''The Sound of Fury'' was the first album released by
Billy Fury in 1960. The album has been described as "the best rock & roll album to come out of England's original beat boom of the late 1950s". Fury was possibly the first British
rock 'n roll artist to write his own songs, sometimes under the pseudonym Wilbur Wilberforce.
The album was recorded in Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London, on 14 April 1960.
It featured
Joe Brown on guitar, Reg Guest on piano, and bassists Bill Stark or Alan Weighell.
Andy White, later to notably appear on
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
' first single "
Love Me Do", is the drummer on the album.
Providing backing vocals were the Four Jays.
The album made the top twenty, reaching position 18 on the
UK Albums Chart
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for a week.
Although the album was not well appreciated at the time of its release, it is now regarded as one of the most important early British rock 'n roll albums.
In 2007, ''
The Guardian
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'' included the record in their list of "1000 albums to hear before you die"; they wrote that it "turned the one-time Ronald Wycherley into the British
Elvis", adding that "its
Sun Records sound, aching balladeering and raw
blues
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provided his greatest moment before pop's dreamboat era dulled his fire."
Track listing
References
External links
Billy Fury Record Data
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1960 debut albums
Billy Fury albums
Decca Records albums