The Sound of Fury was the first album released by Billy Fury in 1960. The album has been described as "the best rock & roll album to come out of England's original beat boom of the late 1950s".[2] Fury was possibly the first British rock 'n roll artist to write his own songs, sometimes under the pseudonym Wilbur Wilberforce.[3]
The album was recorded in Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London, on 14 April 1960.[4] It featured Joe Brown on guitar, Reg Guest on piano, and bassists Bill Stark or Alan Weighell.[5]Andy White, later to notably appear on The Beatles' first single "Love Me Do", is the drummer on the album.[3] Providing backing vocals were the Four Jays.[citation needed]
The album made the top twenty, reaching position 18 on the UK Albums Chart for a week.[4] Although the album was not well appreciated at the time of its release, it is now regarded as one of the most important early British rock 'n roll albums.[4]
In 2007, The Guardian included the record in their list of "1000 albums to hear before you die"; they wrote that it "turned the one-time Ronald Wycherley into the British Elvis", adding that "its Sun Records sound, aching balladeering and raw blues provided his greatest moment before pop's dreamboat era dulled his fire."[6]
