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31 December 00: Alta Vista translation of French Yahoo report of Sound Of Fury film. New page on Billy's one-time fiancée, Audrey "Lee" Middleton. Minor updates to biography. Site index updated (at last!)

26 December 00: To tidy the Sounds section, new Radio page for interviews, etc, introduced, and unnecessary material removed from main Sounds page.

25 December 00: Billy's 61st birthday bash details added to Calendar for April 21. Much housekeeping. At more than 85Mb, spread across eight servers, this site is becoming tricky to manage. http://www.billyfury.org has now been adopted as the prime address, although multiple redirections will continue to bring you here from a variety of other addresses.

23 December 00: My Christmas Prayer uploaded and linked from home page and Paradise Place. Les Carle cover version of Like I've Never Been Gone uploaded to Paradise Place.My Christmas Prayer by St Etienne uploaded to Paradise Place.

21 December 00: Details of pre-Mill Hill do on April 21 at Hitchen Town Hall added to Calendar.

17 December 00: Second, trickier, competition introduced.

16 December 00: Christmas competition introduced, with prize donated by Pauline Swindells. Housekeeping: problems with Geoff Goddard (corruption) and Heinz (server) pages sorted. Gradually replacing site logo - sorry about any remaining strange, squashed logos at the bottom of pages for the time being. Details of New Musical Express polls added, linked from biography. Start made on backing groups page.

15 December 00: Loving Touch, My Baby Left Me and live version of I Must Be Dreaming added to Unreleased Tracks page. Why were The Beatles rejected as Billy's backing group? Read the comic strip version. Minor update to biography.

12 December 00: Gloria Hunniford interview added to Sounds page.

11 December 00: Stunningly-improved version of stereo Nobody's Child uploaded.

10 December 00: Remaining three tracks from Unforgettable added to Videos page. Converted from files supplied by Alan Coombe.

9 December 00: Halfway To Paradise video from Unforgettable TV programm added - converted from file supplied by Alan Coombe.

8 December 00: John Dunn interview of 27 November 1981 added, after days of struggle. Thanks to Alan Coombe for supplying a good, clean copy for me to work on, and Wwwhatsup (New York City resident whose real identity I don't know) for drawing attention to an editing technique that I had overlooked.

4 December 00: Lyrics to Do You Really Love Me Too, Devil Or Angel and A Thousand Stars transcribed by Geoff Howlett and linked via Resources page.

3 December 00: Hal Carter's memories added to Service section.

2 December 00: Funeral service address added.

1 December 00: Mystery picture results announced.

25 November 00: Angel Face, Lady, I Will and Candy Kisses comparison tracks added to Paradise Place, thanks to assistance from Tony Gardner.

24 November 00: It's Only Make-Believe by Billy and Glen Campbell added to Paradise Place.

23 November 00: Additions, and corrections to hymn words on Service page.

20 November 00: Pictures and reminiscences of Billy's performance in Northampton in 1982 and details of funeral service added (both supplied by Derek Duddington). Midi files of funeral service anthem and two hymnss added to Farewell page.

18 November 00: Superb desktop picture contributed by Terry Wilson - linked from Resources page. Ralph Alfonso interview on Canadian national radio added to Tributes page.Detail changes to Albie and Blackpool pages.

17 November 00: Fuller report of Blackpool weekend added. Please feel free to add your own views.

15 November 00: Guy Clover's performance as Billy on Stars In Their Eyes added much sooner than it would otherwise have been, thanks to the work of Alan Coombe.

13 November 00: First notes on Blackpool weekend. Auction notice on Trading Post.Billy's engagement party invitation on front page, thanks to Tony Gardner. Ah heck, I haven't even started the calendars for Chris Eley and it's almost 11pm!

12 November 00:Midi files of A Thousand Stars, Forget Him and I'm Lost Without You supplied by John Hetherington.

10 November 00: Shaun Mather's assessment of 1960 album Billy Fury added. Brilliant picture supplied by Tony Gardner added to Gallery. Can you solve a puzzle for Tony? See his letter.Appalling portrait also added to Gallery.

6 November 00: Correction to description of LP L21 on Songs page. Illustrations of L19 and L21 added to Tracks page.Additions to Vince Eager page.

3 November 00: Vince Eager/Wee Willie Harris tour dates added to Calendar. Tour web site added to Links page.Vince Eager page added to Wider World section.

2 November 00: Don't Knock Upon My Door tracks by Billy and Shakin' Stevens added to Paradise Place.Johnny Red dates added to Calendar.

1 November 00: Mystery pic added to front page. Lots of updating.

31 October 00: If I Lose You tracks by Billy and Shakin' Stevens added to Paradise Place. (Thanks, Donna.) Ewan McGregor sound file added. Amendments to Together and Calendar pages and front page updated.

30 October 00: River And The Sun unreleased track added.I Love How You Love Me midi file (found by Geoff Howlett) added to Resources page.

29 October 00: Links to Because Of Love, In Summer and Like I've Never Been Gone sheet music added to Resources page.

27 October 00: Spooky link added to Ewan McGregor story.Radio 2 sound link added to Sounds page (useful for listening to Brian Matthew at 8am on Saturdays!)

21 October 00: Brilliant reminiscences from Brian Shuttlewood - this site is lucky to have such good friends!

19 October 00: Update on film progress.Front page updated.

17 October 00:Oh Boy! page updated.

15 October 00: Jess Conrad 2000-style picture added.

14 October 00: Initial Oh Boy! feature added. (More to come.)

12 October 00: An offer you'd better not refuse!

9 October 00: First steps towards removing clutter from Briefing page - tribute acts together on new Gen page.

8 October 00: New photograph of Colin Gold added to Briefing page.Update on Sound Of Fury film. Statue page updated. Dickie Pride link added to Links page and cached page from site added to Wider World. And the hot news is that if I don't stop working on the site and get some revision done, I'm going to fail my OU exam on Wednesday!

6 October 00: Allen Austin and Krys dates added to Calendar.Minor updates to biography. We Want Billy/Billy CD given separate listing in Tracks. Feature by Guy Clover (from Sound Of Fury magazine) on Stars In Their Eyes appearance added.

4 October 00: Corrections to A-Z.

2 October 00: Brief note on Mill Hill gathering on Briefing page.Two extra sleeve scans added to track listings, thanks to Alan Coombe.

1 October 00: Joe Brown and Bobby Vee/Freddy Cannon tour dates added to Calendar.

30 September 00: Further refinements to A-Z. Several collectors have asked me not to make further changes to the code numbers, as they them of value in referring ot records and CDs, so any additions will not interfere with the existing coding.

27 September 00: More helpful suggestions and scans from Alan Coombe and Terry Wilson contribute to development of A-Z and track listings.Completed coding LPs and EPs on track listings.

26 September 00: Corrections, suggestions and additions, including ones from Alan Coombe and Terry Wilson, in A-Z.Updates to CDs and track listings.

25 September 00: Very useful budget CD issued, with some familiar sleeve notes. A-Z, track listings and songs pages updated.

24 September 00:A-Z of songs introduced.

23 September 00: Message from Freddy Cannon added to Briefing.

22 September 00: Scans of The Missing Years and Memories LP sleeves added to track listings.

19 September 00: Lost track, I Must Be Dreaming, added to site.

16 September 00: Another K-Tel compilation mentioned on New Releases page. Second Gallery page introduced.

14 September 00: The latest additions to the Gallery take the number of Billy Fury photographs in that feature to more than 100. Excellent descriptive passage by John Pidgeon from The History Of Rock (1984 part work) added to The Gen.

13 September 00: Minor updates to biography and sale pages.

10 September 00: Real Audio tracks of Jason Eddie's first release added to Albie page,which has also been updated. Notes on sale prices updated.

8 September 00: Times obituary for Tornados' lead guitarist Alan Caddy.

1 September 00: Portrait of Helen Shapiro from Play It Cool among pics added to Gallery.

29 August 00: Ann Clark's review of Albie Wycherley's Worcester Park show added.Vince Eager in action at Radcliffe three days ago added to Gallery.

27 August 00:News of Albie Wycherley show at Olympia Theatre, Liverpool. Change of purchase details for Albie Wycherley CD. Feature on making of 1998 Omnibus programme added.

26 August 00: Scan of Jason Eddie record added to Albie page.

25 August 2000:Backing track and words added to Secret Stars page. I dare you!

23 August 2000:Secret Stars page introduced. More details of £300 record.Spent hours fixing bug in link to Tony Orlando version of Paradise.

22 August 2000: Pictures of Albie Wycherley, and Colin Paul and the Persuaders, in action at Worcester Park Club, Surrey, added.Large still from Play It Cool added to Gallery and linked from Films page.

20 August 2000: Sound Of Fury film feature added and front page amended.Briefing page updated with news of £300 sale of US single.

19 August 2000: Detail changes to track listings of LPs and CDs. Links from discography to LP/CD track listings completed. EP track listings added to site and linked from discography.

18 August 2000: Picture of Billy on front page changed.

15 August 2000:Track listings of LPs and CDs virtually complete. I hope that all of the links from the discography to the track listings work, but I'm getting bleary-eyed. Further checks, and work on the as-yet unpublished EP listings another day. Billy Fury - Unplugged CD added to both pages. G'night.

14 August 2000:Interview with Guy Clover, who appears as Billy on Stars In Their Eyes in November.

13 August 2000:Letter written by Billy linked from Resources page.Additions to Calendar.

Date for Stars In Their Eyes show added to Briefing and Calendar.

12 August 2000: I said I wouldn't bother mentioning additions to the Gallery in future, but today I added three Harry Hammond classics, including his group shot at the final Oh Boy! This link takes you to the thumbnail for the first of the three.

As dates for the Billy Fury Story are now available, I have brought forward the introduction of the Calendar page. Please e-mail me with any further dates of interest.

11 August 00: Liverpool Weekly News report of our lad's debut at the Essoldo added to The Gen, indexed from biography. This is the first product of a closer association with the six people who work so hard for the Sound Of Fury fan club, and who have been kind enough to trust me with permission to use material from their magazines.News of Stars In Their Eyes performance added to Briefing page.

8 August 00: Shakin' Stevens' version of Do You Really Love Me Too (and, of course, Billy's, for comparison) added to Paradise Place. True To You, the flip side of Albie Wycherly's Singing The Blues, added to Albie page, thanks to Terry Wilson.

6 August 00: Sound Of Fury CD and re-issued LP added to Songs page. Track listings added to Track page. Details of new issues added to New releases page, which has now been linked directly from the main index. Correct answers to my teaser question added to Briefing page.Link added to live oldies radio station 1050chum in Toronto.

19 July 00: Joe Brown's reminiscences on the Sound Of Fury sessions added to Sounds page and a new Nothin' Shakin' section (Billy, Eddie Fontaine and The Beatles) added to Paradise Place.

17 July 00: Information on Sound Of Fury re-issue and new double CD updated.

14 July 00: T-shirt graphic added - access via Resources page.

12 July 00: Notice of Alan Austin concert added to Briefing page.

04 July 00: My own compilation of two TYLS LPs, with Brian Matthew, Keith Fordyce and Jealousy added to Sounds page.

03 July 00:Slide show of Nothin' Shakin', minor addition to track listings.

01 July 00: Real Audio file of Suzanne In The Mirror added to Sounds page.

29 June 00: Quotes from Billy on speeding, recollections of last day at school, and quiet idol notes added to Gen page.

26 June 00:I Can Tell Real Audio file added to Johnny Kidd page.

25 June 00: New page on Johnny Kidd.

23 June 00:Resources page introduced as a key to text, audio and video files on the site. Fixed the horrible snarl-up that stopped 40 images on Gallery being accessed for a day - sorry about that.

22 June 00: .Devil Or Angel midi file added to Sounds page.(Moved to Resources page 26 June 00.)

21 June 00: Extra material for biography. The gen page added, to allow me to provide more, optional, detail, instead of making the biography even longer. Billy Fury Story details added to On the track.

20 June 00: Extra information on Jess Conrad. Updates made before the current year moved to a separate page.

19 June 00: Information on becoming a blood donor added.New page on Jess Conrad.Extra information and corrections to caption on Boy Meets Girl picture.

17 June 00: New page for price list of items sold for Memorial Fund. Detail changes to biography.

16 June 00: Minor changes to biography and Links page.

13 June 00: Notes on record-buying at foot of Sounds, Track listing and Discography pages amended. Much tidying.