Got out at the wrong train station a few weeks ago quite my chance and found myself in West Hampstead instead of at Hampstead Heath. On a wall opposite the station exit was a huge mural of the singer Billy Fury – so I snapped a quick Instagram and dashed off a few random lines on this blog.
The post has since attracted comments from Billy Fury fans whose reponses ranged from puzzled and hurt to hilariously abusive. So it seems right to post a YouTube clip of Billy so other readers can make their minds up about a performer who, we can safely say, occupies a unique place in the affections of the British record-buying public.
Nobody could suggest a definitive performance showing Fury at his best, but this is the most-viewed clip of him on YouTube. Dick Glasser’s song “I Will” had been a minor US hit for Vic Dana in 1962 but Billy’s version made No.14 in the UK charts in April 1964 – the same month as “Can’t Buy Me Love” by The Beatles. This performance might possibly be from Ready Steady Go – I’ve tarted the audio quality up a bit in any case.
So what do you think?
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