Dil Shaw spent most of his life in the spotlight. He grew up in Batley with three brothers, two sisters and parents Shah and Bridget. He discovered music as a teenager and loved making music with his friends and family. He left school at 15 to become an apprentice engineer, progressing to be a technical writer and draughtsman and eventually setting up his own business in the early 1970s. Throughout all of this, he performed on stage. With his brother and friends, performing 60s chart music and most noteably emulating (some said improving on) the sound of the Everly Brothers. In the 1960s he embarked on a successful solo career under the stage name Curtis Denham and gained an encyclopaedic knowledge of pubs and clubs across England as he toured. During those times, he supported big names such as Roy Orbison and the Rolling Stones. Alongside his business and musical career, he also ventured into bit-part television in shows such as Colditz and Coronation Street, TV adverts and appearing in Ken Loach's 1981 film Looks and Smiles. In the last few years of his life, he performed with 2 long-time friends in a Motown and Soul trio, as well as a duo with me (his daughter) and hosting karaoke nights at local pubs and clubs. His talent has also been preserved on a special track for Glasgow Rangers, recorded with childhood friend Sammy King around a month ago. Legendary Rangers, composed by Sammy, was played at the first match of the new season of 2012and features his vocals. He was a devoted grandfather and he leaves his partner of ten years Pat Dent, children Nicola and Curtis, granddaughter Alyssa, two brothers, two sisters and ex-wife Susan. He made it a personal mission to ensure that my brother and I - and later my daughter - gained as much benefit from music as possible, so much so that my brother and I have both made careers of it.