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Halfway To Paradise
Billy Fury

Halfway To Paradise is a classic pop big-ballad with a massive orchestral backing to elevate it. Fury’s may not have been the best voice in the world, but its plaintive tone struck just the right note for this song’s theme of a love that remains “so near, yet so far away”.

Billy Fury Song facts

Composer
Goffin & King

Genre 
Pop

Released
1961

UK Chart
Position
3

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Nick Lowe

Nick Lowe, Jimmy Ruffin and Ben E. King have all brought their own singing talents to Halfway To Paradise.

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The timbre of Fury's voice and the striking bolero beat is a match made in heaven.

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