Billy Fury - Last Night Was Made for Love - The Singles Collection, 1959 - 1962 (2015)

Tracklist

01. Maybe Tomorrow
02. Gonna Type a Letter
03. Margo (Don't Go)
04. Don't Knock Upon My Door
05. Angel Face
06. Time Has Come
07. My Christmas Prayer
08. Last Kiss
09. Collette
10. Baby How I Cried
11. That's Love
12. You Don't Know
13. Wondrous Place
14. Alright, Goodbye
15. A Thousand Stars
16. Push Push
17. Don't Worry
18. Talkin' in My Sleep
19. Halfway to Paradise
20. Cross My Heart
21. Jealousy
22. Open Your Arms
23. I'd Never Find Another You
24. Sleepless Nights
25. Letter Full of Tears
26. Magic Eyes
27. Last Night Was Made for Love
28. A King for Tonight
29. Once Upon a Dream
30. If I Lose You
31. Because of Love
32. Running Around
33. Fury's Tune

Perhaps the most successful British artists to never have a #1 record (his biggest hit, "Jealousy", had stalled at #2), Billy Fury was one of the biggest home-grown pop stars of the pre-Beatles era. Although several of his early hits were self-penned rockers, eg. "Maybe Tomorrow", "Margo (Don't Go)", "Collette" and "That's Love", his record label Decca, successfully converted him into a purveyor of string-driven beat ballads eg. "'Wondrous Place", "A Thousand Stars", "Halfway To Paradise", "I'd Never Find Another You", "Last Night Was Made For Love" and "Once Upon A Dream". This unique compilation presents the As and B sides of Billy's first sixteen singles, plus a bonus track "Fury's Tune", from his first LP, on which he namechecks six of his early 45s. This is a truly phenomenal body of work, and serves to confirm that Fury's B sides were very often as strong as their topsides. Although Billy died in 1983, his popularity remains as high as ever, indeed, there are currently three different 'tribute' acts touring the UK, each doing good business.

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