Dury performing at the Roundhouse, London, in 1978
Background information
Birth name
Ian Robins Dury
Born
(1942-05-12)12 May 1942 Harrow, Middlesex, England
Died
27 March 2000(2000-03-27) (aged 57) Hampstead, London, England
Genres
New wave[1]
punk rock[2]
post-punk[3]
funk[4]
disco[5]
pub rock[6]
Occupation(s)
Singer, songwriter, actor
Years active
1970–2000
Labels
Dawn, Stiff, Polydor, Demon, Ronnie Harris
Formerly of
Kilburn and the High Roads, The Blockheads
Spouse(s)
Elizabeth Rathmell
(m. 1967; div. 1985)
Sophy Tilson
(m. 1999)
Website
iandury.co.uk
Musical artist
Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English singer, songwriter and actor who rose to fame in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. He was the lead singer and lyricist of Ian Dury and the Blockheads and previously Kilburn and the High Roads.
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^Jones, Emma (7 January 2010). "Serkis uncovers Ian Dury's poetic depths". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^Denselow, Robin (27 March 2000). "Obituary: Ian Dury". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Ian Dury". AllMusic.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^"Baxter Dury – Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English singer, songwriter and actor who rose to fame in the late 1970s, during the punk and new...
fronted by lead singer IanDury as IanDury and the Blockheads or Ian and the Blockheads, the band has continued to perform since Dury's death in 2000. As...
of British musician IanDury, including with Kilburn and the High Roads and the Blockheads. The Blockheads discography "IanDury | full Official Chart...
October 1945) is an English Hammond organ player best known as a member of IanDury and the Blockheads and for his contributions to albums by the Clash. He...
Kilburn and the High Roads were a British pub rock band formed in London by IanDury in 1970. The band released one studio album Handsome in 1975, disbanding...
Baxter Dury (born 18 December 1971) is an English indie musician, originally signed to Rough Trade Records. Baxter Dury is the son of IanDury and his...
is a song by IanDury and the Blockheads, first released as a single on Stiff Records in the UK on 23 November 1978 and credited to "Ian & the Blockheads"...
Ian Brady in the British television film Longford (2006) and was nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of new wave and punk rock musician IanDury in...
which reached number 28 in the UK Albums Chart. In 1980, Johnson joined IanDury's band, the Blockheads. Around 1984 he then re-formed The Wilko Johnson...
1970s as the guitarist and keyboardist of the rock band IanDury and the Blockheads. With Dury, Jankel co-wrote some of the band's best-known songs including...
McCartney, Robert Plant, Thadeus Richard, Bruce Thomas, Pete Townshend Queen IanDury and the Blockheads (with guest Mick Jones on "Sweet Gene Vincent") Matumbi...
"Sweet Gene Vincent" is a song and single by IanDury. Taken from his first solo album New Boots and Panties!! it was his second solo single and third...
"Spasticus Autisticus" is a song written by IanDury and co-written by Chaz Jankel, released both as a single and on Dury's second solo studio album Lord Upminster...
"What a Waste" is a song and single by IanDury and the Blockheads, originally released in 1978 on the Stiff Records single BUY 27 "What a Waste" / "Wake...
lyricist IanDury (1942–2000) near Poet's Corner. On the back of the bench are the words "Reasons to be cheerful", the title of one of Dury's songs. The...
as Nick Lowe, the Damned, Lene Lovich, Wreckless Eric, Elvis Costello, IanDury, and Devo, also signing artists with significant crossover appeal such...
rights activist Ian Dunn (rugby union) (born 1960), New Zealand rugby union player IanDury (1942–2000), British singer and songwriter Ian Eagle (born 1969)...
studio album by IanDury and the Blockheads, and Dury's ninth overall. It was compiled and released in 2002, two years after Dury's death in March 2000...
Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2010. Burrell, Ian (24 June 2007). "More than 1,200 hurt at sodden Glastonbury". The Independent...
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