback trail

David, from Livingston, was tipped as Scotland's next big star when he was signed by the Pet Shop Boys in the late 80s.

But sadly his brush with fame was short-lived after his only real hit - Love is Everywhere - peaked at number 19 back in 1992.

Now, instead of being found behind a microphone, he sits behind a desk at Sky TV in Livingston, where he works as a customer advisor.

And it is this new career which he hopes will revive his pop stardom.

More than a decade after his last record, David, 36, is producing a new single, Quids for Kids, but don't expect it to be battling it out for a number one spot. It is a charity CD by David and his co-workers for Children in Need.

His boss Debbie Ross, 26, said they decided to approach him when they remembered his star credentials.

She said: "It was one of the girls who decided to do the song, we were just going to call ourselves the Dorks, but David's a pop star so we thought he could help us and we're now the Dorkettes featuring Cicero.

"It is just a bit of fun and it has been good to have David, because he knows what he is doing."

David has written and sung the song with ten colleagues, as well as playing the guitar on the track.

It is a far cry from his days of rubbing shoulders with the Pet Shop Boys and Take That and he admitted it had got him hankering for the past.

"I would love to get back into the pop scene again. I would really love to get another single, but it wouldn't be like my old stuff.

"I am really into Moby, so it would be more chilled out music. I am working on material and trying to get an album together.

"I would love to get back into doing it again, it's what I always wanted to do, but it's going to be very hard.

"I just hope people don't take this song too seriously and remember it is for Children in Need."

David was signed to the Pet Shop Boys' label in 1989 after giving a demo tape to their personal assistant at a gig.

Within months he was in London recording his own work and was appearing on Top of the Pops and performing in front of thousands of fans.

In 1992 he was even invited to tour with Take That.

"When I was younger I told my mates I would be on Top of the Pops and they just laughed. I eventually did it and it was amazing."

But David, a former Tynecastle High pupil, said he was too inexperienced to handle the fame.

"The manager I had died and I was a offered a different one, but I didn't want them so I took my own and they didn't really know what they were doing."

"I found out later they were offered gigs for me, but were refusing because I wouldn't be paid.

"I was never bothered about the money."

Now David is hoping his 90s fans still remember him and will buy the new record.

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