David Saks was born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 1, 1952.

In 1990, the pianist and composer was honored by the Memphis City Council by having two of his songs, "In Memphis" and "One Last Bridge", adopted as the "Official Songs of Memphis" in unanimous resolutions. His music manuscripts are in the Library of Congress.

David has demonstrated empathy and compassion for those less fortunate, has made special effort to assist in community endeavors for the physically challenged, and has supported community service efforts for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital founded by entertainer Danny Thomas.

David has been a radio personality in Memphis for more than four decades. He started working for the ten watt, University of Memphis campus radio station known as WTGR, now WUMR, in 1969 at age 17.

He attended Rhodes College and the University of Memphis. David assisted with the construction and operation of Southwestern at Memphis radio station WLYX in 1971, and the last person to operate the station before it's transmitter was destroyed in 1991 by a campus construction accident.

In 1972, David was a visiting student and guest scholar in the Cambridge, Ma. home of Professor John Kenneth Galbraith (author of "The New Industrial State"). Dr. Galbraith was the United States ambassador to India under President John F. Kennedy and chair of the Department of Economics at Harvard University.

In 1974 he spent a year working and studying in Israel along with students from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Colgate, Baylor and Oxford Universities. In 1975 he was a piano student of Art Bayer at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the late Herbert Hermann at the University of Memphis. He's played Steinway Hall in London and New York and included in the Steinway Registry.

David, a former member of the Fair Housing Committee of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors, dedicated himself to addressing the needs of fair housing while aggressively opposing and fighting predatory lending, unfair city and county property taxes and other acts of real estate fraud that harm homeowners. HIs real estate fraud blog was one of the most watched by industry pros during the subprime mortgage fallout .

On August 16, 1977 David was visiting Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, and left shortly before Elvis was found unconscious and taken to the hospital.

On January 8, 1993, Elvis' birthday, David was honored by Graceland and the United States Postal Service as the recipient of the first officially canceled Elvis Presley stamp and first day of issue envelope, recognized by the American Philatelic Society as a great national treasure and one of the most important pieces of postal history in the world.

As a stamp collector, David is a life member of the American Philatelic Society and the long-time crossword puzzle author for the most widely subscribed and read magazine in the world for stamp collectors, Linn's Stamp News. He has won numerous awards, certificates, trophies medallions and ribbons for his stamp collecting exhibits. He is a board member of the Memphis Stamp Collectors Society and an Ambassador to the American Philatelic Society, founded in 1886.

David Saks was born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 1, 1952.

In 1990, the pianist and composer was honored by the Memphis City Council by having two of his songs, "In Memphis" and "One Last Bridge", adopted as the "Official Songs of Memphis" in unanimous resolutions. His music manuscripts are in the Library of Congress.

David has demonstrated empathy and compassion for those less fortunate, has made special effort to assist in community endeavors for the physically challenged, and has supported community service efforts for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital founded by entertainer Danny Thomas.

David has been a radio personality in Memphis for more than four decades. He started working for the ten watt, University of Memphis campus radio station known as WTGR, now WUMR, in 1969 at age 17.

He attended Rhodes College and the University of Memphis. David assisted with the construction and operation of Southwestern at Memphis radio station WLYX in 1971, and the last person to operate the station before it's transmitter was destroyed in 1991 by a campus construction accident.

In 1972, David was a visiting student and guest scholar in the Cambridge, Ma. home of Professor John Kenneth Galbraith (author of "The New Industrial State"). Dr. Galbraith was the United States ambassador to India under President John F. Kennedy and chair of the Department of Economics at Harvard University.

In 1974 he spent a year working and studying in Israel along with students from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Colgate, Baylor and Oxford Universities. In 1975 he was a piano student of Art Bayer at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the late Herbert Hermann at the University of Memphis. He's played Steinway Hall in London and New York and included in the Steinway Registry.

David, a former member of the Fair Housing Committee of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors, dedicated himself to addressing the needs of fair housing while aggressively opposing and fighting predatory lending, unfair city and county property taxes and other acts of real estate fraud that harm homeowners. HIs real estate fraud blog was one of the most watched by industry pros during the subprime mortgage fallout .

On August 16, 1977 David was visiting Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, and left shortly before Elvis was found unconscious and taken to the hospital.

On January 8, 1993, Elvis' birthday, David was honored by Graceland and the United States Postal Service as the recipient of the first officially canceled Elvis Presley stamp and first day of issue envelope, recognized by the American Philatelic Society as a great national treasure and one of the most important pieces of postal history in the world.

As a stamp collector, David is a life member of the American Philatelic Society and the long-time crossword puzzle author for the most widely subscribed and read magazine in the world for stamp collectors, Linn's Stamp News. He has won numerous awards, certificates, trophies medallions and ribbons for his stamp collecting exhibits. He is a board member of the Memphis Stamp Collectors Society and an Ambassador to the American Philatelic Society, founded in 1886.