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Birth name
  
James Robert Bilsbury

Role
  
Singer

Name
  
Jimmy Bilsbury

Occupation(s)
  
Singer-songwriter

Also known as
  
Jimmy Pilsbury


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Born
  
2 November 1943Liverpool, England (
1943-11-02
)

Associated acts
  
The Magic LanternsLes Humphries Singers

Died
  
March 10, 2003, Bonn, Germany

Albums
  
Music group
  
Les Humphries Singers (1969 – 1992)

Similar People
  
Drafi Deutscher, Henner Hoier, John Lawton, Jurgen Drews, Liz Mitchell

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James Robert Bilsbury (2 November 1942 – 10 March 2003) was an English pop singer and songwriter, most famous for co-writing the Boney M hit, "Belfast", and as a member of the Magic Lanterns and the Les Humphries Singers. He was born in Liverpool.

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Jimmy Bilsbury Jimmy Bilsbury 1942 2003 Find A Grave Memorial

After appearing with the Ray Johnson Skiffle Group, the Nightboppers, the Beat Boys, the Sabres and the Hammers, and singing and writing for the Magic Lanterns, Bilsbury co-founded the Les Humphries Singers in 1970 with Les Humphries, and was a member when they represented Germany in the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with "Sing Sang Song". Bilsbury also performed with Megaton. He co-wrote "Belfast" for popular disco formation Boney M. with singer Drafi Deutscher and Joe Menke.

Jimmy Bilsbury The Les Humphries Singers and beyond

Bilsbury, who according to Neue Revue had been living on social welfare, was found dead in his 8 square metres (86 sq ft) apartment in Bonn on 13 March 2003, and the post mortem established that he had died three days earlier from heart failure. He was cremated and his ashes were buried in Gauting Waldfriedhof near Munich, at a ceremony attended by his 16-year-old son.

Jimmy Bilsbury Jimmy Bilsbury 1942 2003 Find A Grave Memorial

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References

Jimmy Bilsbury Wikipedia


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