Billy Thorpe Billy Thorpe i(A47252 works by) (a.k.a. William Richard Thorpe)
Born: Established: 29 Mar 1946 Manchester,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 28 Feb 2007 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Most People I Know (Think That I'm Crazy) Billy Thorpe , Sydney : Macmillan Australia , 1998 Z1445789 1998 single work autobiography

'What does a man in a New York City hospital, with no idea how he got there, have in common with two homicide detectives, murder, an American hit record, rock festivals, the Toorak library, six air hostesses, a Las Vegas wedding, James Bond's Aston Martin, and Gracelands?

'Who is this man? The answer is Australian rock legend Billy Thorpe.

'As Billy lies in his hospital bed, trying vainly to work out how even he managed to get himself into this mess, he wanders through the corridors of his life: the music, mayhem and mind-altering substances; the Sunbury Aztecs, the girls, the characters, the '70s...

'It doesn't get any better than this. Take the trip.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 1 y separately published work icon Sex and Thugs and Rock 'n' Roll : A Year in Kings Cross 1963-1964 Billy Thorpe , Sydney : Macmillan Australia , 1996 Z1360574 1996 single work autobiography

'Billy Thorpe is an Australian rock legend, but in 1963 he was a 17 year old singer fresh out of Brisbane, who arrived in Sydney's Kings Cross ready to crack the big time. Through his eyes we see the Cross at a unique moment in its history, and Australia on the threshold of an astonishing new wave of youth culture.

'For Billy it's a tantalising and dangerous new world and soon finds his life turned upside-down by an erotic menage a trois and a murder. And if that's not enough, he joins a group called the Aztecs and within twelve months they have a national No. 1 hit.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Marco and the Book of Wisdom : A Tale From the Lost Forests, A Puggles Story A. A. Barber , Billy Thorpe , Michael Van Cleeve (illustrator), Sharon Ross (illustrator), Michael McHugh (illustrator), South Melbourne : Matchbooks , 1989 Z1326362 1989 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Double Trouble : A Tale From the Lost Forests, A Puggles Story A. A. Barber , Billy Thorpe , Michael Van Cleeve (illustrator), Sharon Ross (illustrator), Michael McHugh (illustrator), South Melbourne : Matchbooks , 1989 Z1326355 1989 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Flying's Easy : A Tale From the Lost Forests, A Puggles Story A. A. Barber , Billy Thorpe , Michael McHugh (illustrator), Sharon Ross (illustrator), Michael Van Cleeve (illustrator), South Melbourne : Matchbooks , 1989 Z1326229 1989 single work picture book children's
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