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Billy Thorpe

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Also known as William Richard Thorpe, Little Rock Allen, Puff'n Billy

English-born Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and musician (1946-2007)

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  • Most people I know (think that I'm crazy)
  • Sex and thugs and rock 'n' roll

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Country
GB
Active from
1946-03-29
Active to
2007-02-28

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William Richard "Billy" Thorpe, AM (29 March 1946 – 28 February 2007) was a renowned English-born Australian rock singer-songwriter and musician. As lead singer of his band Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, he had success in the 1960s with "Blue Day", "Poison Ivy", "Over the Rainbow", "Sick and Tired", and "Mashed Potato"; and in the 1970s with "Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy". Featuring in concerts at Sunbury Pop Festivals and Myer Music Bowl in the early 1970s <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu

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Billy Thorpe
date of death
2007-02-28
date of birth
1946-03-29
start of work period
1956-00-00
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