Halfway to Paradise was written by the great partnership of Carole King and Gerry Goffin and didn't Billy do them proud. A lovely looking guy who had a very good voice and stage persona. Billy loved animals and hopefully was very happy down on the farm. So stressful for anyone, especially when they are young to live with heart issues. Keep this lovely, talented man's memory alive by listening and sharing his music. Thanks for uploading
@kassimees
11 ай бұрын
I just recently discovered this amazing talented man and his music while surfing KZitem. So sad that Billy Fury passed away so young.
@robertmaceanruig6291
2 жыл бұрын
Billy Fury, am in my Seventies, I remember he was Great yes Great….. ✌️🍺😇🇬🇧🥃And still IS.
@billcleghorn751
4 жыл бұрын
Watched this tonite, I was a BIG fan of Billy Fury, and enjoyed this documentary very very much. I was 11 years old when he began his career, so sad he was taken so young.
@christrinder1255
4 жыл бұрын
I was a big fan of Billy Fury! He had a fantastic voice and stage presence! Best rock and roll singer songwriter in Britain probably ever and certainly of his generation RIP Billy👏👏👏💖💖💖
@olesrensen9828
4 жыл бұрын
What a sad feeling I had after watching this documentary. I grew up listening to Billy Fury and all the other names in the film, they were always played in the local youth club, and at home I had them on tape. So good to see them live and hearing the story behind all the songs. Brings back a lot of memories.
@robertmaceanruig6291
2 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this , yes history program on Billy Fury. Great. ✌️🍺😇🇬🇧
@TheWhitehall
11 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary. Ian Drury presents this very well. Lots of memories.
@maxwellironmonger5050
2 жыл бұрын
Saw him at Blackpool in 1959 in the original Oh Boy show.
@patriciawooler5485
Ай бұрын
Went to Billy,s grave last Saturday. It was so emotional 😢.... He was a humble man...had a great voice...Passed away far too young....Miss him so much...xx😢
@1950sTeddyboy
4 жыл бұрын
Billy was By Far the Greatest Performer UK has ever Produced
@MrHolwell
Жыл бұрын
Fabulous singer
@dragoscristi105
Жыл бұрын
Billy ...!!! The King Of Our Hearts ...!!!
@jessiejames7492
3 жыл бұрын
So sad abt his health problems. Saw that interview with Russell Harty. He was so down to earth.
@albertodf1234
2 жыл бұрын
Year 2023 and still missing the one and only Billy Fury
@rileybenstead3574
Жыл бұрын
Still listening to his records 22nd September 2023.
@Grifiki
10 жыл бұрын
"I still do the same today, and Billy was only a few months from my age in those days. I still sing his songs on Karaoke, but I had to serve my country in 1959 and was overseas when he was at his peak."
@msl381
5 жыл бұрын
wow, never realised what a star he was. what a voice. and gorgeous. a million times better than cliff.
@MrPaultopp
4 жыл бұрын
X X ..you 7th grade ? ....very childish comment
@brubeck1
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrPaultopp well there is some truth in it.
@fender1000100
4 жыл бұрын
Nobody is better than Cliff. He had the FIRST authentic rock roll record with MOVE IT. Fury never had that sound. They all learnt from Cliff. Cliff will forever be the king of British rock roll music. All the rest are wannabes.
@rp7159
3 жыл бұрын
@@fender1000100 but Billy had the authentic rockabilly sound in The Sound of Fury.
@peter190190
6 жыл бұрын
Great Omnibus programme, didn't know it existed. The greatest UK singer of 50/60s. First saw him at the Gaumont Cinema, St.Albans way back in 1961, on one of Parnes One Night Specials, all the UK rock and Roll stars were on the show., of about 80 one night gigs. Then only 3 years later Billy was starring at The Royal Albert Hall, London !! thanks shakinshane
@bluepetes
11 жыл бұрын
Great documentary R.I.P Billy
@feejohnson7128
10 жыл бұрын
brilliant documentary
@king77703
11 жыл бұрын
Wow, excellent, this man was superb, much better than Cliff.
@geoffreyhester2454
4 жыл бұрын
Great Singer billy fury RIp Mis you Got his cds
@MrPaultopp
4 жыл бұрын
What has Chris Richard got to do with anything? You nasty idiot
@king77703
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrPaultopp Who the hell is Chris Richard and who's a nasty idiot?
@stephanblack4558
4 жыл бұрын
Cliff was friends with Jimmy Saville say no more,
@dannyfriar5653
10 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Billy. One of Britain's greatest rockers. More people need to know about Billy Fury. The fact that John Lennon got Billy's autograph but didn't get Elvis's says a lot about the man.
@19seventy97
6 жыл бұрын
And The Beatles went to Graceland to meet Elvis.
@terrymole1511
5 жыл бұрын
Danny Friar in
@elvisleeboy
5 жыл бұрын
@@19seventy97 They actually met him at his other home in LA.
@19seventy97
5 жыл бұрын
I had read about them meeting, and the article stated it was Graceland, but you’re right. I know now that it was his Bel Air house.
@EddieCesc
10 жыл бұрын
Great,rockin´regards from Catalonia.
@herbertkay3507
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@kieranlloyd5446
6 жыл бұрын
My idol,my hero.
@raycook7465
2 жыл бұрын
I always thought ,Move it by Cliff Richard was the best Brit rock n roll song,but in hindsight I think Billy was the truest Rock n Roller from these shores 👍👍♥️♥️
@stevenmorris8325
2 жыл бұрын
You are correct. Move It is an excellent track but Billy was the greatest UK rocker ever. Also an amazing ballad singer.
@malcolmkindred9940
11 жыл бұрын
Us Teddyboys love our british rock 'n' rollers, Billy is in there xx
@rp7159
3 жыл бұрын
I wish Elvis had quit for a few years, got into shape, kicked the "medications" , got rid of his "friends". We might still have him.
@MrDeejay45
11 жыл бұрын
Will you lot please STOP comparing Billy to Elvis - There is NO comparison.
@19seventy97
6 жыл бұрын
Elvis is Elvis. Billy is Billy. They do not need to be compared.
@pyewackett5
4 жыл бұрын
@@christophercook723 Cliff aka Kitty ...
@usuk9316
4 жыл бұрын
@@christophercook723 love Cliff.
@GEricG
4 жыл бұрын
@@christophercook723 clearly not. He had lots of hits.
@lennon1482
Жыл бұрын
billy fury grew up 2 mins walk from ringo... park rd dingle
@ginacable5376
4 жыл бұрын
The Beatles and Cliff didn't have anything on Billy.
@ianbentley7276
4 жыл бұрын
don't be silly re The Beatles. Loved Billy though.
@vintagebrew1057
4 жыл бұрын
People are entitled to their opinion. Not everyone was into the Beatles and it should be OK to say so.
@weldman7164
6 жыл бұрын
Died at 42 just like ELVIS.
@MrPaultopp
4 жыл бұрын
weldman7164 and ?
@rp7159
3 жыл бұрын
"I'm spending the night with Larry...." 😂
@jackthelad-ou6zu
4 жыл бұрын
Did anyone see Alvin Stardust in a shot
@pyewackett5
4 жыл бұрын
You mean Shane Fenton ?? : )
@Janette_
4 жыл бұрын
jack thelad He is in the film Play it cool... sings a couple of tracks 👍🏻
@b1llyfury
9 ай бұрын
@@pyewackett5 you mean Bernard Jewery
@Grifiki
10 жыл бұрын
"Now 33yrs later and I'm still alive! People do really talk a lot of crap don't they!!"
@brian.7966
4 жыл бұрын
great singer but he tried to sound too much like Elvis which you can not of course.
@msl381
5 жыл бұрын
no doubt the greedy selfish women in his life bled him dry, as many do, which is why he was working right up to his death when he clearly was too ill
@b1llyfury
9 ай бұрын
?
@Ndlanding
4 жыл бұрын
He has not been missed much, has he?
@usuk9316
4 жыл бұрын
Yes he has
@angelasharpe6348
4 жыл бұрын
Yes he is missed and loved by his true fans .Regular meetings are held and a visit to the grave also .
@Ndlanding
4 жыл бұрын
@@angelasharpe6348 Oh. Sorry.
@philipcallicoat3801
2 жыл бұрын
A poor imitation of Elvis.😑
@princesshassim6009
4 жыл бұрын
Billy WAS good, no arguments here. Sadly a lot of his material wasn't as good as it was cracked up to be.
@valdudfield7007
2 жыл бұрын
Billy Fury was a fantastic singer 💜
@jaynesmith4194
3 жыл бұрын
Unforgettable. An Icon of the sixties. His songs followed me throughout my teens.
@kevinmcmahon2491
4 жыл бұрын
I saw him in 1961 in a Larry Parnes package show. Karl Denver had the graveyard slot before Billy and the audience - 70% girls - politely waited for Fury, And then the place erupted! He was probably Britain's best rock'n'roll singer of that era.
@elephantsmemory3142
4 жыл бұрын
Karl Denver your going back a bit there pal
@barryhunt8527
4 жыл бұрын
He was the best one we had. Long live Rock n Roll. Still play all his stuff 55 years later. Every bit as good as Elvis and better than Cliff and the rest 👍😁🕺
@philsooty5421
4 жыл бұрын
He was so bloody handsome it made guy's like me sick unless you where lucky enough to look like him you didn't have much chance with the girls who just went gaga over him, not only that his voice was out of this world, such a shame he left us so early
@qiviutqueen5705
2 жыл бұрын
So much i didn't know about him. What a fabulous guy he was & so Good Looking. Poor soul RIP you talented down to Earth man I know you REALLY enjoyed the time you had & that in itself is precious & sometimes enough. RIP.
@nervo6321
4 жыл бұрын
Dont know a hell of a lot about Billy Fury.....but he was certainly held in high esteem by his peers Beatles included......but love the atmospheric Wonderous place.....and his statue in Liverpool....
@garystevens181
3 жыл бұрын
I love them all Eddie'. Cochran and gene vincent and buddy Holly and elvis
@janetbeavington5515
4 жыл бұрын
I am crying now after watching this so sad that Billy went too soon. So much talent and such a kind and lovely man its true what they say THE GOOD DIE YOUNG. RIP with the angels xxx
@williamblack2732
4 жыл бұрын
Billy was there for me along with the Everly bros and Ken Lewis just the best. How time Has flown wish it had never ended 1950'S 1960's the best love Janet xxx rip
@raycooke312
Жыл бұрын
A master of his trade. immensely talented and entertaining. Died young and too soon but always remembered.
@felixfedre518
4 жыл бұрын
As so often happens, one of the biggest creators never benefits. Those who seem meant for stardom from childhood very often die young which is unfair.
@blackknight7072
4 жыл бұрын
Billy fury was the best of British rock think Elvis swagger crossed with Eddie Cochran the musician this is what you have.
@htlong6993
5 жыл бұрын
Billy Fury was a legend. He was Britain' Elvis. Excellent talent. Two Thumbs Up!
@josephbarber8719
2 жыл бұрын
Billy Fury stands out as his own talent He is better than elvis
@chrishumphries1325
2 жыл бұрын
One nice Guy, Billy Fury, one of the finest 👌 singer of the 60,s. If Billy was around this time, he would have still be in the chart,,s. R.I.P. BILLY FURY.
@elvisleeboy
5 жыл бұрын
He became a much better singer later on when he dropped the bad Elvis impersonation/American accent and used his own fantastic voice.
@philipmanning7352
4 жыл бұрын
My mum used to say put Billy Fury on and I did and we both used to sing Halfway to Paradise along with the him
@joevee5590
4 жыл бұрын
I grew up listening to true rock and roll. I was born in '78. I love Maybe tomorrow and a thousand stars. His voice is romantic, truthful. He sounds like he sings those words to touch your soul. I have just introduced my 11yr old to his music and now it is on repeat. What a sad loss to British music, leaving this world so young. His music needs to be celebrated more, I don't feel he is given the star status deserved. Very handsome fellas at that too..he did well to be around in the time of elvis, cliff and the Beatles. His music and songs are as.relevant now as back then. The days when music and songs were natural and true, gritty and from the heart & soul.
@joycebarker2288
3 жыл бұрын
Born 1944.Followed Billy...
@TheTony70504
2 жыл бұрын
@Joe..Nice to hear a Whippersnapper to appreciate quality, and good music lol
@joevee5590
2 жыл бұрын
@Tony.k thank you haha 44yrs young :-)
@joevee5590
2 жыл бұрын
@Tony.k it's true about Billy though, his voice silky and smooth. Halfway to paradise is just such a lovely song. You feel the mood and intentions of the words x Ed Sheeran is probably one of the current artists to do this now
@TheTony70504
2 жыл бұрын
@@joevee5590 Couldn't agree more Joe. Billy was unique. Back In 1982 Billy came to my home town. He was in a Resturant/Cafe I had the privilege of talking to him for an hour..He was with his manager .Billy was looking at vintage cars, and buying Horses .He was telling me about the early days, with Cliff and Marty Wyld...Such a humble man. Less than a year later he died..I got a DVD Documentary on ebay £3.99..It takes you back to his childhood .Its amazing I think you will enjoy it..Let me know Joe if you get it.
@colinrobbins4095
5 жыл бұрын
he earned that statue he has singer songwriter guitarist the guy had it all he did not need a no1 record he was no1 rip
@GlowingDimensions
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this. BIlly was a wonderful and kind talent :)
@billdev2007
10 жыл бұрын
A great documentary about a GREAT!!! talent!!! - Billy Fury a TRUE LEGEND!!!!
@valerielapesch7620
2 жыл бұрын
Rip billy fury
@stormytempest6521
Жыл бұрын
40yrs gone BILLY LAD, BUT NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN. 🎸
@stevenmorris8325
Жыл бұрын
We will never forget him
@clifffor1179
4 жыл бұрын
Never got the rivalry that there is with Billy Fury fans who put Cliff down to build Billy up I've never heard Cliff fans running Billy down. Billy and Cliff were both great why can't we appreciate the talents of both?
@royandjacqueline1294
2 жыл бұрын
Amen ❤️ Beautifully said 💞 We love Rock n Roll Buddy Holly Elvis Bill Haley Brenda Lee Billy Fury Little Richard Cliff Richard Helen Shapiro Eddie Cochrane Chuck Berry Connie Francis Gene Vincent Fats Domino and all the other greats 🥰🇯🇲🏴🕊️🔥✝️
@josephbarber8719
2 жыл бұрын
This Billy fan likes Cliff too and all early uk rock nroll johnny kidd Never heard of any rivalry Both billy and Cliff hardly ever get played on radio so idiots who run radio stations
@angelaarnold3740
Жыл бұрын
Saw him LIVE in Concert. Tremendous." Always Remembered" With Love 💗 Angela Arnold.
@MrDeejay45
11 жыл бұрын
Billy Fury was the King of British Rock'n'Roll, bar none.
@MrPaultopp
4 жыл бұрын
MrDeejay45 ....yeh yeh they are all kings ,Prince, Queen of pop, etc etc ...to me he was ONE OF THE GREATS
@theelvisguru9490
4 жыл бұрын
Cliff is just no comparison to the great Billy Fury
@jrgboy
4 жыл бұрын
Didn't think they were ever rivals, they had a different audience..
@pyewackett5
4 жыл бұрын
Billy well & truly wiped the floor with that creep
@usuk9316
4 жыл бұрын
@@pyewackett5 ok you don't like Cliff but you don't have to be so nasty.
@pyewackett5
4 жыл бұрын
@@usuk9316 Just wait until he kicks the bucket. Then it will all spill out. A paragon of virtue Kitty ain't.
@nthglasScotland
5 жыл бұрын
Me mam in Brum was a big fan of Billy. So am I. This music is before I was born,. I love Billy's music, like Helen Shapiro, Kathy Kirby & of course, Aunty Priscilla of Scotland Road. QUALITY singers, QUALITY, BRITISH people?
@MrPaultopp
4 жыл бұрын
This video was put here about Billy Fury ...NOT to compare him with cliff Richards .......like fools have , just enjoy
@ginacable5376
3 жыл бұрын
Shut up moron commenting on everyone elses remarks.
@davecooke914
2 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace billy great singer worked pubs in Liverpool always sung billy fury halfway to paradise made people happy still hear his songs 👍
@cotswoldcuckoo775
6 жыл бұрын
And yes there is now a statue of him on Liverpool waterfront and I'm glad to say I've a picture of meself next to it. Rock on Billy !
@garymatthews9730
4 жыл бұрын
And me!
@stwads
7 жыл бұрын
I had the privilege of seeing Billy live in the 70's. A great show but he was painfully thin. Everybody loved him!
@Joyce-Barker
4 жыл бұрын
used to follow him all over in the 60,s..
@berylallen8593
4 жыл бұрын
@@Joyce-Barker I saw Billy Fury In the late 60s in Yarmouth with Marty Wilde Spoke to Billy he was so very polite loved him
@peterdownes8486
4 жыл бұрын
Billy fury was a great talent ,I was in a local pop band when I was 18 and played harmonica,billy had the same agent as we did and I met him in a recording studio in London and we backed him in a couple of gigs in the Midlands,,great days and a lovely kind guy with a huge talent
@catman4471
4 жыл бұрын
There was a terrific mural of Billy Fury at the entrance to an alleyway in West Hampstead which was named Billy Fury way after a public poll. He used to rehearse in a nearby studio in Broadhurst gardens.
@franciscocarrillo8759
3 жыл бұрын
Billy fury grandes tus canciones no morirán nunca
@terencericketts8017
5 жыл бұрын
visited Liverpool about 6 week's ago and photographed the statue of Billy fury on the waterfront.
@garymatthews9730
4 жыл бұрын
Me also - Albert Docks.
@katielowe1476
4 жыл бұрын
Still listen to Billy on CDs..he was a talented lad one of Merseysides best talents ❤
@ketchup5344
5 жыл бұрын
There's a little alley way in West Hampstead, London called Billy Fury way. There's a great painting of him on the wall. One of the deffinitive sixties singers ✌🏽👍
@darganx
4 жыл бұрын
Camden council painted over it! Just round the corner of the old Decca studios.. a lot of history in that building
@llewellynwilliams1956
4 жыл бұрын
he was good
@maxineneild7352
5 жыл бұрын
My god he sings so much like Elvis wow ama Liverpool girl an I didn’t no who this singer is I fell across this by accident ama big Beatles an Elvis fan am going to luck this fella up he’s brilliant
@stormytempest3907
5 жыл бұрын
Was a nice person as well, not big headed, not at all, if you had met him you'd have liked him as a person, mild mannered and polite.
@kennethhalls8062
3 жыл бұрын
Best singer to come out of liverpool
@martin77722
6 жыл бұрын
billy fury what can we say there will never be another a truely one off performer keep his memory alive love you billy
@MrPaultopp
4 жыл бұрын
Paul Martin bit dramatic don’t you think?
@michaeldavies9533
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your time on earth glad I was around to hear and see you in concert,you were the best,RIP.
@bettyburke8653
4 жыл бұрын
Love
@cathysorbo444
10 жыл бұрын
Although I was born in the same era - I had no idea of your background apart from your amazing singles but now after watching this documentary I can see the real man behind the songs - God Bless You Billy - now I can see what they mean when they say that the good always die young!! You were blessed!!
@simonandrew8268
4 жыл бұрын
Good documentary enjoyed it.
@lawsonclout3459
7 жыл бұрын
What a Talent Billy was, Fantastic !
@robharding1957
11 жыл бұрын
so talented so natural and very original,,a recipe for success,,what ,s always baffled me is he never reached number 1,,,now that,s strange isn,t it,
@amauribarbosa2832
5 жыл бұрын
I'm had many records and cd's in my collection of Billy Fury with great proud!!!
@king77703
10 жыл бұрын
One day, people will realise how good Billy Fury was.
@badgoggles6873
5 жыл бұрын
We can only dream
@michaelhampton9493
4 жыл бұрын
I realise how good Billy was and still is. If he'd been looked after in the right way he'd have been bigger than Cliff.
@carolewilson1311
4 жыл бұрын
They did ,do ,and will in the future RIP Billy's lovely man
@hondablack1
4 жыл бұрын
Better than Elvis. Miles better than Cliff.
@IsaacAsimov1992
3 жыл бұрын
@@hondablack1 Hard to argue with that. (even though Elvis and Cliff were amazing) Billy and John Lennon, both born Liverpool 1940. Lennon became much more famous but had *uck-all talent compared to Billy. Lennon was an arrogant smartarse. Billy such a nice humble guy.
@CockneyRebel1979
5 жыл бұрын
This bloke was our answer to Elvis, over here in the U.K., end of bloody story!
@usuk9316
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Where in London are you
@usuk9316
4 жыл бұрын
Cockney?
@ThinkBritishEnglish
4 жыл бұрын
And he was a songwriter and a pretty good one...Elvis wasn't ... Elvis was a good interpreter of other writers songs.
@northnsouth6813
4 жыл бұрын
At 48.58 that's a young Jimmy Page on guitar.
@michaelhampton9493
10 жыл бұрын
Great video. Nice comments from The late Ian Dury. Billy was what British popular music was all about.
@tinapatton7346
4 жыл бұрын
BBC-TV, Ominibus, 1998. Arty, Sharp, Mean Moody Rockin' 50s Rebels - Gone Too Soon. James Dean, Stu Sutcliffe, Billy Fury!!!
@john86779
6 жыл бұрын
my idol in my teens the best was billy r i p billy
@argieav
4 жыл бұрын
26:23 bloke says , 'Billy was younger than any of the Beatles ' - Er, no.
@stormytempest3907
4 жыл бұрын
Was in the same class at school as Richard Starkey...... Ringo Starr.
@isaanman5399
3 жыл бұрын
Brian Gregg is that guys name. Billy Fury, Lennon & Ringo all born in 1940 but Billy the oldest by months, McCartney was 1942 & Harrison 1943.
@maureenbernhardt1934
4 жыл бұрын
Loved this guy
@peterwood-jenkins3634
4 жыл бұрын
NICE GUY well suited to those years
@zigzagwanderer9531
5 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Billy's later vocal work appears to have heavily influenced Vivian Stanshall
@dylanfarrugia759
11 жыл бұрын
IM CRYING HE S MY HERO IM A DJ FROM MALTA CHARLES CORDINA YOU MADE MY DAY WITH THIS DOCUMENTARY REALLY GREAT THANKS SHAKINSHANE XXX
@dannyc.jewell8788
4 жыл бұрын
Now I know What killer means
@shanellekay8263
4 жыл бұрын
Sad loss r i p billy
@annsmyth3840
6 жыл бұрын
my fav singer rip billy
@Grifiki
10 жыл бұрын
"Yes, when most of these guys had lost their voices, I had just found mine. They all my juniors by at least a few months!!"
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