Jimmy Bilsbury
James Robert "Jimmy" Bilsbury (born November 2, 1942 in Liverpool , † March 10, 2003 in Bonn ) was an English singer and composer, known as a co-author, member and most frequent solo singer of the Les Humphries Singers .
Career
Bilsbury has performed with groups such as the Ray Johnson Skiffle Group , The Nightboppers , The Beat Boys , The Sabers and the Hammers , and sang and wrote for The Magic Lanterns .
In 1970 he founded the Les Humphries Singers with Les Humphries . He was the main singer of many titles there and was also one of the six-member selection that competed for Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976 with the title Sing Sang Song , but only finished 15th.
In addition to Drafi Deutscher and Joe Menke, Bilsbury was also a co-author on the Belfast title by Boney M.
Seriously alcoholic for years, the former millionaire Bilsbury ended up impoverished and lived on welfare. In 2003 he was found dead in his 8 m² room in a homeless shelter in Bonn. The autopsy revealed that he had died of heart failure three days earlier. His ashes were buried in Gauting's forest cemetery.
Web links
- Composers Works: Bilsbury, James Robert | Sikorski Music Publishers (accessed September 24, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Les Humphries: singer died impoverished - laut.de - News. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bilsbury, Jimmy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bilsbury, James Robert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 2003 |
| Place of death | Bonn |