Bill Thorpe (Singer) – Age, Actor, Obituary, Net Worth

Bill Thorpe was a renowned English-born Australian rock singer-songwriter and musician. As lead singer of his band Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, he had success in the 1960s with “Blue Day”, “Poison Ivy”, “Over the Rainbow”, “Sick and Tired”, and “Mashed Potato”; and in the 1970s with “Most People I Know Think That I’m Crazy”. Featuring in concerts at Sunbury Pop Festivals and Myer Music Bowl in the early 1970s, the Aztecs also developed the pub rock scene and were one of the loudest groups in Australia. Thorpe also performed as a solo artist; he relocated to the United States from 1976 to 1996 where he released the space opera Children of the Sun, which peaked in the top 40 of the Billboard Pop Album chart in 1979. He worked with ex-Aztec Tony Barber to form a soft toy company in 1987 and co-wrote stories for The Puggle Tales and Tales from the Lost Forests.

Bill Thorpe Biography

William Richard Thorpe, 29 March 1946, Manchester, Lancashire, England, d. 28 February 2007, Sydney, Australia. Arriving in Sydney, via Brisbane, in 1964, Thorpe soon joined a band, the Aztecs, with whom he could perform at dances in Sydney, playing the new beat music coming from England. Following the success of their first single ‘Blue Day’ in Sydney, they recorded Leiber And Stoller’s ‘Poison Ivy’ after hearing the Rolling Stones’ version, and the song became an Australian number 1 hit in 1965. Inexplicably, Thorpe broke up this band and started recording with a ‘new’ Aztecs, MOR ballads such as ‘Twilight Time’ and ‘Love Letters’, all cover versions that were Australian Top 10 hit singles. By 1966 he was fronting his own television show It’s All Happening!, but the hits dried up and the second Aztecs disbanded.

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Career: This music appealed to the beer-drinking dominions of pubs and outdoor festivals where Thorpe was undisputed king. The first half of the 70s saw line-up changes in the Aztecs, but nonetheless they released several excellent albums and one single (‘Most People I Know (Think That I’m Crazy)’) reached the Top 3. By 1975 Thorpe had moved to the USA, where he formed the Million Dollar Bills and concentrated on writing and producing a sci-fi/hi-tech album Children Of The Sun which had success in the US national charts, reaching the Top 40 in 1979. His follow-up album, 21st Century Man, also charted, albeit with a minor position.Undeterred, Thorpe took up the guitar and grew his hair. He formed yet another new band, still called the Aztecs, which emerged as a heavy blues rock band claiming to be the loudest band in the land throughout the 70s.