Bill Francis obituary

Photographer who caught the pop music characters of the 1950s and 60sBill Francis, who has died aged 79, photographed many jazz and rock'n'roll greats in the 1950s, including Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and Buddy Holly. Most photographers are perfectionists but Bill was obsessively so, always striving for the best no matter how routine or rushed the job.Born within earshot of "Bow bells" in London – making him a true cockney – he had a fascination with photography from an early a...

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