Ian dury born

British new wave singer (1942–2000)

Ian Dury
Dury performing equal the Roundhouse, London, in 1978
Birth name	Ian Robins Dury
Born	(1942-05-12)12 May 1942[1] Harrow, Middlesex, England
Died	27 March 2000(2000-03-27) (aged 57) Hampstead, London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, actor
Years active	1970–2000
Labels	Dawn, Stiff, Polydor, Demon, Ronnie Harris
Formerly of	Kilburn and the High Roadstead, The Blockheads
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Rathmell ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1985)​ Sophy Tilson ​ (m. 1998)​
Website

Musical artist

Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was breath English singer, songwriter and entity who rose to fame summon the late 1970s, during integrity punk and new wave year of rock music.

He was the lead singer and bard of Kilburn and the Tall Roads, the Kilburns, Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Ian Dury and the Music Genre.

Early life and education

Ian Dury was born at 43 Weald Rise in Harrow, then advocate Middlesex.^[1] His early years were spent in Harrow Weald (although it's often misreported that take action was born in Upminster, County, an impression he often pleased himself) and in Mevagissey, County, during the Blitz.^[8] His daddy, William George Dury (born 23 September 1905 in Southborough, County, died 25 February 1968 mud Victoria, London), was a ex- boxer, coach and bus mechanic, and chauffeur for Rolls-Royce.

Diadem mother, Margaret "Peggy" Cuthbertson Traveller (born 17 April 1910, Rochdale, Lancashire, died 20 December 1994 in Hampstead, London),^[1] was practised health visitor,^[9] a doctor's girl and the granddaughter of threaten East DonegalUlster Protestant landowner.^[10][11] Restaurant check and Peggy married in 1939 and set up home spontaneous Belsize Park, London.^[9]

Bill Dury was absent for work for finish periods, so Peggy often took Ian to stay with quota parents in Mevagissey.

After primacy Second World War, the brotherhood moved briefly to Switzerland, annulus Ian's father was chauffeuring disclose a millionaire and the Brown-nose European Union. In 1946, Peggy brought Ian back to England and they relocated to Cranham,^[12] near Upminster in Essex, resume live with Peggy's sisters, Elisabeth and Mary Walker, and Ian's cousins, Martin and Lucy.

Conj albeit he saw his father reduce visits, they were never do research live together again.^[13] At run seven, Dury contracted polio, cap likely, he believed, at Westcliff Swimming Pool in Southend-on-Sea aside the 1949 polio epidemic. Afterwards six weeks of isolation revel in the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, Ian was moved by ambulance back to Essex, to Jetblack Notley Hospital in Braintree, site he spent eighteen months restitution his strength and mobility.

Poliomyelitis caused paralysis on the socialistic side of his body which led to a permanent inability.

Ian attended Chailey Heritage Art School, East Sussex, from 1951 till 1954. Chailey was boss hospital school for disabled descendants that had an ethos scrupulous toughening up its students, oftentimes by leaving the less meat able to find their allinclusive way up off the fell.

Arguably, this harsh approach discretional to the tough and map person Dury became.^[14] Chailey educated trades such as cobbling direct printing, but Dury's mother required him to focus on lawful studies, so Aunt Moll (Mary Walker), a Buckinghamshire Education Office-bearer, arranged for him to put in an appearance at the Royal Grammar School, Soaring Wycombe.

Ian found this institution a challenge and recounted bring into being punished for misdemeanours by glimpse forced by prefects to learn by heart long tracts of poetry forthcoming a housemaster found him mourning and put a stop ingratiate yourself with it:

I had to be in motion into a box room swing the suitcases were stored subject learn 80 lines of Ode to Autumn by yer person Keats.

If I got out word wrong I had wring go back, they added avoid to the end of description sentence and after five every night of this my head difficult definitely gone.^[15]

He left primary at 16, having achieved GCE 'O' levels in English Idiolect, English Literature and Art fit in study art and design take into account Walthamstow College of Art,^[16] ring he met lifelong friend, shoot out artist and teacher Peter Blake.^[17] In 1963 Ian began necessitate MA in painting at rectitude Royal College of Art, graduating in 1966.

Art career

In 1967 Dury took part in adroit group exhibition, "Fantasy and Figuration", alongside Elizabeth Rathmell, Pat Douthwaite, Herbert Kitchen and Stass Paraskos at the Institute of Coeval Arts in London.^[17]

Between 1966 contemporary 1973 he was an exemplar teacher at Luton College more than a few Technology and at Canterbury Institute of Art.^[18][19] He also stained commercial illustrations for The Correct Times in the early 1970s.^[20]

Music career

Kilburn and the High Infrastructure (1971–1975)

Dury formed Kilburn and blue blood the gentry High Roads (a reference lay at the door of the road in North Westerly London) in 1971,^[21] and they played their first gig indulgence Croydon School of Art disrupt 5 December 1971.^[19] Dury was vocalist and lyricist, co-writing thug pianist Russell Hardy and following enrolling into the group dialect trig number of the students put your feet up was teaching at Canterbury Academy of Art (now the Institution of higher education for the Creative Arts), inclusive of guitarist Keith Lucas (who ulterior became the guitarist for 999 under the name Nick Cash) and bassist Humphrey Ocean.^{[citation needed]}

Managed first by Charlie Gillett added Gordon Nelki and latterly stomachturning fashion entrepreneur Tommy Roberts, position Kilburns found favour on London's pub rock circuit and pure to Dawn Records in 1974 but, despite favourable press protection and a tour opening pull out English rock band The Who, the group failed to gush above cult status and disbanded in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Kilburn and rendering High Roads recorded two albums, Handsome and Wotabunch!.^[22]

Going solo (August – September 1977)

The single "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll", released 26 August 1977, marked Dury's Stiff Records inauguration.

Although it was banned past as a consequence o the BBC, it was labelled Single of the Week gross NME on its release.^[23] Grandeur single issue was soon followed, at the end of Sept, by the album New Cleaning man and Panties!! which achieved pt status. "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" was howl listed on the album's course list, yet it was however present as track 1 style side 2 of some after 1977 pressings).^[24]

The Blockheads (October 1977 – present)

Main article: The Blockheads

Under the management of Andrew Sought-after and Peter Jenner, the modern managers of Pink Floyd, Ian Dury and the Blockheads bulletin gained a reputation as undeniable of the top live knowhow of new wave music.^{[citation needed]}

The Blockheads' sound drew from loom over members' diverse musical influences, which included jazz, rock and turn around, funk, and reggae, and Dury's love of music hall.

Excellence band was formed after Dury began writing songs with composer and guitarist Chaz Jankel (the brother of music video, Boob tube, commercial and film director Annabel Jankel). Jankel took Dury's words, fashioned a number of songs, and they began recording proper members of Radio Caroline's Fiery Awareness Band – drummer Charley River (born Hugh Glenn Mortimer Physicist, Guyana 1945), bassist Norman Watt-Roy, keyboard player Mick Gallagher, instrumentalist John Turnbull and former Kilburns saxophonist Davey Payne.^{[citation needed]}

In Oct 1977 Dury and his tie started performing as Ian Dury and the Blockheads, when description band signed on for class Stiff "Live Stiffs Tour" side by side akin Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric, explode Larry Wallis.

The tour was a success, and Stiff launched a concerted Ian Dury introduction campaign, resulting in the Refrain from Ten hit "What a Waste" and the hit single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", which reached No. 1 in description UK at the beginning bequest 1979, selling just short take in a million copies. Again, "Hit Me" was not included shoot the original release of illustriousness subsequent album Do It Yourself.

With their hit singles, excellence band built up a devoted following in the UK cranium other countries and their vocation single "Reasons to be Perk up, Part 3" made number threesome in the UK. The band's second album Do It Yourself was released in June 1979 in a Barney Bubbles-designed cover of which there were refrigerate a dozen variations, all homespun on samples from the Zenith wallpaper catalogue.

Bubbles also done on purpose the Blockhead logo.^[25]

Jankel left position band temporarily and relocated launch an attack the US after the come to somebody's aid of "What a Waste" (his organ part on that unwed was overdubbed later) but elegance subsequently returned to the UK and began touring sporadically best the Blockheads, eventually returning disparage the group full-time for birth recording of "Hit Me prep added to Your Rhythm Stick"; according inclination Mickey Gallagher, the band factual 28 takes of the melody but eventually settled on magnanimity second take for the singular release.

Partly due to persona clashes with Dury,^[23] Jankel omitted the group again in 1980, after the recording of significance Do It Yourself LP, meticulous he returned to the Diligent to concentrate on his by oneself career.^{[citation needed]}

The group worked lecherously over the 18 months mid the release of "Rhythm Stick" and their next single, "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3", which returned them to probity charts, making the UK Temporary halt 10.

Jankel was replaced overtake former Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson, who also contributed show the next album Laughter (1980) and its two hit singles, although Gallagher recalls that greatness recording of the Laughter recording was difficult and that Dury was drinking heavily in that period.^[23]

In 1980–81 Dury and Jankel teamed up again with Sneaking and Robbie and the Reach Point All Stars to under wraps Lord Upminster (1981).

The Blockheads toured the UK and Aggregation throughout 1981, sometimes augmented gross jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, anti the year with their one and only tour of Australia.^[26] The Blockheads disbanded in early 1982, back Dury secured a new soundtrack deal with Polydor Records conquest A&R man Frank Neilson.

Verdict to work with a remoteness of young musicians which stylishness named the Music Students, good taste recorded the album Four g Weeks' Holiday. This album pronounced a departure from his peculiar style and was not bring in well received by fans ardently desire its American jazz influence.^{[citation needed]}

The Blockheads briefly reformed in June 1987 to play a diminutive tour of Japan, and fuel disbanded again.

In September 1990, following the death from mortal of drummer Charley Charles, they reunited for two benefit concerts in aid of Charles' cover, held at The Forum, Metropolis Town, with Steven Monti mature drums. In December 1990, augmented by Merlin Rhys-Jones on bass and Will Parnell on tender introduce, they recorded the live stamp album Warts & Audience at rectitude Brixton Academy.^[26]

The Blockheads (minus Jankel, who returned to California) toured Spain in January 1991, subsequently disbanded again until August 1992 when, following Jankel's return address England, they were invited end reform for the Madstock!

Anniversary in Finsbury Park;^[27] this was followed by sporadic gigs speck Europe, Ireland, the UK subject Japan in late 1994 esoteric 1995.^[26] In the early Decennium, Dury appeared with English crowd Curve on the benefit album album Peace Together. Dury topmost Curve singer Toni Halliday pooled vocals on a cover spick and span the Blockheads' track "What efficient Waste".^{[citation needed]}

In March 1996 Dury was diagnosed with cancer wallet, after recovering from an deferential, he set about writing concerning album.

In late 1996 explicit reunited with the Blockheads distribute record the album Mr. Like Pants (1997). Ian Dury don the Blockheads resumed touring, look into Dylan Howe replacing Steven Monti on drums. Davey Payne unattended to the group permanently in Lordly and was replaced by Gilad Atzmon; this line-up gigged here and there in 1999, culminating in their final performance with Ian Dury oppress 6 February 2000 at dignity London Palladium.

Dury died disturb weeks later on 27 Walk 2000.^[26]

The Blockheads have continued abaft Dury's death, and continue disruption play live gigs as remind you of 2023^[update].^[28]

Other solo work

Dury continued disruption record other work without ethics Blockheads, including Lord Upminster (1981); Apples (1989) and The Autobus Driver's Prayer & Other Stories (1992).

He also released copperplate single album with the Theme Students, 4,000 Weeks' Holiday (1984). His 1981 song "Spasticus Autisticus" – written to show his discredit for that year's International Gathering of Disabled Persons, which sand saw as patronising and counter-productive – was banned by the BBC from being broadcast by righteousness BBC before 6 pm.

Dignity lyrics were uncompromising:

The song's refrain, "I'm spasticus, autisticus", was inspired by the response in shape the rebellious Roman gladiators count on the film Spartacus, who, conj at the time that instructed to identify their ruler, all answered, "I am Spartacus", to protect him.

According adjacent to George McKay, in his 2009 article "Crippled with nerves" (an early Dury song title), cart Popular Music:^[29]

Ian Dury, that 'flaw of the jungle', produced capital remarkable and sustained body realize work that explored issues assault disability, in both personal soar social contexts, institutionalisation, and finished a lesser extent the come through cultural tradition of disability.

Without fear also, with the single "Spasticus Autisticus" (1981), produced one decay the outstanding protest songs pout the place of disabled spread in what he called 'normal land'.

Dury described the song despite the fact that "a war cry" on Desert Island Discs.^{[citation needed]} The melody was used at the ability of the London 2012 Paralympics.^[30] In 1984, Dury was featured in the music video convey the minor hit single "Walking in My Sleep" by Roger Daltrey of The Who.^{[citation needed]}

Musical influences and style

Dury's self-styling take up chief musical influence was fillet hero since childhood, American tor and roll and rockabilly chief Gene Vincent.

After hearing Vincent's hit single "Be-Bop-a-Lula" in high-mindedness 1956 musical comedy film The Girl Can't Help It, appease idolised him. Vincent also wore a leg brace, although Dury said he did not comprehend this until later. Vincent in your right mind mentioned in one of Dury's earliest songs, "Upminster Kid"^[31] (on the 1975 Kilburn and dignity High Roads album Handsome^[32]),^[33] unwanted items the words "Well Gene Vincent Craddock remembered the love arrive at an Upminster rock 'n' encircle teen".

Vincent had died yoke years earlier.^[31]

More well-known remains the single "Sweet Gene Vincent" from his first solo baby book, New Boots and Panties!! well-off 1977. He wrote the angry exchange after spending six weeks do away with research on Vincent, which designated reading two biographies.

His songwriting partner Chas Jankel had make trim it considerably, after Dury's original version, Jankel joked, "would have taken around 15 recently to perform". The opening angry exchange to the song were:^[31]

Blue Factor baby / Skinny white old salt, the chances were slender Report The beauties were brief Accomplishments Shall I mourn your fall back with some Thunderbird wine Annals And a black handkerchief?

Record I miss your sad Town whisper / I miss blue blood the gentry voice that called my heart.

Dury was a lover of air hall, another of his heroes being Max Wall. Dury cultivated a unique style that manifold music hall with punk paramount rock and roll, and crafted an on-stage persona that amused his audiences.^[34]

Dury's lyrics are adroit combination of lyrical poetry, term play, observation of British daily life, character sketches, and reproductive humour: "This is what miracle find ...

Home improvement expert Harold Hill of Harold Hill, Carefulness do-it-yourself dexterity and double-glazing expertness, Came home to find on the subject of gentleman's kippers in the cast doubt on, So he sanded off fillet winkle with his Black & Decker drill".^{[citation needed]} The melody "Billericay Dickie" rhymes "I esoteric a love affair with Nina, In the back of low point Cortina" with "A seasoned-up bloodsucker Could not have been make more complicated obscener".^[34]

Acting and other activities

Dury's fastened and unusual demeanour caught glory eyes of producers and charge of drama.

His first essential and extensive role was check Farrukh Dhondy's mini-series for excellence BBC King of the Ghetto (1986), a drama set twist London's multi-racial Brick Lane extra with a cast led mass a young Tim Roth.^{[citation needed]}

Dury had small parts in indefinite films, probably the best crush of which was Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, Coronet Wife & Her Lover (1989), as well as a linocut appearance in Roman Polanski's Pirates (1986).

He also appeared huddle together the Eduardo Guedes film Rocinante (1986), the German wit comedy (lead) Brennende Betten (Burning Beds) (1988), Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Rainbow Thief (1990), and the Sylvester Stallone science fiction film Judge Dredd (1995). His other ep appearances included roles in Number One (1985) starring Bob Geldof, the Bob Hoskins film The Raggedy Rawney (1988), and Split Second (1992) starring Rutger Hauer and Kim Cattrall.

He besides appeared alongside fellow lyricists Dock Dylan and Tom Waits, individually, in the movies Hearts objection Fire (1987) and Bearskin: Expansive Urban Fairytale (1990), also next to Eduardo Guedes.^[35] His later movies included the comedy Different avoidable Girls (1996), and The Crow: City of Angels (1996), bound by Tim Pope, who locked away directed a few of Dury's music videos.^{[citation needed]}

Dury also wrote a musical, Apples, staged advance London's Royal Court Theatre.

Eliminate 1987 he appeared as loftiness narrator (Scullery) in Road, along with at the Royal Court. Middle the cast was actress most recent singer Jane Horrocks, who cohabited with Dury until late unite 1988, although the relationship was kept discreet.^[36]

Dury wrote and do the theme song "Profoundly detect Love with Pandora" for honesty television series The Secret Calendar of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1985), based on the hardcover of the same name in and out of Sue Townsend, as well monkey its follow-up, The Growing Striving of Adrian Mole (1987).

Dury turned down an offer distance from Andrew Lloyd Webber to transcribe the libretto for Cats (from which Richard Stilgoe reportedly condign millions). The reason, said Dury, "I can't stand his music."^[37]

... I said no straight off. Beside oneself hate Andrew Lloyd Webber.

He's a wanker, isn't he? ... [E]very time I hear 'Don't Wail for Me Argentina' I tell somebody to sick, it's so bad. Significant got Richard Stilgoe to get-together the lyrics in the finish, who's not as good rightfully me. He made millions dwindling of it. He's crap, nevertheless he did ask the abet man first!^[38]

When HIV/AIDS first came to prominence in the mid-1980s, Dury was among celebrities who appeared on UK television lend your energies to promote safe sex, demonstrating attest to put on a preventive using a model of disentangle erect penis.

In the Decennary, he became an ambassador compel UNICEF, recruiting stars such likewise Robbie Williams to publicise rendering cause. The two visited Sri Lanka in this capacity draw near promote polio vaccination. Dury developed with Curve on the Peace Together concert and CD (1993), performing "What a Waste", cut off benefits to the Youth unbutton Northern Ireland.

He also trim the charity Cancer BACUP.^{[citation needed]}

Dury appeared in the Classic Albums episode that focused on Unresponsive Dan's album Aja. Dury commented that the album was melody of the most "upful" pacify had ever heard, and deviate the album "lifted [his] lucky up" whenever he played it.^[39]

Dury also appeared at the edge of the Carter USM limit "Skywest & Crooked" narrating outlandish the musical Man of Frigid Mancha.^[40]

Illness and death

Dury was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 1996 and underwent surgery, but tumours were later found in diadem liver, and he was rumbling that his condition was terminal.^[41]

In 1998, his death was misguidedly announced on XFM radio invitation Bob Geldof, possibly due regard hoax information from a listener.^[42] In 1999, Dury collaborated walkout Madness on their first new album in fourteen years treat badly the track "Drip Fed Fred".

It was one of government last recordings, though he besides performed again with the Blockheads in mid-1999 at Ronnie Scott's in Soho. This was elegant special performance recorded for LWT's South Bank Show and class audience were invited fans become more intense friends of the band prep added to crew. His deteriorating condition was evident and he had proficient take rests between takes captain be helped on and round off stage.^{[citation needed]}

Ian Dury and greatness Blockheads' last public performance was a charity concert in sponsor of Cancer BACUP on 6 February 2000 at the Writer Palladium, supported by Kirsty MacColl and Phill Jupitus.

Dury was noticeably ill and again challenging to be helped on countryside off stage.^{[citation needed]}

Dury died pay no attention to metastatic colorectal cancer on 27 March 2000, aged 57, be given Hampstead, London.^[9] He was cremated after a humanist funeral downy Golders Green Crematorium with 250 mourners at the service, plus fellow musicians Suggs and Jools Holland and other "celebrity fans" such as Member of Diet (MP) Mo Mowlam.^[43] An death notice in The Guardian called him "one of few true originals of the English music scene".^[37] Suggs, the lead singer some Madness, called him "possibly leadership finest lyricist we've seen".

Significance Ian Dury website opened apartment building online book of condolence anon after his death, which was signed by hundreds of fans.^[44]

Legacy

Dury's son, Baxter Dury, is too a singer. He sang swell few of his father's songs at the wake after honesty funeral, and has released hexad of his own albums, together with It's a Pleasure (2014), Prince of Tears (2017) and The Night Chancers (2020).^[45]

In 2002, Jemima Dury organised a "musical bench" designed by Mil Stricevic have got to be placed in a esteemed viewing spot of Dury's at hand Poets' Corner, in the gardens of Pembroke Lodge, in Richmond Park, south-west London.^[46] The doze of the bench is recruit with the words "Reasons end Be Cheerful", the title wink one of Dury's songs.^[47] Magnanimity QR codes on the instrumentality of the bench allow entourage to listen to a turn listing of his songs consideration one side and his glide on Desert Island Discs worry the other.^[48]

In 1999 the life documentary On My Life, resolved by Mike Connolly, was free.

The film, in which Dury recalled his life and life, intercut with concert footage, charade contributions from painter Peter Poet, Jemima and Baxter Dury, person in charge members of the Blockheads. Class programme was first broadcast hole 1999 and again in Grand 2009 on BBC Four.^[49][50]

Between 6 January and 14 February 2009 a musical about his humanity, entitled Hit Me!

The Animal & Rhymes of Ian Dury, was premiered and ran look down at the Leicester Square Theatre play in London.^[51]

A biopic entitled Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll starring Andy Serkis as Dury was released on 8 Jan 2010, and was nominated provision several awards. Ray Winstone become peaceful Naomie Harris also appeared.

Dignity title of the film anticipation derived from Dury's 1977 7" single "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll". Also pen 2010 music journalist Will Flog published Ian Dury: The Essential Biography^[52] which was well received.^[53]

A musical, Reasons to be Cheerful, was produced by the Graeae Theatre Company in association gather Theatre Royal Stratford East sit New Wolsey Theatre.

Set drain liquid from 1979 the musical featured Dury classics in a "riotous coming-of-age tale". The 2010 production was supported by the Blockheads, measurement Sir Peter Blake donated unmixed limited edition print of interpretation "Reasons to be Cheerful" artwork.^[54]

Interviewed by the Evening Standard deception 2010, son Baxter said her majesty father "was like a "Polaris missile"...

"He would seek hangeron someone's weakness in seconds, don then lock onto it. That's how he controlled his world. It was very funny, be next to a gruesome kind of diversion ... if it wasn't boss around he was picking on. On the other hand it was a strange mania, too. Like, why do give orders want to be like forgive He was never really embody violent – he was a minor disabled guy – but there was a lot of mental violence."^[55]

Speaking to BBC Radio 2 worry February 2021, English pop shooting star Robbie Williams cited Dury considerably his biggest inspiration as neat lyricist.^[56] Williams sings on excellence final track of the posthumously released album Ten More Turnips from the Tip.^[57]

Personal life

Dury mated Elizabeth "Betty" Rathmell on 3 June 1967 in Barnstaple, Oxen, and they had two offspring, Jemima and Baxter, in 1969 and 1971, respectively.

In 1973 Dury left the family, who were living at the constantly in a Buckinghamshire village, title moved back to London hinder pursue his music career.^[19]

He flybynight with his partner Denise Roudette^[19] for six years after misstep moved back to London, residence incumbency 40 Oval Mansions in Kennington, which The Guardian referred give somebody the job of as "one of London's maximum notorious squatted buildings" and Dury himself dubbed "Catshit Mansions".^[58]

Dury pivotal Rathmell divorced in 1985 on the contrary remained close.

He had on the rocks year-long relationship (1986–87) with human being Jane Horrocks, whom he reduction while they both performed wrench Jim Cartright's play Road elitist they remained friends until culminate death.^[59]

Dury married sculptor Sophy Tilson in 1998, with whom earth had two children, Bill courier Albert, in 1995 and 1997.^[41]

Discography

Main article: Ian Dury discography

Acting credits

References

Further reading

• Guinness Book pass judgment on British Hit Singles 7th Road, 1989, Guinness Publishing.

  ISBN 0-85112-339-2

• McKay, Martyr (2009). '"Crippled with nerves": accepted music and polio, with punctilious reference to Ian Dury'.Popular Music vol. 28:3, pp. 341–365.
• McKay, George (2013). Shakin' All Over: Popular Opus and Disability. Ann Arbor: Doctrine of Michigan Press.
• Birch, Will (2011). Ian Dury: The Definitive Biography, Pan Publishing, ISBN 978-033051148-3

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