Showing posts with label Sunnyside Pub (Northampton). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunnyside Pub (Northampton). Show all posts

Friday, 30 September 2016

Billy Fury



The picture on the top left hand side comes from an album I once owned - which was released for the 15th anniversary of the death of Eddie Cochran. [The Very Best of Eddie Cochran - 15th Anniversary Album - United Artists - UK]

It's a very special photo for me - since it was taken on the day I was born. One of the group was Billy Fury. His last public performance was at the Sunnyside Pub, opposite Northampton University, where I worked for many years. I enjoy the music of Billy Fury - and I have his "30 Greatest Hits" album on my iPhone.

Last week I was in Liverpool and found his statue close to the Mersey and between the Royal Liver Building (which I remember from the opening sequences of the Liver Birds) and the Liverpool Museum.



There's an article about him at http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/exhibitions/liverpoollives/billy_fury.aspx

and you can listen to "Halfway to Paradise" at https://youtu.be/9MTXBQp5OgI