David Solberg was born on August 18, 1943 in Chicago.  In the early ’60s he was a bank teller in Bloomington and spent his lunch hours at the Suneson Music Center at 1611 E. Lake Street.  As a folk singer he appeared many times on the Merv Griffin Show as “The Covered Man,” wearing a ski mask.  He changed his name to David Soul and became an actor, playing Joshua Bolt in “Here Come the Brides” and Ken Hutchinson in “Starsky & Hutch.”  In 1976 he formed Band of Friends and recorded “Don’t Give Up On Us,” which debuted on the charts on January 29, 1977 reached #1 for one week, and stayed on the charts for 19 weeks.  Follow up releases were “Going in With my Eyes Open” (#54) and “Silver Lady” (#52), also in 1977.