Billy - Original London Cast Recording

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9 жыл бұрын

"Billy" - Michael Crawford, Diana Quick, Gay Soper, Elaine Paige

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@franchalin1234 4 жыл бұрын

I saw this show 42 years ago, still love the music

@AdIesumPerMariam 4 жыл бұрын

Big part of my childhood . Saw it and bought the record . Always loved this show .

@roygould6964 4 жыл бұрын

See my comment above...

@dhdavidholloway 9 ай бұрын

Who can forget-I think I'll write that down!

@lindahouston5642 3 жыл бұрын

Saw this show three times - drove all the way from Cornwall with friends. How I would love all the music!

@jillflatt8638 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this show 11 times and was very fortunate to be introduced to Michael on the stage after the show by Terry Hyde, one of the dancers that we had befriended. Michael was so polite and kind to me, a tongue tied teenager...... A ticket for front stalls then was £3.00. We were scandalised when it went up to £3.50!! One of my favourite lines was (the then unknown Elaine Paige saying)"I won't threaten him, I'll flatten him!"

@ChrisChanningChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Diana Quick, Gay Soper, Elaine Paige ... what a cast!

@alexluckes6563 8 жыл бұрын

this was a great show saw it three times

@roygould6964 4 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to be the Assistant Stage Manager on this show at Drury Lane - my first West End show - Later on in the run I was also I was Michael's double, in the bed at the beginning of the shwo when Billy comes down in the parachute and at the end when he goes off from the railway station "I've gotme ticket, I did get me ticket" I took the suitcase from him from behid a blackboard and wlaked up to the bakc of the set which moved whilst Michael jumped down unseen to change to his finale costume. Happy days

@garethbramley1 3 жыл бұрын

@@roygould6964 Do you know when Roy Castle took over? As far as I can make out Crawford was still on board in April 1976 and the show ended sometime in July that year?

@roygould6964 3 жыл бұрын

@@garethbramley1 Hi can't remember the date but Roy only did 8 weeks, much to his annoyance, as A Chorus Line was booked in unbeknownst to all.

@garethbramley1 3 жыл бұрын

@@roygould6964 Thanks for that Roy. Yes 'A Chorus Line' was booked in and started sometime in July so 'Billy' would have to end before that started. I understand Roy Castle took over 3rd May (after Crawford had done exactly 2 years) - so 8 weeks would mean that the show ran till the very end of June or very early July if there was a delay in take-over. Any idea why Crawford left? Was his contract up (after the two years)? Maybe he'd just had enough. The fans stopped coming when Crawford left, I heard.

@DRAINPIPE57 3 жыл бұрын

Daw this fantastic Stage musical.that has a memory all of its own It should be brought back to a new audience Tbanks for the upload

@krystalharwood4731 8 жыл бұрын

did u ever see the story on this?michael says he performed this role many years ago and his grandma was watching. when billy uttered the line "piss off the lot of you!" Nan got up and ridiculed him...in front of the audience...the last thing she told him on her death bed was, ''michael, you MUST sing!" he sure fulfilled her death wish. michael, your gran is smiling down upon you!