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Neville John "Noddy" Holder (born 15 June 1946) is an English musician, songwriter and actor. He was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the English rock band Slade, one of the UK's most successful acts of the 1970s.
Known for his distinctive, powerful and wide-ranging voice, Holder co-wrote most of Slade's material with bass guitarist Jim Lea, including "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Merry Xmas Everybody". After leaving Slade in 1992, he diversified into television and radio work, notably starring in the ITV comedy-drama series The Grimleys (1999–2001).
Neville John Holder was born on 15 June 1946 in the Caldmore area, near the centre of Walsall, Staffordshire, England. When he was seven he moved with his family to the Beechdale Estate, a council estate in the north of the town which was also home to Rob Halford, later of Judas Priest. He acquired his nickname at infants' school for his habit of nodding to teachers instead of saying "yes".
The son of a window cleaner, in 1957 Holder passed the eleven plus exam and attended a grammar school for a year until it closed. He then attended the new T. P. Riley Community School (which became a comprehensive school in 1964) and passed six GCE O-level exams.
He formed a group called the Rockin' Phantoms with schoolfriends at the age of 13, and with money earned from a part-time job, he bought a guitar and an amplifier. He also used his father's window-cleaning van to drive Robert Plant (who would later go on to co-found Led Zeppelin) to gigs with Plant's band at the time, the Tennessee Teens. Holder left school during his A-levels after "falling well behind" from performing around the Midlands with the Rockin' Phantoms.
Holder started his own band called the Memphis Cutouts and then, with Steve Brett & The Mavericks in the early 1960s, recorded four singles for EMI's Columbia label.
In 1966, drummer Don Powell persuaded Holder to join The N' Betweens, a group which already included guitarist Dave Hill and bass guitarist/keyboard player/violinist/songwriter Jim Lea. Together the four formed the band Ambrose Slade, who later became Slade, one of Britain's top-selling rock bands. Lea and Holder composed together almost all of Slade's songs. The band's original line-up clocked up 21 hit singles and released 15 albums.
Slade are particularly remembered for "Merry Xmas Everybody", written by Holder and Lea. As a single, it became the band's sixth number one and the third Slade single to enter the UK Singles Chart at number one. It has sold 1.32 million copies in the UK alone.
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Noddy Holder
Neville John "Noddy" Holder (born 15 June 1946) is an English musician, songwriter and actor. He was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the English rock band Slade, one of the UK's most successful acts of the 1970s.
Known for his distinctive, powerful and wide-ranging voice, Holder co-wrote most of Slade's material with bass guitarist Jim Lea, including "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Merry Xmas Everybody". After leaving Slade in 1992, he diversified into television and radio work, notably starring in the ITV comedy-drama series The Grimleys (1999–2001).
Neville John Holder was born on 15 June 1946 in the Caldmore area, near the centre of Walsall, Staffordshire, England. When he was seven he moved with his family to the Beechdale Estate, a council estate in the north of the town which was also home to Rob Halford, later of Judas Priest. He acquired his nickname at infants' school for his habit of nodding to teachers instead of saying "yes".
The son of a window cleaner, in 1957 Holder passed the eleven plus exam and attended a grammar school for a year until it closed. He then attended the new T. P. Riley Community School (which became a comprehensive school in 1964) and passed six GCE O-level exams.
He formed a group called the Rockin' Phantoms with schoolfriends at the age of 13, and with money earned from a part-time job, he bought a guitar and an amplifier. He also used his father's window-cleaning van to drive Robert Plant (who would later go on to co-found Led Zeppelin) to gigs with Plant's band at the time, the Tennessee Teens. Holder left school during his A-levels after "falling well behind" from performing around the Midlands with the Rockin' Phantoms.
Holder started his own band called the Memphis Cutouts and then, with Steve Brett & The Mavericks in the early 1960s, recorded four singles for EMI's Columbia label.
In 1966, drummer Don Powell persuaded Holder to join The N' Betweens, a group which already included guitarist Dave Hill and bass guitarist/keyboard player/violinist/songwriter Jim Lea. Together the four formed the band Ambrose Slade, who later became Slade, one of Britain's top-selling rock bands. Lea and Holder composed together almost all of Slade's songs. The band's original line-up clocked up 21 hit singles and released 15 albums.
Slade are particularly remembered for "Merry Xmas Everybody", written by Holder and Lea. As a single, it became the band's sixth number one and the third Slade single to enter the UK Singles Chart at number one. It has sold 1.32 million copies in the UK alone.
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