In tracks such as ‘Billericay Dicky’ and ‘Clevor Trever,’ he expressed his common tongue and firecracker intelligence with the kind of wordplay reserved for the Romantic poets of a by-gone age—after they’ve had a few.

Whether it was conforming to pop sensibilities that rang throughout his brilliant rhyming couplets or indeed fighting against the restrictions being imposed on what ‘punk’ truly was.The band’s effervescent personality was brimming not only with tunes to make you want to dance your night away but with grit, fight and most importantly romanticism of the working class. She still puts her heart into her songs, including the one Elton John sings on.

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Even four years after punk purists would suggest that the genre officially died, Ian Dury and The Blockheads were a welcome heartbeat that spoke for the mind, body and soul. The audio file used in this video is an MP3 render of the Hit Trax MIDI File backing track.

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He delivered lyrics over funky beats and pulsating new wave precursors, and he did it all with a face like a chip shop owner, a shaking of his hips, a shuffling of his dancing feet and a disregard for anything that tried to stop him.That is where his punk spirit and the spirit of the band lay, like deep and unshakable steel within their collective soul to refuse to conform.

This intoxicating mix was seen best when they performed live.

By 1981, Dury was beginning to set his sights on his solo career but he was still deeply emboldened by the band when he arrived in Paris that year.

It is well known that the Ian Dury song "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" was inspired by his disability; Dury was born in Harrow in May 1942 (not Essex as he would claim early on in his music career), and contracted polio when he was seven years old.

What's the deal with "Summer of '69"?

What chemistry and groove. In doing so it set a record for the slowest ascent to the Top 5 in the chart's history, which was beaten by Imagine Dragon's "Radioactive" 42-week clamber to #4 three weeks later.

Ian Dury (1942-2000) was an English singer, songwriter, and bandleader.

Born on 12th May 1942, he is best known as founder and lead singer of the British band Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

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