Barry Blue's Smooth Glam Croon The cover art for Barry Blue's single "Billy," released in Germany by the Private Stock label under catalogue number 1C 006-98 743, Released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the UK on January 28, 1977, on Private Stock (catalogue: PVT 86), Barry Blue’s “Billy” — backed with “Sitting On A Corner (Of A Love Affair)” — was a smooth, velvety glam-pop ballad from one of the era’s most underrated voices. Written by Barry Blue, Lynsey De Paul, and Stephen W

A brief but telling review of Barry Blue’s “School Love,” capturing the critic’s mixed reaction and the single’s place within the 1974 rock‑revival climate.