Editing David Byron (section)

{{Short description|British singer (1947–1985)}}
{{Other people|David Garrick}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = David Byron
| image            = David Byron - Stormtrooper.jpg
| birth_name       = David Garrick
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1947|1|29}}
| birth_place      = [[Epping, Essex]], [[England]]
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1985|2|28|1947|1|21}}
| death_place      = [[Berkshire]], England
| years_active     = 1961–1985
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[psychedelic rock]]|[[progressive rock]]|[[art rock]]|[[soft rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]}}
| occupation       = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| past_member_of   = {{hlist|[[Spice (British band)|Spice]]|[[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]|Rough Diamond|The Byron Band}}
}}

'''David Garrick''' (29 January 1947 – 28 February 1985), better known by his stage name '''David Byron''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://users.efortress.com/doc-rock/1980.html |title=eFortress.com |publisher=Users.efortress.com |access-date=23 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928115542/http://users.efortress.com/doc-rock/1980.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> was a British singer who was best known in the early 1970s as the original lead vocalist of the rock band [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]].<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=212}}</ref> Byron possessed a powerful operatic voice and a flamboyant stage presence.