HALFWAY TO PARADISE: LIFE OF BILLY FURY (OMNIBUS PRESS)

The Sound of Fury is still widely revered as the best British rock'n'roll record ever made. When Billy Fury first appeared on TV, a generation of teenagers found true love, and his post-rock'n'roll heartbreak ballads were the essential soundtrack to adolescent angst. Billy Fury was a key figure on that watershed between post-war privations and sixties excess. He knew everybody, auditioned the Beatles to be his backing band, met and out-handsomed Elvis, partied with Keith Moon and hosted acid parties. Yet, throughout the mayhem, he always remained true to himself - diffident and amused.