Noddy Holder

Noddy Holder (born Neville John Holder in Walsall, Staffordshire, England on 15 June 1946) was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist with 1970s rock music group Slade.

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Walsall - Staffordshire - England - 15 June - 1946 - Vocalist - 1970s - Rock music - Slade

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After having worked in an office and as a roadie for Band of Joy, Noddy Holder turned professional with Steve Brett & the Mavericks. The band made 3 singles and at TV appearance before drummer Don Powell got Holder to join The N'Betweens. The group already included guitarist Dave Hill and violinist/bassplayer Jimmy Lea and the four of them went on to becoming Slade.

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Roadie - Band of Joy - Don Powell - Dave Hill - Jimmy Lea

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With Lea and Holder formed a successful song-writing partnership, Holder writing the lyrics and Lea the music for Slade's many hits.

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Noddy Holder was the front man of Slade. His loud raucous voice, his muscular rhythm guitar, the innuendo in his lyrics and his extrovert but always good humoured stage personality made him stand out and he went on becoming a 1970s pop icon.

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Slade stopped touring in 1984 but continued making records. In 1989 and 1990 Noddy Holder along with Dave Hill even put out 2 singles on the Mooncrest label using the name Blessing in Disguise. After Slade's 25 anniversary Holder left the band for good, feeling the urge to do something else in life.

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1984 - 1989 - 1990

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Since the 1991 break-up of Slade, he has appeared in various TV shows, notably The Grimleys, and has his own radio show on Piccadilly 1152 in Manchester in the 1990s. He also presented a show on Men & Motors, was a team captain in BBC's A question of pop and was immortalised as a puppet on the TV show Bob the Builder.

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1991 - The Grimleys - Piccadilly 1152 - Manchester - 1990s - Men & Motors - BBC

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In 1999 Noddy Holder's autobiography Who's crazee now? was published and he was awarded the MBE in 2000.

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1999 - MBE - 2000

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Holder's voice was famously used in 2000 to record the lift announcements at the Walsall New Art Gallery. Director of the gallery Peter Jenkinson said at the time:

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2000 - Lift - Walsall New Art Gallery - Peter Jenkinson

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We are delighted that Noddy has agreed to record the lift announcements so that generations to come will be able to enjoy the unmistakable voice of Walsall's most famous son.

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On 7 April 2004, he married TV-producer Suzan Price, with whom he has the son, Django (named after legendary gypsy jazz-guitarist Django Reinhardt), who was born in 1995. From his previous marriage to Leandra Holder has two grown daughters, Jessica and Charisse, who both work in TV-production. Holder and his family live in Prestbury, Cheshire, England.

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7 April - 2004 - Django Reinhardt - 1995 - Prestbury - Cheshire - England

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In November 2004 he made a guest appearance in the second episode of Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere - where he played a garage mechanic called Mick Bustin.

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November 2004 - Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere

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Noddy Holder is now the regular TV critic and reviewer for The Mark Radcliffe Show show on BBC Radio 2, where the two often talk about Holder's rock star past.

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Mark Radcliffe - BBC Radio 2

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He's also now the new presenter of Dumber & Dumberest, which broadcasts in the UK on Five in October 2005

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