In defence, I have cultivated a death wish.

Wycherley first attended a concert in Birkenhead run by impresario Larry Parnes in the hope of interesting famous singer Marty Wilde in some of the songs he had written. Fury's health deteriorated and he underwent heart surgery notably in 1976. The album from the film was made available in stereo.

Others have suggested that Fury's rapid rise to prominence was due to his "Elvis Presley-influenced hip-swivelling and at times highly suggestive stage act. Rheumatic fever which he first contracted as a child damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death. Billy Fury (17 April 1940 – 28 January 1983) born Ronald Wycherley was an internationally successful English singer from the late-1950s to the mid-1960s and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s.