(April 17, 1940-January 28, 1983)
Born in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Birth name was Ronald William Wycherly
Recorded the singles 'Colette' (1959), 'A Thousand Stars' (1960), 'Halfway to Paradise' (1961), 'Jealousy' (1961), 'I'd Never Find Another You' (1961), 'Last Night Was Made For Love' (1962), 'Once Upon A Dream' (1962), 'Like I've Never Been Gone' (1963), 'When Will You Say I Love You?' (1963), 'In Summer' (1963), 'I Will' (1964), 'It's Only Make Believe' (1964) and 'In Thoughts of You' (1965)
Appeared in the movies 'Play It Cool' (1962), 'I've Gotta Horse' (1965) and 'That'll Be The Day' (1973)

He was fired from a job as a welder for taking a swing at the foreman with his welding gun and from a job as a deckhand for punching the skipper.
He knew only three guitar chords.
His manager shaved a year off his age to make him more attractive to female fans.
He went bankrupt due to tax problems (1978).
He re-recorded his hits for K-Tel.

John Peel called his debut LP, The Sound of Fury, 'the only authentic British rock and roll album around at that time.'
The Beatles auditioned to be his backing band. (They did not get the job, but John Lennon did get Fury's autograph.)
His career was disrupted by the need to undergo open-heart surgery to repair valves damaged by a childhood bout with rheumatic fever.
Listeners of Britain's leading oldies station, Gem-AM, voted his 'Halfway To Paradise' as their favorite song (1998).

Credit: C. Fishel

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