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My Take
Billy Fury fascinates me as the Liverpool kid who got to rock and roll before the city's most famous export did. Spending 332 weeks on the UK singles chart is no fluke, and tracks like "Wondrous Place" still carry a smouldering, almost cinematic cool that a lot of his peers never managed. I respect that he didn't stop at the microphone either, stepping convincingly into film roles as rock performers. Dying at just 42 feels like a song cut off mid-verse. To me he's one of those artists whose brevity sharpens the legend rather than dimming it, and he deserves to be remembered far beyond Britain.
Overview
Ronald Wycherley (17 April 1940 – 28 January 1983), known professionally as Billy Fury, was an English musician. An early star of rock and roll, he spent 332 weeks on the UK singles chart. His hit singles include "Wondrous Place", "Halfway to Paradise" and "Jealousy". Fury also maintained a film career, notably playing rock performers in Play It Cool in 1962 and That'll Be the Day in 1973.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Billy Fury
- Name (Japanese)
- ビリー・フューリー
- Reading
- びりー・ふゅーりー
- Born
- April 17, 1940 – January 28, 1983
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Dragon
- Origin
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / singer-songwriter / rock singer / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.