Billy Currie
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Lee "Billy" Currie, William Currie
British multi-instrumentalist
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Within Vinony's link graph, Billy Currie is referenced by 131 other articles, and connects out to Visage, Ultravox and Huddersfield.
Vinony files it under 1950 births, BLP articles lacking sources from November 2007 and British rock violists.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1950-04-01
Discography
- Unearthed
- Transportation1988
- Stand Up and Walk1991
- Keys and the Fiddle2001
- Push2002
- Still Movement2004
- Accidental Poetry of the Structure2006
- Refine2009
- Balletic Transcend2013
- Doppel2016
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 835
- Total plays
- 17,963
Tags
Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England in1950, multi - instrumentalist Billy Currie played keyboard and violin for British punk/ new wave/ synth pop pioneers, ULTRAVOX. He has had a successful solo career and has played with Steve Howe, Phil Lynott and on Gary Numan's The Pleasure Principle. Also a member of Visage, Billy Currie co-wrote and co-produced their hit single "Fade To Gray" and played keyboards on their first 3 albums. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Billy+Currie">Read more on
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Currie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Huddersfield
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- violin
- Official website
- www.billycurrie.com
- Image
- 090430--billy currie.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1950-04-01
- Commons category
- Billy Currie
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- birth name
- William Lee Currie
- name in native language
- William Currie
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
Sources (2)
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