Daz Sampson established Sporting Riff Raff Records and has continued to perform and release recordings.
18 Facts About Daz Sampson
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Daz Sampson has been involved as a professional football manager in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, in Asia and the USA.
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Daz Sampson has close links to Stockport County of the National League North.
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Daz Sampson was due to undertake his duties at the start of April 2020; however with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, he remained in the UK.
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Daz Sampson was born in Stockport, England, and went into radio broadcasting at 17 after an injury halted a potential career as a pro footballer.
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Daz Sampson spent several years working within commercial radio as well as Radio Luxembourg; from there he made the transition from playing music to making music.
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Daz Sampson had his first chart success with the group Bus Stop.
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BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles responded to a letter from Daz Sampson by championing his records on the station and inviting him to contribute comedy moments on his radio show.
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In 2004, Daz Sampson returned to the Liverpool dance music scene, and he formed a partnership with producer Paul Keenan and under the name Uniting Nations.
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Daz Sampson had three number one singles in Poland with Uniting Nations.
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On 4 March 2006, Daz Sampson won the BBC show Making Your Mind Up with the song "Teenage Life", written and produced with his long-time collaborator John Matthews.
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Daz Sampson represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest on 20 May 2006 in Athens, but only 10 of the 39 eligible countries voted for Daz Sampson and his total score was 25 points, placing him 19th out of the 24 acts.
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Daz Sampson joined forces with the Belarusian singer Katya Ocean for an attempt to represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with a song Give you love.
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In 2006, Daz Sampson established his own record company, Sporting Riff Raff Records with Ben O'Brien and Joe Taylor of Nuxx.
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Daz Sampson started his career as a footballer, spending his youth years at Manchester City's Junior Blues side, before being spotted by ex-Brighton manager Jimmy Melia whilst managing at Stockport.
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In 2012, Daz Sampson came out of retirement and played games for Guam Shipyard, based in Guam, an island in the Pacific Ocean.
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Daz Sampson then went on to coach and lead the Shipyard to a cup final win, and regular top 3 finishes.
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In 2015, Daz Sampson returned to the UK and briefly took over a Step 6 Billinge FC in Cheshire, and then to Ashton United.