im 15 years old and ive lived with this song for 15 years <3 he is a true spirit with a great charm to his talent may he rip this is the real music unlike the garbage we hear today <3
what a beautiful song by the british sensational billy fury alot of people think that cliff richard was the close british version of elvis presley but me and my family say billy fury was closer than cliff richard rip billy fury ur the best
Beautiful song and a lovely clip from Play it Cool! Billy was Britain's first and best Rocker. Remembered with love and affection always. Thanks for posting. RIP BILLY. MISS YOU.
Lovely clip from Pay it Cool! Thanks for sharing. The great Billy Fury looking absolutely beautiful and in great voice. Really miss you Billy. Wish you were still with us! Rest in Peace we love you.
Billy had the charisma and the style to charm the birds off the trees. My Army mate used to copy his hair style and pretend he Billy Fury, and while I played the records he would walk up and down our billet singing with a toilet brush as a mic, and only stopping by his girlfriend's photo to give her a kiss. Sadly though, Billy suffered from poor health which shortened his singing career.
WOW! never seen this before and..well WOW! I met the guy in the late 70s he was singing in Night clubs with a great group, My ex wife got his autograph and he had loads of time for his fans! Great guy, Great upload and thx!! Keep Rockin! Ian
BILLY FURY so gorgeous and so talented. Taken so young. So sad , Miss you Billy so much. You were the best and so underrated. LONGEVITY has a lot to do with being Knighted!! rip Billy.
I just found out about Billy Fury recently and i can see why they call him the English Elvis they really look a lot alike and their mannerisms are almost the same but i'd have to say Fury copied Elvis because Elvis was around a few years before Billy Fury but i like them both.
OMG,,,my nana,,,told me about billy fury,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,seen a boy in Canada on vacation,,,who was like billy and tom jones all wrapped up in one kissable bunble,,,,andy probyn,,,,wow,,,,sings like billy
Great voice. It is also interesting to note the differing social interaction between the two genders - contrasted to the brash, and in your face culture of today. At 1:05 when Billy is wooing his girl, she glances away coyly. Today, many women normally seek to put the man ‘down’ if he were to approach them, in a social situation, with even the merest hint of confidence! Sad really. I preferred it then - when men (on the whole) treated women with respect and women treated men with dignity.
America had Elvis as Rock n Roll revolution.......The UK had Cliff Richard, the Beatles ( before mainstream record label) and the music world found Billy Fury......
Billy Fury and his manager Larry Parnes went looking for a new backing group for Fury around 1960, after he got rid of his band The Blue Flames. One of the groups that "failed" that audition, mainly because Parnes asked them to do a song without their bass player, who was very inept at bass playing, were The Beatles. The bass player was Stu Sutcliffe. True story.
I can relate to the song very strongly because I met the most beautiful girl in my dream and can't stop thinking or dreaming about her. Thank you Billy for such a great song.
This is really good High quality sound and video and I remember "That'll be the Day" and Butlins holiday camp around then. It's sad he was so overworked which his heart could not keep up with but never forgotten. Thanks for great file. I want to go out now and buy a Triumph Bonneville motorbike hehe :)
WHAT A BRILL TIME The 60's were just starting and it was magic to live through. The pirates and Caroline, all day music.Summers which seemed hot with parties and fun fun. Why did it end. They seemed simple times. No terrorism like today, No wags, overpaid footies, crazy bankers, girls and boys who drink to much. Oh we drank but we handled it so much better. Drugs, well i never saw any. I am 61 and I find myself reflecting on these times more and more. Oh if I could go back and have the energy
WHAT A BRILL TIME The 60's were just starting and it was magic to live through. The pirates and Caroline, all day music.Summers which seemed hot with parties and fun fun. Why did it end. They seemed simple times. No terrorism like today, No wags, overpaid footies, crazy bankers, girls and boys who drink to much. Oh we drank but we handled it so much better. Drugs, well i never saw any. I am 61 and I find myself reflecting on these times more and more. Oh if I could go back and have the energy.
Great that this music is still available on Youtube. Thanks for posting. We never had a tv back then and the BBC wouldn't play it. We had to try to listen on Radio Luxembourg which was impossible in the summer months. Now we can hear it any time! Great!
Minnie the Music in the 60s was what i grew up with and i also heard the 50s my parents used to play no decade will match the 50s and 60s and this one sends me shingling i love this one my favourite of billy fury although he had so many hits but i agree x
this music is so touching to the heart! i'm 15 and wow this is amazing! i love it! p.s the music today is just a waste of bloody time! oldies forever!
Billy Fury was a fantastic songwriter who had problems selling his songs, so started singing them himself, he wrote some great songs and sadly died in 1983he never wanted to be a singer, but i for one am glad nobody bought his music he had a fantastic talent that would have been lost...
remember seeing the film because 2 friends wanted to see it, she liked him he liked her but wanted me with them don't know why, but promised to make sure the lad I liked join us in our road the next night, the joy of being young in the early 60's, that wouldn't happen today.
My grandad told me all about music in the 60's and to be honast I can't get enough. I should have been born in the 50's - 60's instead of the 90's so I could listen to all this fabulous music. x
@MinnieMouseRoks I felt sad knowing that I am nearing 60 in age but after readng your comment, I felt rejunevated. What the heck! So what I am growing old. At least I grew up with Billy Fury, Helen Shapiro, Cilla Black, The Beatles, The Animals and all those great singers/groups of the '60's era. Thanks, young lady.
@bollockowithalob I have to confess that I never heard of The Macc Lads until I saw your comment. Sort of gave up on the music scene to concentrate my time and energy building my career and home when I reached my thirties (that was in the 80's). Now with much free time and the internet and whatnot, I am slowly drifting back and do enjoy some of the current people who make the music scene: Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum etc. As for The Macc Lads, I shall surely try them out.
@bollockowithalob I live in a South East Asian country (a former British colony) and was in a law enforcement agency for about 30 years. I retired 4 years ago. You asked about a hearing aid factory. Do I feel a bit of sarcasm there or are you trying to be funny? Do not worry, I do not feel offended. Anyway, I do not know if there is anyone manufacturing hearing aids in my country. Thanks for the exchange.
Check out 'At the Indie Disco', by Divine Comedy; 'Action Man', by Hafdis Huld; 'The World Should Revolve Around Me', by Little Jackie; ('I'm) Throwing my arms around Paris', by Morrissey. For a golden oldie, how about 'Don't Drive Drunk', by Stevie Wonder?
@garner780 While you enjoy old songs, I believe you should also appreciate present-day artistes who are great talents. Artistes like Alicia Keys and Taylor Smith. Of course there are others but I have to really crack my head before I can name them.
@paddy6062 Some of the present-day artistes are really good; they can compose wonderful songs, they have good voices and most of all, they can really, really sing. These two strike me: Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift. They have written very good songs which in the future might/would be termed classics. I believe today's young people should appreciate them before they and the artistes grow old. Well, its my opinion and you may beg to differ
@erickonsim got to say most of 2days chart music is rubbish auto tone,computerized beats,meaningless lyrics,just to give you a few rihanna,katy perry,gaga,black eyed peas,ndubz,chris brown,kesha,only good we have now is adele,bruno mars n the 2 who ya said
@bownkirk Thanks for your comment. You may have your point there. I, too, have my own opinions about the artistes you wrote so negatively about but I'd rather keep them to myself. I'm glad at least you have a few good things to say about those singers you mentioned. God bless!
Yes, I long for the Sixties and it's music. I've been searching for this song. It's so lovely, and to this day I never forgot it. Just love it. And Billy. He had his own unique style.
@MinnieMouseRoks I was there and the music was great. We thought it would never end. It did in 1970... until now. what made rock and roll so good then, is there was thousands of little companies competing. Now that is back with the internet. See 200 of the very best in Big List, best of the net music. Time for a revolution in music (and all the arts) and it's happening.
@MinnieMouseRoks Same! I was born in 1996 and like The Shadows, Cliff Richard, Roy Orbison, Billy Fury, Marty Wilde etc. This songs a classic though!!! :P
great singer ,gone too soon.. i bought a cd on e bay of billys best hits,,,funny though the cd is nowhere as good sounding as billys songs on youtube,
@dgenr88 This is an original Decca recording.You may have the inferior
K-Tel re-recordings-look at the CD small print.You have to get the original Decca/Universal recordings(Amazon has them) to hear Britain's best rock 'n roll singer.
Brilliant singer, brilliant song. he was unique, a fantastic voice, much better than Cliff. And such humility too, I always enjoyed listening to his interviews, they were far and few between. A very sad story, he fought his illness with courage. Bravo Billy
Billy was a star ..... period .... not the brash like so called stars of today who have the technology to overcome perfection. Ronald Wycherley was as you see him, even though in later years he suffered with his medical problems .... and I don't mean drugs.
There is a statue on Liverpool docks, his home city, commemoration his achievements, which were many in his day. Thanks for the memory Billy.
I always play Halfway To Paradise at my gigs and it people still love it. A guy at my work had a band and they used to back the big Amercican stars when they toured England-Johnny Cash, Gene Vincent etc and they would stay in a van on matresses, whilst the stars stayed in a nice hotel. But when they backed our own homegrown talent, Billy Fury, he always payed for them to stay in a hotel too. Must have been a great guy. I love this song, Billys vocal is so genuine. God Bless Billy.
he was our british elvis...be proud and lsten to all his songs...he wrote nearly all of them...elvisdidnt!!!but i am a big fan of elvis..gorgous guy and really did change the music scene for ever...but billy u rock
God, this takes me back, suits n slim -jim ties, Brylcreem, two-tone shoes if you were daring, coffee bars, Hasty Tasty, Gaumont, Broadway, Forum and Odeon Cinemas, Ice blue Wranglers black combs, Guards Ciggies, Toothpicks, girls who smelled of Silvakrin shampoo! (I know; "Poor old sod ... put him out of his misery!"
The former Ronald Wycherley. A huge star in the early 60s, but he never managed a UK no 1. I believe his biggest chart hit was Jealousy, but by a long way, his most famous recording was his version of Halfway To Paradise.
After the Beatles came along, his career went into decline. I think he was in the film That'll Be The Day, but he died quite suddenly in 1983.
Billy Fury Had Such An Amazing Voice He Is A True Legend.
Peteyvale 3 weeks ago 2
love it like it thanks
mrdee11091 3 weeks ago
What a beautiful song from the legendary Billy Fury
mrcjrowe 1 month ago
The film was called: Play it Cool.
1billyfury 1 month ago
billy is king
doowopper64 1 month ago
Billy Fury ... Great. What songs he made. I'm 64 but had his photos on wall. Still play his records. What a loss.
Horlicks47 1 month ago
"Just like I brought Cliff here a few years ago, I'm going to try and revive Billy! ' I can Sing" dozens tell me so;who know's?"
Grifiki 1 month ago
what was the film called???
the89boi 2 months ago
@the89boi "Play it cool" 1962.
Also had a young Ray Brooks playing one of his mates/band members.
Film is not bad and worth a watch if you have never seen it
26highstreet 1 month ago
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mrcjrowe 2 months ago
Really nicely produced record, the reverb on his voice sounds superb.
consul1957 2 months ago
im 15 years old and ive lived with this song for 15 years <3 he is a true spirit with a great charm to his talent may he rip this is the real music unlike the garbage we hear today <3
prettyprinsses5 2 months ago 2
who else got into billy fury because of morrissey ?
SuperChris2k10 2 months ago
@SuperChris2k10 yeah you got me ,my mum used to say morrisey ripped him off, bout 20
years ago had to check him out finally she was right
35mrgerard 1 month ago
what a beautiful song by the british sensational billy fury alot of people think that cliff richard was the close british version of elvis presley but me and my family say billy fury was closer than cliff richard rip billy fury ur the best
TheKingdarron 3 months ago 2
I'm 32 & I love this!. Just discovering British rock n roll and I think Billy is great start..
LordGeorgeRodney 3 months ago
This is music!!
paulmccartney7ElvisP 3 months ago
Billy has got the voice-quality.
joosman123 4 months ago
Britains best!
nighthawk6298 4 months ago
I loved Billy Fury..such a shame he died so young..
sheilamary55 4 months ago
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@sheilamary55 they all do
bensimps123 3 months ago
Oh, my God, CHRIS123445!!!! I must have gone to heaven and come back again. I wish I could live forever after listening to this song.
rednova55 4 months ago
3 have never had that dream.. x
TaxiRED 4 months ago 8
FANTASTIC - This song is absolutly geil
ALFMAN55 5 months ago
how much this lad looks likes elvis well i expect that age every 1 wnted 2 b him all the best billy well dne lad
anthonycbbn 5 months ago
Beautiful song and a lovely clip from Play it Cool! Billy was Britain's first and best Rocker. Remembered with love and affection always. Thanks for posting. RIP BILLY. MISS YOU.
billyfuryfan64 5 months ago
so cute xx
rubyreay 5 months ago
song is class and im only 14 ;) me dad sing it all the time :)
diamondfoxxx1 6 months ago
yes isnts just and im only 35 xx
2005imogen 6 months ago
great song .fab .kath
frodo593 6 months ago
Wonderful man. Lovely voice. Have been listening all weekend.
sandyarrow 6 months ago
1950s-60s = 1000 legend singers
2000s = maybe 10 ? :/
paulmccartney7ElvisP 6 months ago
Lovely clip from Pay it Cool! Thanks for sharing. The great Billy Fury looking absolutely beautiful and in great voice. Really miss you Billy. Wish you were still with us! Rest in Peace we love you.
billyfuryfan64 7 months ago
Billy had the charisma and the style to charm the birds off the trees. My Army mate used to copy his hair style and pretend he Billy Fury, and while I played the records he would walk up and down our billet singing with a toilet brush as a mic, and only stopping by his girlfriend's photo to give her a kiss. Sadly though, Billy suffered from poor health which shortened his singing career.
macvatu 7 months ago
WOW! never seen this before and..well WOW! I met the guy in the late 70s he was singing in Night clubs with a great group, My ex wife got his autograph and he had loads of time for his fans! Great guy, Great upload and thx!! Keep Rockin! Ian
memorylane1980s 7 months ago
Billy Fury! Looking VERY HANDSOME here. ! Lovely song so romantic! Not like todays stuff. What a shame! I absolutely adore Billy. RIP Sweet Billy.
5151emily 7 months ago
he was georgeous what a waste
sylvie833 7 months ago
BILLY FURY so gorgeous and so talented. Taken so young. So sad , Miss you Billy so much. You were the best and so underrated. LONGEVITY has a lot to do with being Knighted!! rip Billy.
5151emily 8 months ago
I love this song and he was so sexxxy wow
sylvie833 8 months ago
a true legand wrote with his heart and sang truely my hero and always will be
davey3872 8 months ago
Billy Fury a handsome man and he could sing so beauiful , The video was great . Thank you for posting.
kathycantrellbrown 8 months ago
do you have a mp3 for this song? its totally awesome =)
muuger1 9 months ago
My parents have been married 50 years this year and this song still holds the very same sentiment to my Dad as it did all those years ago.
Love you millions Mum and Dad x
258Katie 9 months ago
Love this song
Thanks for uploading
Touches my heart
1954LincolnV8 9 months ago
RJFSHADOWMUSIC, this was from the film 'Play it Cool'.
Candleflower100 9 months ago
TIMELESS.THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
perransands 9 months ago
Was this from a film?
RJFSHADOWSMUSIC 10 months ago
This is great. I am not familiar with his music. But I am gonna be !!!
CHECKMATEJASPER 11 months ago
I just found out about Billy Fury recently and i can see why they call him the English Elvis they really look a lot alike and their mannerisms are almost the same but i'd have to say Fury copied Elvis because Elvis was around a few years before Billy Fury but i like them both.
fatjud1 11 months ago
as a young teenager my two heroes were elvis presley and billy fury,who both died too soon if only we could turn back time
duapate 1 year ago
"And I still sing better even now 50yrs later!!!" No this is the truth!!!!! He's dead. I still live.
Grifiki 1 year ago
fantastic
bluesareus 1 year ago
can someone tell me when this was released
polly12334 1 year ago
@polly12334 The movie "Play It Cool" was released in 1962.
granbranfan 1 year ago
this is from the film,play it cool,the first movie directed by micheal winner.
xandy1959 1 year ago
An angel for sure...dearest Billy...hope to see you again one day in Heaven.
granbranfan 1 year ago
In memory of my dad this christmas..Neal Kennedy, who was a big Billy Fury fan..missed this day and every day by his three boys..xxx
MadOnElvis 1 year ago
im his son
2901razor 1 year ago
Billy Fury was downright gorgeous.
jobirgheidi 1 year ago
Brill x
TheHottoddy731 1 year ago
i bought this when it came out/seems like yesterday
jokerman105 1 year ago
heaven !
drstevie 1 year ago 14
How can that girl resist him??
MinnieMouseRoks 1 year ago 2
@MikeMuk1 thank you xx
MinnieMouseRoks 1 year ago
Cool as fuck..Best British Rocker..
SpeedTriple59 1 year ago
My sister married a guy who looked like BF I think this was his best song
robertbuk100 1 year ago
OMG,,,my nana,,,told me about billy fury,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,seen a boy in Canada on vacation,,,who was like billy and tom jones all wrapped up in one kissable bunble,,,,andy probyn,,,,wow,,,,sings like billy
CARLING1840 1 year ago
he had the edge on a lot of singers,dont forget he could write songs.but health held him back.u.ks elvis.
lympia3 1 year ago
Great voice. It is also interesting to note the differing social interaction between the two genders - contrasted to the brash, and in your face culture of today. At 1:05 when Billy is wooing his girl, she glances away coyly. Today, many women normally seek to put the man ‘down’ if he were to approach them, in a social situation, with even the merest hint of confidence! Sad really. I preferred it then - when men (on the whole) treated women with respect and women treated men with dignity.
Christiansoldiering 1 year ago
wish i wasn't born in '93. :(
kez259 1 year ago
this is my favorite by billy, he was the greatest !!!!!!!!, i hum or sing this song on a daily basis.
candyman7007 1 year ago
this is my favorite by billy, he was the greatest !!!!!!!!
candyman7007 1 year ago
this is my favorite by billy
candyman7007 1 year ago
Nice video and site
thomascow1 1 year ago
America had Elvis as Rock n Roll revolution.......The UK had Cliff Richard, the Beatles ( before mainstream record label) and the music world found Billy Fury......
guyridley2505 1 year ago
cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
what? ++++++++++++++++++++
hotdog4sex 1 year ago
Love this, Billy Fury was great!
wenshadow1 1 year ago
Billy Fury and his manager Larry Parnes went looking for a new backing group for Fury around 1960, after he got rid of his band The Blue Flames. One of the groups that "failed" that audition, mainly because Parnes asked them to do a song without their bass player, who was very inept at bass playing, were The Beatles. The bass player was Stu Sutcliffe. True story.
mattsabby 1 year ago
Awsome song from an awsome singer better than elvis
shinto30 1 year ago 2
my uncle frank luvs this song
my2884 1 year ago
I can relate to the song very strongly because I met the most beautiful girl in my dream and can't stop thinking or dreaming about her. Thank you Billy for such a great song.
woodpeckerboy1234 1 year ago
Great Music--Billy Fury tops
eemjmm 1 year ago
His hair is so cool!
SuperGamer87 1 year ago
This is really good High quality sound and video and I remember "That'll be the Day" and Butlins holiday camp around then. It's sad he was so overworked which his heart could not keep up with but never forgotten. Thanks for great file. I want to go out now and buy a Triumph Bonneville motorbike hehe :)
Paxtoranious 1 year ago
Hat* x
MinnieMouseRoks 1 year ago
Who's the guy in the black hay playing the guitar??? zx
MinnieMouseRoks 1 year ago
@MinnieMouseRoks
His name is Michael Anderson Jnr. He was in "The Greatest Story Ever Told".
MikeMuk1 1 year ago
he was so georgous.... loved him so much......music was fabulous/
sanberyl 1 year ago
Best song ever in all time.
antking1117 1 year ago
Sad he died so young, great singer, love ya Billy :) X
Valerie661 1 year ago
@bluerondoo Good!! :D x
MinnieMouseRoks 1 year ago
he had the voice and the looks,but sadly taken from us too soon
WOODBINEXX 1 year ago
The greatest British Rock and Roll singer !st Class
burnley5960 1 year ago
Billy Fury The Very Best
burnley5960 1 year ago
love this song
cazzy1123 1 year ago
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UnicornVamp2125 1 year ago
this is an absolutely amazing song
cazzy1123 1 year ago
I love this song so much, there will never be a song like this and singer like Billy again. x
Christacan 1 year ago
@Christacan top notch english...top guy...plagued with ill health...my no 1
john111257 1 year ago
music of the highest quality
garyhunt07 1 year ago
Elvis68100 I know right :) xx
MinnieMouseRoks 1 year ago
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WHAT A BRILL TIME The 60's were just starting and it was magic to live through. The pirates and Caroline, all day music.Summers which seemed hot with parties and fun fun. Why did it end. They seemed simple times. No terrorism like today, No wags, overpaid footies, crazy bankers, girls and boys who drink to much. Oh we drank but we handled it so much better. Drugs, well i never saw any. I am 61 and I find myself reflecting on these times more and more. Oh if I could go back and have the energy
TheDavidjoy 1 year ago
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WHAT A BRILL TIME The 60's were just starting and it was magic to live through. The pirates and Caroline, all day music.Summers which seemed hot with parties and fun fun. Why did it end. They seemed simple times. No terrorism like today, No wags, overpaid footies, crazy bankers, girls and boys who drink to much. Oh we drank but we handled it so much better. Drugs, well i never saw any. I am 61 and I find myself reflecting on these times more and more. Oh if I could go back and have the energy.
TheDavidjoy 1 year ago
Great that this music is still available on Youtube. Thanks for posting. We never had a tv back then and the BBC wouldn't play it. We had to try to listen on Radio Luxembourg which was impossible in the summer months. Now we can hear it any time! Great!
PiersGrabeard 1 year ago
the 60s are the best minnie cant beat it i agree
deltic1964 1 year ago
Minnie the Music in the 60s was what i grew up with and i also heard the 50s my parents used to play no decade will match the 50s and 60s and this one sends me shingling i love this one my favourite of billy fury although he had so many hits but i agree x
deltic1964 1 year ago
lived in the 80s listening to shaky then listen to others which brought me into this brill music. love it to bits
greycuffy 1 year ago
I should have been born in the 40s - 50s instead of the 90s so I could listen and appriciate this music. xxxxxxx
MinnieMouseRoks 1 year ago
I have only one name on my mind:
Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill
So beautiful.
Thanks for posting.
KKL281 1 year ago
Billy was the double of my first boyfriend Fel.....Love you Billy x
kimmie0211 1 year ago
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Boogieboy138 1 year ago
@Boogieboy138 yep your right 50s love songs are brill
greycuffy 1 year ago
The english Elvis xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
paulmccartney7ElvisP 1 year ago
this music is so touching to the heart! i'm 15 and wow this is amazing! i love it! p.s the music today is just a waste of bloody time! oldies forever!
RoustaboutKid 1 year ago
Love it <3 x
paulmccartney7ElvisP 1 year ago
Fabulous, Oh how I wish the music of today was as meaningful as this.
rosechris48 1 year ago
the greatest solid gold what a talent billy how cool was that
rmroche1 1 year ago 2
gold
fullflop 1 year ago
Once Upon A Dream what a song sleeping beauty
fullflop 1 year ago
god this song is in the film sleeping beauty
fullflop 1 year ago
Top drawer!
copewood333 1 year ago
Top drawer!
copewood333 1 year ago
Top drawer!
copewood333 1 year ago
Top drawer!
copewood333 1 year ago
@MinnieMouseRocks
Get on board! You Have an excellent taste in music!
copewood333 1 year ago
Billy Fury was a fantastic songwriter who had problems selling his songs, so started singing them himself, he wrote some great songs and sadly died in 1983he never wanted to be a singer, but i for one am glad nobody bought his music he had a fantastic talent that would have been lost...
TheNagromit 1 year ago
from the film play it cool directed by micheal winner who in an interview said that biily was so shy the actors ignored him much to winners anger .
xandy1959 1 year ago
love it :-D wish i could of seen him, im 18 so dunno if he was even alive when i was born :-(
mrdjotter91 1 year ago
He reminds me very much of Elvis.
kashmirpage 1 year ago
oh I LOVE you youtube Thank you for this!
kristlkrost 1 year ago
remember seeing the film because 2 friends wanted to see it, she liked him he liked her but wanted me with them don't know why, but promised to make sure the lad I liked join us in our road the next night, the joy of being young in the early 60's, that wouldn't happen today.
topsy96 1 year ago
My grandad told me all about music in the 60's and to be honast I can't get enough. I should have been born in the 50's - 60's instead of the 90's so I could listen to all this fabulous music. x
MinnieMouseRoks 1 year ago 33
@MinnieMouseRoks I felt sad knowing that I am nearing 60 in age but after readng your comment, I felt rejunevated. What the heck! So what I am growing old. At least I grew up with Billy Fury, Helen Shapiro, Cilla Black, The Beatles, The Animals and all those great singers/groups of the '60's era. Thanks, young lady.
erickonsim 1 year ago 22
@erickonsim Agree with you-these performers played LIVE-just their talent. The British Invasion was magical!
TheDorr71 1 year ago
@erickonsim
You were TOO OLD for the Macc Lads then, eh.
bollockowithalob 11 months ago
@bollockowithalob I have to confess that I never heard of The Macc Lads until I saw your comment. Sort of gave up on the music scene to concentrate my time and energy building my career and home when I reached my thirties (that was in the 80's). Now with much free time and the internet and whatnot, I am slowly drifting back and do enjoy some of the current people who make the music scene: Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum etc. As for The Macc Lads, I shall surely try them out.
erickonsim 11 months ago
@erickonsim
Where did you work anyway? A hearing aid factory - ?
bollockowithalob 11 months ago
@bollockowithalob I live in a South East Asian country (a former British colony) and was in a law enforcement agency for about 30 years. I retired 4 years ago. You asked about a hearing aid factory. Do I feel a bit of sarcasm there or are you trying to be funny? Do not worry, I do not feel offended. Anyway, I do not know if there is anyone manufacturing hearing aids in my country. Thanks for the exchange.
erickonsim 11 months ago
@erickonsim
Check out 'At the Indie Disco', by Divine Comedy; 'Action Man', by Hafdis Huld; 'The World Should Revolve Around Me', by Little Jackie; ('I'm) Throwing my arms around Paris', by Morrissey. For a golden oldie, how about 'Don't Drive Drunk', by Stevie Wonder?
All videos are available here, at YouTube.
Happy listenin'.
bollockowithalob 11 months ago
@erickonsim i am nearly12 but i wish i could have grown up with people like buddy holly, billy fury and the beatles
garner780 10 months ago
@garner780 While you enjoy old songs, I believe you should also appreciate present-day artistes who are great talents. Artistes like Alicia Keys and Taylor Smith. Of course there are others but I have to really crack my head before I can name them.
erickonsim 10 months ago
@erickonsim "you should also appreciate present-day artistes" Why???
paddy6062 9 months ago
@paddy6062 Some of the present-day artistes are really good; they can compose wonderful songs, they have good voices and most of all, they can really, really sing. These two strike me: Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift. They have written very good songs which in the future might/would be termed classics. I believe today's young people should appreciate them before they and the artistes grow old. Well, its my opinion and you may beg to differ
erickonsim 9 months ago
@erickonsim got to say most of 2days chart music is rubbish auto tone,computerized beats,meaningless lyrics,just to give you a few rihanna,katy perry,gaga,black eyed peas,ndubz,chris brown,kesha,only good we have now is adele,bruno mars n the 2 who ya said
bownkirk 9 months ago
@bownkirk Thanks for your comment. You may have your point there. I, too, have my own opinions about the artistes you wrote so negatively about but I'd rather keep them to myself. I'm glad at least you have a few good things to say about those singers you mentioned. God bless!
erickonsim 9 months ago
@MinnieMouseRoks you still can listen to this musi
bluerondoo 1 year ago
Yes, I long for the Sixties and it's music. I've been searching for this song. It's so lovely, and to this day I never forgot it. Just love it. And Billy. He had his own unique style.
AnneCherch 1 year ago
@MinnieMouseRoks I was there and the music was great. We thought it would never end. It did in 1970... until now. what made rock and roll so good then, is there was thousands of little companies competing. Now that is back with the internet. See 200 of the very best in Big List, best of the net music. Time for a revolution in music (and all the arts) and it's happening.
TomHendricksMusea 1 year ago
@MinnieMouseRoks Same! I was born in 1996 and like The Shadows, Cliff Richard, Roy Orbison, Billy Fury, Marty Wilde etc. This songs a classic though!!! :P
RJFSHADOWSMUSIC 1 year ago
@MinnieMouseRoks
yes,this is music.
the years 50,60 and 70 are the best years.
greetings from the netherlands.
aard
1aard 1 year ago
Who is the guy in the black hat and playing guitar??? xx
MinnieMouseRoks 1 year ago
great singer ,gone too soon.. i bought a cd on e bay of billys best hits,,,funny though the cd is nowhere as good sounding as billys songs on youtube,
dgenr88 1 year ago
@dgenr88 Try buying the original records if you can and play 'em on a decent system with a turntable. The sound just comes to life. Honest,
critch1901 1 year ago
@dgenr88 This is an original Decca recording.You may have the inferior
K-Tel re-recordings-look at the CD small print.You have to get the original Decca/Universal recordings(Amazon has them) to hear Britain's best rock 'n roll singer.
dgfroo 1 year ago
good old ron ;o
jimbo01111 1 year ago
A legend of Romantic Love Songs is BILLY FURY
EUROLADY2008 1 year ago
The best English quiff ever.
CountThrillhammer 1 year ago
Brilliant singer, brilliant song. he was unique, a fantastic voice, much better than Cliff. And such humility too, I always enjoyed listening to his interviews, they were far and few between. A very sad story, he fought his illness with courage. Bravo Billy
winemeister 1 year ago
Billy was a star ..... period .... not the brash like so called stars of today who have the technology to overcome perfection. Ronald Wycherley was as you see him, even though in later years he suffered with his medical problems .... and I don't mean drugs.
There is a statue on Liverpool docks, his home city, commemoration his achievements, which were many in his day. Thanks for the memory Billy.
brandyandcoke 2 years ago
I always play Halfway To Paradise at my gigs and it people still love it. A guy at my work had a band and they used to back the big Amercican stars when they toured England-Johnny Cash, Gene Vincent etc and they would stay in a van on matresses, whilst the stars stayed in a nice hotel. But when they backed our own homegrown talent, Billy Fury, he always payed for them to stay in a hotel too. Must have been a great guy. I love this song, Billys vocal is so genuine. God Bless Billy.
baldyholly79 2 years ago
Still sounds great
bairns1234 2 years ago 2
this fantastic love the song love the film
do you know if the film i got a horse is on
thats the other billy film he made
billyfury4eva 2 years ago
love this billy is the best
billyfury4eva 2 years ago
play it cool was the first cinema film i was taken to see followed my first ep record from the film i bought and still got.
marc in bletchley
marcbletchley 2 years ago
hoi,
the u.k has the best singers,groups and bands.
the music from there.
great.
this number from him.
great.
greetings from the netherlands.
aard
100procentKimberley 2 years ago 13
@100procentKimberley
This truly is one of the great songs of the 60's with one of its great heartthrobs!
AnneCherch 1 year ago
@100procentKimberley Oops, stretching it a bit aren't we?
zeke1312 1 year ago
he seems kinda like a british elvis but not as famous
mike33385 2 years ago
That's a good way of putting it :-) But Billy was also a very good songwriter
dfarmbrough 2 years ago
But then nobody is as famous as Elvis!
dfarmbrough 2 years ago
he was our british elvis...be proud and lsten to all his songs...he wrote nearly all of them...elvisdidnt!!!but i am a big fan of elvis..gorgous guy and really did change the music scene for ever...but billy u rock
MrHodgeheg123 2 years ago
From the fun flick "Play It Cool." Thanks for posting.
sabinoson 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
It's so cheesy--I can't help laughing. I think I'll just listen to spare my gut.
lockergr 2 years ago
@lockergr tosser
rumjockey 2 years ago 2
What should I toss, my football? A tosser just because I don't like it? Psh!
lockergr 2 years ago
tosser
billyfury4eva 2 years ago
you tosser
billyfury4eva 2 years ago
Ya know, I bet Tim McGraw could remake this and sound pretty good. - Just a thought.
lakotabob 2 years ago
God, this takes me back, suits n slim -jim ties, Brylcreem, two-tone shoes if you were daring, coffee bars, Hasty Tasty, Gaumont, Broadway, Forum and Odeon Cinemas, Ice blue Wranglers black combs, Guards Ciggies, Toothpicks, girls who smelled of Silvakrin shampoo! (I know; "Poor old sod ... put him out of his misery!"
reggaejuggler 2 years ago 3
The former Ronald Wycherley. A huge star in the early 60s, but he never managed a UK no 1. I believe his biggest chart hit was Jealousy, but by a long way, his most famous recording was his version of Halfway To Paradise.
After the Beatles came along, his career went into decline. I think he was in the film That'll Be The Day, but he died quite suddenly in 1983.
cbak12sg 2 years ago
January 28 1983
billyfury4eva 2 years ago