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Ian Dury
Ian Dury, on the cover of Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll
Ian Dury, on the cover of Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll
Background information
Birth name Ian Robbins Dury
Born May 12, 1942(1942-05-12)
Harrow, Middlesex
Origin Upminster, England
Died March 27, 2000 (aged 57)
Genre(s) Punk Rock, New Wave, Rock/Pop
Occupation(s) Vocalist, Actor
Instrument(s) Vocals, Drums
Years active 1971-2000
Label(s) Pye-Dawn, Stiff, Polydor, Demon, Ronnie Harris
Associated acts Kilburn and the High-Roads,
The Blockheads
Website http://www.iandury.co.uk/

Ian Dury (May 12, 1942 – March 27, 2000) was an English rock and roll singer, songwriter, and bandleader who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music. This article refers to the song by Ian Dury For a discussion of the phrase "sex drugs and rock and roll" see Wine women and song. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harrow is a town in the London Borough of Harrow, North West London. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. Upminster is a suburban town in the London Borough of Havering, East London. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Pye Records is a British Record label. In its first incarnation Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan (1956-69 Petula Clark (1957-71 Dawn Records was a subsidiary of Pye Records. Active 1970 - 75, it was set up largely as Pye's 'underground and progressive' label a rival of the EMI Stiff Records is a Record label created in London in 1976 by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s He is best known as founder and lead singer of the British band Ian Dury and the Blockheads, though he began his musical career in pub-rock act Kilburn and the High Roads. Ian Robins Dury ( 12 May 1942 &ndash 27 March 2000) was an English Rock and roll singer songwriter and Bandleader Pub rock was a mid- to late-1970s musical movement largely centred around North London and South East Essex, particularly Canvey Island and Southend

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Early life

Ian Robin Dury was born at his parents' home at 43 Weald Rise, Harrow Weald, Harrow (although he often claimed that he was born in Upminster, Havering). Harrow Weald is an area in London, England. It includes a suburban development and forms part of the London Borough of Harrow. Harrow is a town in the London Borough of Harrow, North West London. Upminster is a suburban town in the London Borough of Havering, East London. He lived with the effects of polio, which he contracted at the age of seven — very likely, he believed, from a swimming pool at Southend on Sea during the 1949 polio epidemic. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via His 1981 song "Spasticus Autisticus", intended to mark the International Year of Disabled Persons, was banned by the BBC despite having been written by a disabled person. The year 1981 was proclaimed the International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP by the United Nations. The lyrics were uncompromising:

So place your hard-earned peanuts in my tin
And thank the Creator you're not in the state I'm in
So long have I been languished on the shelf
I must give all proceedings to myself

The song's refrain, "I'm spasticus, autisticus" was inspired by the response of the rebellious Roman gladiators in the film Spartacus, who, when instructed to identify their leader, all answered, "I am Spartacus," to protect him. Gladiators (gladiatores "swordsmen" or "one who uses a sword" from la ''gladius'' "sword" were professional fighters in Ancient Rome who fought Spartacus (c 109 BC-71 BC according to Roman historians was a Slave who became the leader (or possibly one of several leaders in the unsuccessful slave

Dury left the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe at 16 to study at Walthamstow Art College. See Royal Grammar School for the other schools with the name RGS This article is about a town For the album by East 17 see Walthamstow (album. In 1964 he won a place at the Royal College of Art where he was taught by the eminent British artist Peter Blake and, in 1967, Dury himself started teaching art at various colleges in the south of England. The Royal College of Art ( RCA) is a University in London, England. Sir Peter Thomas Blake, CBE (born 25 June 1932 in Dartford, Kent) is an English Pop artist best known for his design of the sleeve for When asked why he did not pursue a career in art, he once said, "I got good enough [at art] to realise I wasn't going to be very good. "

Dury married his first wife Betty Rathmell in 1967 and they had two children, Jemima and Baxter, who is now also a recording artist (he is the author of the ballad "Cocaine Man"). Baxter Dury is an English indie musician currently signed to Rough Trade Records. They divorced in 1985 but remained on good terms. She died of cancer in 1994.

Kilburn and the High-Roads

Dury was inspired to form Kilburn and the High-Roads (a pun on the road in north London) in 1971 following the death of his hero Gene Vincent. Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock, ( February 11, 1935 - October 12, 1971) was an American Rock'n'roll pioneer Dury was vocalist and lyricist, co-writing with pianist Russell Hardy and later enrolling into the group a number of the students he was teaching at Canterbury School of Art, including guitarist Keith Lucas (who later became the guitarist for 999 under the name Nick Cash) and bassist Humphrey Ocean. The Kent Institute of Art & Design ( KIAD - often ˈkaɪæd was an Art school based across three Campuses in the county of Kent, in the United 999 are an English Punk rock band who formed in London in 1977 Managed by Charlie Gillett and Gordon Nelki, The Kilburns found favour on London's Pub Rock circuit and signed to Dawn Records in 1974, but despite favourable press coverage and a tour opening for The Who, the group failed to rise above cult status. Charlie Gillett (born February 20, 1942) is a British Radio presenter and writer and in recent years has become one of the country's most influential The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend The group disbanded in 1975.

The Blockheads

Managed by Andrew King, Ian Dury and The Blockheads had several hit singles, including "What a Waste", "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" (which was a UK number one at the beginning of 1979, selling just short of a million copies), "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part Three" (number three in the UK in 1979), and the rock and roll anthem "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll", often credited with introducing the phrase to the language. " Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick " is a song and single by Ian Dury & The Blockheads first released November 23 1978 The term anthem means either a specific form of Anglican church music (in Music theory and religious contexts or more generally a song (or composition of This article refers to the song by Ian Dury For a discussion of the phrase "sex drugs and rock and roll" see Wine women and song.

Dury's lyrics are a unique combination of lyrical poetry, word play, observation of British everyday (working-class) life, acute character sketches, and vivid, earthy humour:

“ Home improvement expert Harold Hill of Harold Hill

Of do-it-yourself dexterity and double glazing skill
Came home to find another gentleman's kippers in the grill
So he sanded off his winkle with his Black & Decker Drill

 ”

—from This Is What We Find
“ I had a love affair with Nina

In the back of my Cortina
A seasoned-up hyena
Could not have been more obscener
She took me to the cleaners
And other misdemeanours
But I got right up between her
Rum and her Ribena. Word play is a Literary technique in which the nature of the words that are used become the main subject of the work Harold Hill is a place in the London Borough of Havering, East London, England. Insulated Glazing Unit or Insulating Glass Unit (commonly referred to as IGU) is a set of two or more sheets of glass spaced apart and Hermetically sealed For other uses see Love Affair or Scandal An affair may refer to a form of nonmonogamy, to Infidelity or to Adultery. The penis (plural penises, penes Black & Decker Corporation ( is a Corporation based in Towson Maryland, that makes and markets Power tools and accessories hardware The Ford Cortina is a mid sized family car built by Ford of Britain in various guises from 1962 to 1982 The Hyaenidae is a Mammalian family of order Carnivora. The Hyaenidae family native to both African and Asian continents consists of four Rum is a Distilled beverage made from Sugarcane by-products such as Molasses and sugarcane Juice by a process of fermentation Ribena is a brand of fruit based uncarbonated Soft drink and fruit drink concentrate produced by GlaxoSmithKline. . .

”

—from Billericay Dickie
“ Einstein can't be classed as witless,

He claimed atoms were the littlest. Billericay Dickie is a song by Ian Dury, from his debut album New Boots and Panties!!. Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical
When you did a bit of splittleliness:
Frightened everybody shitless.

”

—from There ain't half been some clever bastards
“ I could be a lawyer with strategems and ruses

I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises
I could be a writer with a growing reputation
I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway station

 ”

—from What a Waste

The Blockheads' sound drew from their many musical influences - which included jazz, rock and roll, funk, and reggae - plus Dury's love of music hall. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Fulham Broadway is a London Underground station on the Wimbledon branch of the District Line. What A Waste is a song and single by Ian Dury and the Blockheads contrary to popular misconception it is their first single and was originally released on the Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Music hall is a form of British theatrical Entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960

The band was formed after Dury began writing songs with pianist and guitarist Chaz Jankel. Chaz Jankel, also known as Chas Jankel (born 16 April 1952, Stanmore, North London) was a keyboard and guitarist with Ian Dury Jankel took Dury's lyrics, fashioned a number of songs, and they began recording with members of Radio Caroline's Loving Awareness Band, drummer Charley Charles, bassist Norman Watt-Roy, keyboard player Mickey Gallagher, guitarist John Turnbull, and the former Kilburns saxophonist Davey Payne. Radio Caroline is a European Radio station that started transmissions on Easter Sunday 1964 from a ship anchored in International waters off the coast of John Turnbull (born 27 August 1950, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a English pop and rock Guitarist and Singer David 'Davey' Payne (born 11 August 1944, in Willesden, North West London) is an English Saxophonist best known as a member An album was completed, but major record labels passed on the band. However, next door to Dury's manager's office was the newly formed Stiff Records, a perfect home for Dury's maverick style. Stiff Records is a Record label created in London in 1976 by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera The classic single "Sex & Drugs & Rock and Roll" marked Dury's Stiff debut and this was swiftly followed by the album New Boots and Panties!!, which was eventually to achieve platinum status. New Boots and Panties!! is a 1977 Album by Ian Dury. Despite popular misconception the album is not credited to 'Ian Dury & The Blockheads' as the band

The Blockheads
The Blockheads

In October 1977 Dury and his band started to go out as Ian Dury and the Blockheads, when the band signed up for the Stiff "Live Stiffs Tour" alongside Elvis Costello And The Attractions, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric, and Larry Wallis. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Nick Lowe (born Nicholas Drain Lowe, March 24 1949, Walton-on-Thames) is an English Singer-songwriter, Musician Wreckless Eric (born Eric Goulden, 18 May 1954, Newhaven, East Sussex, England) is a Rock and roll / Larry Wallis is a Guitarist, Songwriter and producer. He is best known as a member of the Pink Fairies and an early member of Motörhead The tour was a success, and Stiff launched a concerted Ian Dury marketing campaign, resulting in the Top Ten hit "What a Waste" and the classic UK number one "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick". The band toured to great acclaim throughout Europe.

The band's second album Do It Yourself was released in June 1979 in a Barney Bubbles-designed sleeve of which there were over a dozen variations, all based on samples from the Crown wallpaper catalogue. Colin Fulcher aka Barney Bubbles (July 1942 - Nov 1983 was a radical English visual artist whose work encompassed many disciplines including graphic design music video Crown Wallpaper (aka Crown Wallpaper Company was an agglomeration of wallpaper manufacturers in the United Kingdom in 1899 This page refers to the material used for Interior decoration. Another top ten single, "Reasons to be Cheerful", kept Dury in the public eye.

In 1980 Jankel left The Blockheads to concentrate on a solo career and was replaced by former Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson, who also contributed to the next album Laughter and its two minor hit singles. Dr Feelgood are a British pub rock band, which was formed in mid 1971 Wilko Johnson (born John Wilkinson, 12 July 1947 Canvey Island, Essex) is a English Guitarist and Songwriter, particularly In 1980-81 Dury and Jankel teamed up again with Sly and Robbie to record Lord Upminster. Sly and Robbie are one of Reggae 's most prolific and long lasting production teams

Ian Dury And The Blockheads disbanded in 1981 after Dury secured a new recording deal with Polydor Records through A&R man Frank Neilson, choosing to work with a group of young musicians which he named The Music Students and recorded the album Four Thousand Weeks' Holiday. Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. This album marked a departure from his usual style and was not as well received by fans for its American jazz influence. In 1998, following Dury's diagnosis with cancer, he reunited with the Blockheads to record the well-received album Mr Love-Pants and play a number of live dates.

In the early 1990s, Dury appeared with English band Curve on the benefit compilation album Peace Together. In Mathematics, the concept of a curve tries to capture the intuitive idea of a geometrical one-dimensional and continuous object Dury and Curve singer Toni Halliday shared vocals on a cover of the Blockheads' track "What a Waste". Antoinette "Toni" Halliday (born 5 July 1964) is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist What A Waste is a song and single by Ian Dury and the Blockheads contrary to popular misconception it is their first single and was originally released on the

The Blockheads have continued after Dury's death, contributing to the tribute album, Brand New Boots And Panties, then Where's The Party. The Blockheads still tour, and are currently recording a new album. They currently comprise Jankel, Watt-Roy, Gallagher, Turnbull, Dylan Howe on drums, Gilad Atzmon and Dave Lewis on saxes. Dylan Lee Howe (born August 4, 1969 in England) is a Jazz Drummer, studio/session drummer and Composer. Gilad Atzmon (גלעד עצמון born June 9, 1963) is a Jazz musician, Author and anti-Zionist activist who was born in Israel Derek The Draw (who was Dury's friend and minder) is now writing songs with Jankel as well as singing. They are aided and abetted by Lee Harris (guitarist), who is their 'aide de camp'. For more information visit their website.

Acting and other activities

Ian Dury's confident and unusual demeanor caught the eyes of producers and directors of drama. His first important and extensive role was in Farrukh Dhondy's mini-series for the BBC, "King of the Ghetto" (1987), a drama set in London's multi-racial Brick Lane area with a cast led by a young Tim Roth. Farrukh Dhondy (born 1944 in Poona India is a British writer and activist of Indian Parsi descent Tim Roth (born Timothy Simon Smith; 14 May 1961 is an English film Actor and director. Dury had small parts in several films, probably the most well-known of which was Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, as well as cameo appearances in Roman Polanski's Pirates and the Sylvester Stallone science fiction film Judge Dredd. Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is an English Film director born in Wales. The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (punctuated onscreen as The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover) is a Film written and directed by Peter A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6 1946 is an American Actor, director, producer and Screenwriter. For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread. He also wrote a musical, Apples, staged in London's Royal Court Theatre. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Court Theatre The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. He had a small supporting role in The Crow: City of Angels, directed by Tim Pope, who had directed a few of Dury's music videos. The Crow City of Angels is a 1996 Action film and a Sequel to the Cult film The Crow. Tim Pope is an award-winning Film director most famous for his Music videos having directed feature films, and for a brief pop career A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics He also appeared alongside fellow songwriters Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, respectively, in the movies Hearts of Fire (1987) and Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (1989). Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor.

Dury wrote and performed the theme song "Profoundly in Love with Pandora" for the television series The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (1985), based on the book of the same name by Sue Townsend, as well as its follow-up The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987). Adrian Albert Mole (born April 2, 1967) is the fictional Protagonist in a series of books by English author Sue Townsend. Susan Lillian "Sue" Townsend (born 2 April 1946) is a British Novelist, best known as the author of the Adrian Mole

Dury turned down an offer from Andrew Lloyd-Webber to write the libretto for Cats (a gig which reportedly earned Richard Stilgoe millions). Andrew Lloyd Webber Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948 is a British Composer of Musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe OBE (b 28 March 1943) is a British Songwriter, Lyricist and Musician. The reason, said Dury, "I can't stand his music. "[1] ". . . I said no straight off. I hate Andrew Lloyd Webber. He's a wanker, isn't he?" "Every time I hear 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' I feel sick, it's so bad. He got Richard Stilgoe to do the lyrics in the end, who's not as good as me. He made millions out of it. He's crap, but he did ask the top man first!"[2]

When AIDS first came to prominence in the mid-1980s, Dury was among celebrities who appeared on UK television to promote safe sex, demonstrating how to put on a condom using a model of an erect penis. Safe sex (also called safer sex or protected sex) is the practice of Sexual activity in a manner that reduces the risk of Infection with A condom is a device most commonly used during Sexual intercourse.

Dury cohabited with actress and singer Jane Horrocks for approximately two years in the 1980s. Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is an English actress, Musician, and singer

In the 1990s, he became an ambassador for UNICEF, recruiting stars such as Robbie Williams to publicise the cause. An ambassador is the highest ranking Diplomat who represents their country The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946 Robert Peter Maximilian Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer The two visited Sri Lanka in this capacity to promote polio vaccination. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Vaccination is the administration of Antigenic material (the Vaccine) to produce immunity to a disease Dury appeared with Curve on the Peace Together concert and CD (1993), performing "What a Waste", with benefits to the Youth of Northern Ireland. Curve were an English music group formed in 1990 chiefly around the collaboration of singer/songwriter Toni Halliday and bassist Guitarist programmer He was also involved with the charity Cancer Bacup.

Dury appeared in the Classic Albums episode that focused on Steely Dan's album, Aja. Classic Albums is a documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well known band or musician or that exemplify Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Dury commented that the album was one of the most "hopeful" he'd ever heard, and that the album "lifted [his] spirits up" whenever he played it. He also felt that it showed Steely Dan's love for jazz musicians and that it had "California in its blood. . . [even though it was recorded by] boys from New York. "

Illness

It was known for some time before his death that Dury had cancer. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 1996 and underwent surgery, but tumors were later found in his liver, and he was told that his condition was terminal. In 1998, his death was incorrectly announced on XFM radio by Bob Geldof, possibly due to hoax information from a listener. A premature Obituary is an obituary published whose subject is not actually deceased Xfm is a brand of Commercial radio stations focused on Alternative music, primarily indie, and owned by GCap Media in the United Kingdom Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951, is an Irish singer Upon hearing of his illness Dury took the opportunity to marry his girlfriend, sculptor Sophy Tilson, with whom he had two children, Billy and Albert.

In 1999, Dury collaborated with Madness on their first original album in 14 years on the track "Drip Fed Fred". Madness are an English pop / Ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976 Suggs and the band cite him as a great influence. Graham McPherson (born on 13 January 1961 in Hastings) better known as Suggs, is an English Singer, actor former radio DJ and TV personality It was to be one of his last recordings.

Ian Dury & The Blockheads' last performance was a charity concert in aid of Cancer Bacup on February 6, 2000 at The London Palladium, supported by Kirsty MacColl and Phill Jupitus. A benefit concert is a Concert, show or gala featuring musicians comedians or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose often directed at a specific Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The London Palladium is a 2286 seat West End theatre located off Oxford Street in the City of Westminster. Kirsty Anna MacColl ( 10 October, 1959 &ndash 18 December, 2000) was an English Singer-songwriter. Phill Jupitus (born 25 June 1962 is an English broadcaster. He is a regular on television and radio panel shows including BBC Radio 4 's Dury was noticeably ill and had to be helped on and off stage.

Dury died of metastatic liver cancer in 2000. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC also called hepatoma) is a primary malignancy (cancer of the Liver. One of his obituaries read: "one of few true originals of the English music scene" (The Guardian). The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Meanwhile, he was described by Suggs, the singer with Madness, as "possibly the finest lyricist we've seen. Graham McPherson (born on 13 January 1961 in Hastings) better known as Suggs, is an English Singer, actor former radio DJ and TV personality Madness are an English pop / Ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976 "

The Ian Dury website opened an online book of condolence shortly after his death, which was signed by hundreds of fans. A guestbook is a logging system that allows visitors of a Website to leave a public comment The 250 mourners at his funeral included fellow musicians Suggs and Jools Holland as well as "celebrity fans" such as Mo Mowlam. Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English Pianist, Bandleader Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam PhD (18 September 1949 &ndash 19 August 2005 was a British Politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and

Dury's son, Baxter Dury, is also a singer. Baxter Dury is an English indie musician currently signed to Rough Trade Records. He sang a few of his father's songs at the wake after the funeral, and has released his own albums - Len Parrot's Memorial Lift and Floor Show.

In 2002, a musical bench was placed in Poet's Corner, near Pembroke Lodge, within Richmond Park, South-West London, being a favoured viewing spot of Dury's. Richmond Park is a 955 hectare (2360 acre urban park near central London UK London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This solar powered seat was intended to allow visitors to plug in and listen to eight of his songs as well as an interview, but has been subjected to repeated vandalism. Solar energy is the Light and radiant heat from the Sun that powers Earth 's Climate and Weather and sustains Life Vandalism is the behaviour attributed to the Vandals in respect of Culture: ruthless Destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or Venerable

Discography

Singles

Albums

Blockheads albums (without Dury) and DVDs

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See also

References

  1. ^ Ian Dury dies of cancer Guardian (UK)
  2. ^ Interview: Ian Dury: Great sense of tumour The Independent (UK)

External links

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