The man whose keen eyes noticed the slip was Larry Parnes, impresario, housemother, and guiding light of one of the strangest firms in show business. Entrepreneur Parnes’s merchandise is all ...

Billy Fury was one of the most successful acts belonging to showbiz impresario Larry Parnes in the 1960s. Though his early success may have been eclipsed in later years by the Liverpool bands that ...

He was performing under the name Reg Patterson at London's Condor Club in 1957 when he was spotted by impresario Larry Parnes. Parnes gave his protégées surnames like Fury, Power, Gentle and ...