Billy Thorpe
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Richard Thorpe, Little Rock Allen, Puff'n Billy
English-born Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and musician (1946-2007)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Most people I know (think that I'm crazy)
- Sex and thugs and rock 'n' roll
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Film & TV
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Known for
- Blood + Thunder: The Sound of Alberts — Self2015
- Once Around the Sun — Self2012
- Under The Southern Cross; Melbourne Music Show 1988 — Himself2010
- War of the Worlds — Billy Carlos1988
- Sunbury '72 — Self1972
- Air Mail — Minor Role (uncredited)1932
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28,263
- Total plays
- 156,254
Tags
classic rockrockAussieAllNeed to Rate
William Richard "Billy" Thorpe, AM (29 March 1946 – 28 February 2007) was a renowned English-born Australian rock singer-songwriter and musician. As lead singer of his band Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, he had success in the 1960s with "Blue Day", "Poison Ivy", "Over the Rainbow", "Sick and Tired", and "Mashed Potato"; and in the 1970s with "Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy". Featuring in concerts at Sunbury Pop Festivals and Myer Music Bowl in the early 1970s <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Billy
- Family name
- Thorpe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Manchester
- Place of death
- Sydney
- Award
- ARIA Hall of Fame
- Genre
- pop rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Mushroom Records
- Image
- 201000 - Opening Ceremony Billy Thorpe Yothu Yindi perform - 3b - 2000 Sydney opening ceremony photo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Billy Thorpe
- date of death
- 2007-02-28
- date of birth
- 1946-03-29
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
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