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| | UK-based singer, songwriter and pianist, who began writing in the early 1960s while studying at university and in 1966 recorded a demo using the mobile studio of . Impressed by the demo, ex-Them drummer Terry Noon helped Fay to sign a recording contract with . Between 1967 and 1971 the label released a single ([m=660255]) and two albums (the lush, orchestrated eponymous debut and the rawer [m=276578]). Unfortunately, these recordings did not sell well and decided to end Bill’s contract shortly after the release of [m=276578]. He returned to the studio in the late 1970s to record a third album, which finally emerged in January 2005 on / (entitled [m=137898], credited to the ). In 2004, released [r=1555909] - a collection of demos recorded between 1966 and 1970 (plus one recorded in 2000).
After not releasing any newly recorded material for over four decades - aside from a single track on [r=1555909] in 2000 - Bill released a new album of original material in 2012, titled [m=465262]. This was followed in 2015 by another new album, [m=820371].
Bill’s many fans include country rockers , songwriter/producer , of and of . |
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