Fact #82355
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Short story:
Halfway To Paradise by Billy Fury enters the UK singles chart, where it will peak at No3, during a stay of 23 weeks.
Full article:
Mike Smith (record producer, Decca Records) : I really enjoyed being with Billy Fury in the studio, and Halfway To Paradise sounded right from the moment it started. (Decca executive) Dick Rowe had picked the song; Ivor Raymonde had written the arrangement; and my contribution was keeping everyone sober. Billy was managed by Larry Parnes and I remember Larry telling the bass guitarist to 'tighten his strings'. That became a running joke at Decca.
(Source : interview in The Independent, Dec 31, 2011)
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(Source : interview in The Independent, Dec 31, 2011)