The Sound of Fury

The Sound Of Fury was the first album released by Billy Fury in 1960. The album is notable because every one of the ten songs was written by Fury, whereas the debut albums of most artists contain covers of already-popular songs. Fury was arguably the first British rock 'n roll artist to write his own songs, sometimes under the pseudonym Wilbur Wilberforce.

It featured Joe Brown on guitar, Reg Guest on piano, and bassists Bill Stark or Alan Weighell. Andy White, known for his performance in The Beatles' first single Love Me Do, is the drummer on the album. Providing backing vocals were the Four Jays.

The album made the top twenty, reaching position 18 on the albums chart for a week. It was not well appreciated at the time of its release, but is now regarded as one of the most important early British rock 'n roll albums. Keith Richards described it as  'one of the greatest rock'n'roll albums of its era. Producer Jack Good later said: 'I'm proud of the album, 'The Sound of Fury', which was done in two sessions and was remarkable.  Some of Billy's early records were over-produced and a bit too Bobby Rydell-campy, but this was fine.  I was supposed to get my small royalty from Parnes' cut, but guess what? I never did'.