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Dan Gillespie Sells
Daniel Giles Gillespie Sells (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/ ghih-LES-pee; born 20 September 1978) is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for the rock group the Feeling.
Sells and his brother James were co-parented, being brought up dividing their time between their father's house and their mother's house after their parents split when he was three years old, following his mother's coming out. His mother is disability rights and LGBT rights campaigner Katherine Gillespie Sells, and his father is Keith Sells. He was also parented by his mother's former partner Dilis, whom he refers to as his other mother. Sells attended Osidge Primary School and Ashmole School in London along with fellow students Amy Winehouse and Rachel Stevens (S Club 7).[better source needed]
In early 2007, Sells was in an advertising campaign for the Autograph range at Marks and Spencer. He says he took part partly because his grandmother liked M&S, and would like to see him advertising it.
In addition to his work with the Feeling, he co-wrote songs for Sophie Ellis-Bextor's third solo album, Trip the Light Fantastic. The two songs he co-wrote appear on the track-listing as, "Only One" and "Love Is Here". Both tracks also feature his vocals, and "Love Is Here" includes his bandmate Richard Jones, Sophie Ellis-Bextor's husband, on bass guitar. Ellis-Bextor features on the Feeling's album, Together We Were Made, on the song "Leave Me Out of It".[citation needed]
Sells co-wrote and co-performed (both with Ian Masterson) the theme tune to the 2008 BBC comedy drama series Beautiful People, an adaptation of the memoirs of Simon Doonan.[citation needed] In addition, Sells also contributed another original track, entitled "Beautiful People", as well as a 2006 cover version of Daryl Hall & John Oates's "She's Gone" with his Feeling bandmates. All three tracks appeared on the Beautiful People soundtrack album released in October 2008.
In 2014, he began to collaborate with choreographer Javier de Frutos on a ballet piece entitled '3 With D' which featured the Royal Ballet's principal dancer Edward Watson and premiered at London Coliseum.[citation needed]
In 2017, Sells composed the music for the musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie. The show opened at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield in February 2017 and transferred to the West End at the Apollo Theatre in November. The soundtrack was released as an album in the same year, and features vocals by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Betty Boo, and Josie Walker.
In November 2023 Sells was a contestant on BBC's Celebrity Mastermind, answering questions on Bernie Taupin.
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Dan Gillespie Sells
Daniel Giles Gillespie Sells (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/ ghih-LES-pee; born 20 September 1978) is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and frontman for the rock group the Feeling.
Sells and his brother James were co-parented, being brought up dividing their time between their father's house and their mother's house after their parents split when he was three years old, following his mother's coming out. His mother is disability rights and LGBT rights campaigner Katherine Gillespie Sells, and his father is Keith Sells. He was also parented by his mother's former partner Dilis, whom he refers to as his other mother. Sells attended Osidge Primary School and Ashmole School in London along with fellow students Amy Winehouse and Rachel Stevens (S Club 7).[better source needed]
In early 2007, Sells was in an advertising campaign for the Autograph range at Marks and Spencer. He says he took part partly because his grandmother liked M&S, and would like to see him advertising it.
In addition to his work with the Feeling, he co-wrote songs for Sophie Ellis-Bextor's third solo album, Trip the Light Fantastic. The two songs he co-wrote appear on the track-listing as, "Only One" and "Love Is Here". Both tracks also feature his vocals, and "Love Is Here" includes his bandmate Richard Jones, Sophie Ellis-Bextor's husband, on bass guitar. Ellis-Bextor features on the Feeling's album, Together We Were Made, on the song "Leave Me Out of It".[citation needed]
Sells co-wrote and co-performed (both with Ian Masterson) the theme tune to the 2008 BBC comedy drama series Beautiful People, an adaptation of the memoirs of Simon Doonan.[citation needed] In addition, Sells also contributed another original track, entitled "Beautiful People", as well as a 2006 cover version of Daryl Hall & John Oates's "She's Gone" with his Feeling bandmates. All three tracks appeared on the Beautiful People soundtrack album released in October 2008.
In 2014, he began to collaborate with choreographer Javier de Frutos on a ballet piece entitled '3 With D' which featured the Royal Ballet's principal dancer Edward Watson and premiered at London Coliseum.[citation needed]
In 2017, Sells composed the music for the musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie. The show opened at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield in February 2017 and transferred to the West End at the Apollo Theatre in November. The soundtrack was released as an album in the same year, and features vocals by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Betty Boo, and Josie Walker.
In November 2023 Sells was a contestant on BBC's Celebrity Mastermind, answering questions on Bernie Taupin.