David Glen Eisley (born September 5, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor.

Personal life

Eisley was born in

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and is the son of actor

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and Judith Tubbs Eisley. While in high school, he played drums for the band Mammoth, an

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cover band. Before settling into music, Eisley spent much of his early days playing baseball. He eventually reached Double-A for the

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, commuting back and forth between games and club gigs. He is married to actress

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with whom he has one daughter,

India Eisley India Joy Eisley (born October 29, 1993) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Ashley Juergens in the ABC Family television series ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager'', Eve in the 2012 film '' Underworld: Awakening'', Sawa ...

. He is the older brother of actor and stuntman Jonathan Erickson Eisley.

Music career

He is most well known for being the lead singer for the AOR bands

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(1980–1983),

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(1983–1988), Dirty White Boy (1988–1991), with Craig Goldy's "Ritual" he released ''Hidden In Plain Sight'' (1991) and Stream (1998). His biggest success came with the band Giuffria, when their hit single "Call to the Heart" reached number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1985. Eisley has also appeared in the television shows ''

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'' and '' 7th Heaven'', the movie '' Action Jackson'' and has acted in various commercials. In 1997, Eisley co-wrote the rock ballad "Sweet Victory" with

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under the label of

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, and in the following year,

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released the track on their Bruton Music Library album ''American Games''. They had previously worked together in the short-lived band Murderer's Row, releasing a self-titled album in 1996. The song was featured in the 2001 ''

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'' episode "

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" which sharply increased its popularity, with it reaching number 23 on the

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chart in February 2019 after

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Later years

He has released four solo albums, ''War Dogs'' in 1999, ''Stranger from the Past'' in 2000, a compilation album of previously unreleased songs, ''The Lost Tapes'', in 2003, and ''Tattered Torn & Worn...'' in 2019. In 2017, Eisley was featured as lead vocalist on three songs on Bob Kulick's album ''Skeletons in the Closet''. On December 1, 2017 he released an album with

Craig Goldy Thomas "Craig" Goldy (born November 6, 1961) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist of the rock bands Dio and Giuffria. Early musical life Goldy was born in San Diego, California. Before Dio, he played in the bands Vengeance, R ...

, under the band name ''Eisley/Goldy'', titled ''Blood, Guts and Games''.

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* 1952 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American heavy metal singers Giuffria members Arista Records artists DFTBA Records creators Universal Music Group artists People from Los Angeles {{US-musician-stub