Daniel "Danny" McCormack (born 1958 in the United Kingdom) is a pianist who appeared in the early 1997 episodes of the Teletubbies TV series. A former member of King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys, he replaced Paul Skan in 1992. He was the pianist for King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys for nine years from 1992 to 2001, the band's 15th anniversary of its origins.
Episode Appearances[]
- The Grand Old Duke of York (first appearance)
- See-Saw
- Humpty Dumpty
- Hey Diddle Diddle
- Hickory Dickory Dock (last appearance)
Trivia[]
- He was the only former Biscuit Boy who appeared on all five episode appearances featuring King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys.
- On his first and third appearances, he did not wear glasses. However, he did on his second and last two appearances. This is due to the fact that on the first and third episodes featuring King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys, he had contact lenses.
- On his appearances on Teletubbies, McCormack was either 37 or 38 years old.
- His musical instrument is the piano.
- From 1992 to 2001, he was known as Ivory Dan McCormack.
- Danny McCormack's outfit on his Teletubbies appearances was a red double breasted suit and a straight tie, which was shown on all episode appearances featuring King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys.
- At the 1996 Jazz uf em Platz Festival filmed on 13 July 1996 featuring King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys in Muttenz, Switzerland, his suit trousers were missing.
- McCormack and Dean Beresford once performed with Irish singer Imelda May in a band of her own, alongside Alan Gare, but both of them have since departed, with Al Gare as the only remaining former King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys member from the Imelda May band until Gare departed seven years later in 2017, having served the longest. McCormack and Dean Beresford both departed from the Imelda May Band in 2010, McCormack now performs with Mike McGrother, Dean Beresford now performs with Richard Hawley, and Al Gare now performs with the Fay Fife (known as the Countess of Fife). Previously, McCormack worked with musician Jon Leonard as part of the band Electric Leg, alongside Dean Beresford and Al Gare.
- Alongside Dean Beresford and Alan Gare, Daniel McCormack previously performed with Mike Sanchez, alongside former King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys tenor saxophonist Al Nicholls. They performed with their former band in the early 1990s.
- From 2010 to 2017, Alan Gare was the only remaining former King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys member from the Imelda May Band, but now, former King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys members McCormack, Dean Beresford, and Alan Gare are former members of the Imelda May Band.
- In 2015, he performed with his former band, King Pleasure and Biscuit Boys as part of a special performance.
- Alongside John Battrum from King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys, McCormack, a former pianist from the band who performed with Battrum from 1999 to 2001, performs with Roy Wood (former member of ELO and In The Move) in a band of his own. Paul Corry, who also performs with Wood, sometimes fills in for Battrum's usual role. McCormack also now works as music arranger, music producer, and music conductor.
- Although McCormack sometimes performs with Richard Heath, Alan Gare, Dean Beresford, and McCormack still have a friendship together. The three men also perform with Oliver Darling (a member of The Dirty Robbers).