| Jimmy Bilsbury | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | James Robert Bilsbury |
| Also known as | Jimmy Pilsbury |
| Born | November 2, 1943 Liverpool, England |
| Died | March 10, 2003 (aged 60) Bonn, Germany |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Associated acts | The Magic Lanterns Les Humphries Singers |
James Robert "Jimmy" Bilsbury (2 November 1942[1]-10 March 2003) was a pop singer and songwriter most famous for co-writing the Boney M hit Belfast and as a member of the Magic Lanterns and the Les Humphries Singers.
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Bilsbury was born in Liverpool.[2]
After appearing with the Ray Johnson Skiffle Group, the Nightboppers, the Beat Boys, the Sabres and the Hammers,[3] and singing and writing for the Magic Lanterns,[4] Bilsbury co-founded the Les Humphries Singers in 1970 with Les Humphries, and was a member when they represented Germany in the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with Sing Sang Song.[5] Bilsbury also performed with Megaton.[3]
Bilsbury co-wrote Belfast for popular disco formation Boney M with singer Drafi Deutscher and Joe Menke.[3]
Bilsbury, who according to Neue Revue had been living on social welfare, was found dead in his 8 square metres (86 sq ft) apartment in Bonn on 13 March 2003,[6] and the post mortem established that he had died three days earlier from heart failure. He was cremated and his ashes were laid to rest in Gauting Waldfriedhof in a ceremony attended by his 16-year-old son.[5][7]