I was born on March 4th, 1948 in Ely, Cardiff, the youngest of 11 children to Jack and May Barratt.

One day while playing cricket with friends, as one nervously was about to bat and made a few practise strokes he announced "And now, presenting…” a name which I thought would be a great rock name and was later to adopt.

At school, I joined rock and roll bands including The Cossacks, The Olympics and The Denims

I became a singer by default as I was too shy to offer my services to the groups on an instrument

In the 1960s I became lead singer of my own band; The Sunsets

In 1969 with our brand of rock and roll, we backed The Rolling Stones at The Savill in London

In 1977, I met the rock impressario Jack Good who asked me to play the middle period of Elvis Presley’s life in Elvis: The Musical

While there, I met Freya Miller who was to become my manager from that point on after I signed a contract with her in 1979

I got my first taste of British chart success in 1980 with Hot Dog, followed by Marie Marie.

1981 saw my first number one hit single, a cover of Rosemary Clooney’s This ‘Ole House. Since then I’ve had three other chart-toppers; Green Door, Oh Julie and Merry Christmas Everyone