Billy Fury

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Billy Fury was a prominent British rock and roll and pop singer of the late 1950s and 1960s, often regarded as one of the UK's first major homegrown rock stars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
pop singer
rock and roll musician
songwriter
activeYearsEnd 1983
activeYearsStart 1958
associatedAct Larry Parnes NERFINISHED
Marty Wilde NERFINISHED
The Blue Flames NERFINISHED
The Tornados NERFINISHED
birthName Ronald Wycherley NERFINISHED
burialPlace Mill Hill Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart failure
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1940-04-17
dateOfDeath 1983-01-28
describedAs one of the first British rock and roll stars
one of the most successful UK chart acts of the pre-Beatles era
genre pop
rock and roll
rockabilly
hasMemorial Billy Fury statue at Albert Dock, Liverpool NERFINISHED
influencedBy Eddie Cochran NERFINISHED
Elvis Presley NERFINISHED
Gene Vincent NERFINISHED
instrument vocals
notableAlbum The Sound of Fury NERFINISHED
We Want Billy! NERFINISHED
notableWork A Thousand Stars NERFINISHED
Colette NERFINISHED
Halfway to Paradise NERFINISHED
I Will NERFINISHED
In Thoughts of You NERFINISHED
It’s Only Make Believe NERFINISHED
Jealousy NERFINISHED
Last Night Was Made for Love NERFINISHED
Like I’ve Never Been Gone NERFINISHED
Maybe Tomorrow NERFINISHED
Once Upon a Dream NERFINISHED
Wondrous Place NERFINISHED
occupation actor
musician
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth England
Lancashire NERFINISHED
Liverpool NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath England
London, England
surface form: London
recordLabel Decca Records
Parlophone
stageName Billy Fury NERFINISHED

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