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1962 Play It Cool (black and white)
Billy Universe (guess who) and the Satellites are en route to Brussels to take part in a song festival. The aircraft is grounded, so they give a tour of London to an heiress who is being sent abroad by her father on the same aircraft, to separate her from an unsuitable romantic interest. There are, of course, many opportunities for songs, written by Norrie Paramor - the title song Play It Cool and Once Upon A Dream are the pick of the bunch. Guest stars (one song each) are Helen Shapiro, Bobby Vee, Danny Williams and Shane Fenton and the Fentones. The first cinema feature film directed by Michael Winner. Difficult to say why this film is so compulsively watchable! Click here to see another picture.
1966 I've Gotta Horse (colour)
Billy Fury is the star of a seaside summer show who pays little attention to rehearsals, but always (of course!) performs on top form. Instead, he plays with his pet dogs. When he buys a horse, he goes to Epsom to see it run in the Derby, and returns with little time to spare. Also features The Bachelors.
1973 That'll Be The Day (colour)
Stormy Tempest (our lad, of course) provides the music for a holiday camp dance contest in this excellent production, which stars David Essex, Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. Very frustrating for Fury fans, as his performance is overlaid with action and dialogue between the main characters. Billy is at his rarely-recorded best, singing out-and-out rockers of the type he loved to perform: Tell Me What'd I Say and Long Live Rock. The double album from this film reached no 1, which means that second-hand copies are plentiful and cheap. Brilliant tracks from Billy on the record. RealAudio tracks from film on Sounds page.
Video copies of these films and the BBC Omnibus programme on Billy can be bought from Marleigh Enterprises, PO Box 1553, London W7 1ZE. Telephone 01582 521602. They cost £12 each, plus £2 postage in the UK, £3 to Europe or £5 to the rest of the world in PAL format. NSTC is available at extra cost.
Video copies of the Omnibus programme, and of the BBC Juke Box Heroes series, cost £12 from the producers. Contact jukeboxheroesuk@aol.com for information.
If , instead, you buy one in one of the frequent eBay or Yahoo auction, bear in mind that it will probably be in NSTC format, so only modern video-players will show it in the UK.
