Billy Nicholls

The Profile

English singer-songwriter whose 1968 album Would You Believe was recorded for Immediate but largely unreleased at the time; later issued decades after its creation. Worked with members of Small Faces and was associated with Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate label.

Signed young to write songs (review states he was signed at 16 to write for Del Shannon on the advice of George Harrison). Contracted by Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Oldham for Immediate. Appears uncredited on Small Faces' Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake (per the review). Would You Believe was shelved in 1968 and officially issued decades later (review states an official CD release in 2000).

DeBaser's review by Lewis Tollani praises Billy Nicholls' 1968 album Would You Believe as a lost baroque/sunshine-pop masterpiece. The review highlights connections with Small Faces, Andrew Oldham and Immediate, and compares the arrangements to Pet Sounds. The album was shelved at the time and officially issued decades later.