# Ian Dury | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 12:29 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Ian Dury
- Visible lyric pages: 110

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `ian-dury`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 12:29 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-03c2b6dad72c8bb3
- Visible lyric pages: 110
- Pages with stored lyric text: 110
- Video-backed song pages: 108
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 165875
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 155
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 1
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Bit Of Kit, Apples, (You're My) Inspiration, Ban The Bomb, Bed o' Roses No. 9, Bill Haley's Last Words, Billericay Dickie, and Billy Bentley (Promenades Himself In London)
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Ian Dury was a British singer-songwriter who formed the band Kilburn and the High Roads in the early 1970s, which later became Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Their 1977 debut album 'New Boots and Panties!!' established their sound, mixing punk energy with rock and ska influences. He had contracted polio as a child, which left him with a permanent limp, but he channeled that experience into his music rather than...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Bit Of Kit — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/bit-of-kit
2. Apples — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/apples
3. (You're My) Inspiration — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/you-re-my-inspiration
4. Ban The Bomb — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/ban-the-bomb
5. Bed o' Roses No. 9 — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/bed-o-roses-no-9
6. Bill Haley's Last Words — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/bill-haley-s-last-words
7. Billericay Dickie — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/billericay-dickie
8. Billy Bentley (Promenades Himself In London) — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/billy-bentley-promenades-himself-in-london
9. Blackmail Man — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/blackmail-man
10. Body Song — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/body-song
11. Byline Browne — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/byline-browne
12. D'Orine The Cow — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/d-orine-the-cow
13. Dance Of The Screamers — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/dance-of-the-screamers
14. Delusions Of Grandeur — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/delusions-of-grandeur
15. Don't Ask Me — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/don-t-ask-me
16. England's Glory — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/england-s-glory
17. Funky Disco (Pops) — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/funky-disco-pops
18. Geraldine — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/geraldine
19. Girls (Watching) — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/girls-watching
20. Happy Hippy — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/happy-hippy
21. Heavy Living — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/heavy-living
22. Huffety Puff — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/huffety-puff
23. I Believe — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/i-believe
24. I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/i-m-partial-to-your-abracadabra
25. Itinerant Child — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/itinerant-child
26. London Talking — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/london-talking
27. Looking For Harry — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/looking-for-harry
28. Lullaby For Franc(i/e)s — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/lullaby-for-francies
29. No Such Thing As Love — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/no-such-thing-as-love
30. Oh Mr. Peanut — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/oh-mr-peanut
31. One Love — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/one-love
32. Over The Points — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/over-the-points
33. Patience (So What?) — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/patience-so-what
34. Really Glad You Came — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/really-glad-you-came
35. Riding The Outskirts Of Fantasy — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/riding-the-outskirts-of-fantasy
36. Sweet Gene Vincent — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/sweet-gene-vincent
37. Take Your Elbow Out Of The Soup, Your Sitting On The Chicken — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/take-your-elbow-out-of-the-soup-your-sitting-on-the-chicken
38. Tell Your Daddy — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/tell-your-daddy
39. The Badger And The Rabbit — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/the-badger-and-the-rabbit
40. The Right People — https://lyroverse.com/ian-dury/the-right-people