SHANE FENTON - IM A MOODY GUY

Shane Fenton Singing I'm a Moody Guy
The stills are taken from the film (play it Cool) by Billy Fury.

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• SHANE
• FENTON
• I'M
• MOODY
• GUY

[rasputin63]

It appears these stills are taken from a 1960's English feature film.... Anyone know what it was?

[CHRIS123445]

The stills were taken from (play it Cool) with Billy Fury

[iangordoncraig]

Fantastic track. It's just not true that British rock was no good before the Beatles. Shane Fenton, Billy Fury, Vince Taylor (to name just 3), all prove that theory wrong.

[john111257]

shane & fentones sound more like johnny kidd&pirates...both groups under-rated

[Mr3sheds]

@severnboar His reinvention as Alvin Stardust remains one of the most amazing achievements in pop history. How many other fallen stars from the 60s would have jumped at the chance of that sort of success? The Alvin Stardust persona was initially offered to Marty Wilde who turned it down.

[Mr3sheds]

I never tire of listening to this record by one of the top live bands of pre-Beatles days. The distinctive "chugging" rhythm was created by songwriter Jerry Lordan who played ukelele on the session.

[Mr3sheds]

@PAULLONDEN A perceptive comment. The start of the 60s heralded the beginning of the end of the terrible austerity caused by the war (our debt to America was finally paid off a few years ago) and we all craved for a better life. The situation we have nowadays is not dissimilar, inasmuch as we are in the midst of an economic recession which will go on for years. We will recover and the youth of the future will find their own particular brand of entertainment in the same way that we did.

[PAULLONDEN]

Typical Joe Meek era sound, this.

Those early 6T's pre beatboom times have such optimistic sounds.

One could almost sence the promise in the air, for better times.

[severnboar]

My very favourite record of the 1960s, didn't get so great a reception at Kidderminster Town Hall, but what do they know? Fantastic under-rated artist. Pity he had to re-surface as Alvin Stardust.

[1crankyvet]

Shane fenton went on to be alvin stardust.

[TVsMrHappyTalk]

This was 1st single I ever bought.

And what a sensational way to start a record collection!

The 'b' side was fantastic too...... I recall me and Lemmy were singing that in the dressing room last year on the Motorhead, Damned, Girlschool tour. As you do.

[Tewinwood]

As stated, the stills are from Play it Cool starring Billy Fury and directed by Michael Winner - yes I wondered how he'd made his money too!